Teka Teka

As Canada and the Philippines strengthen labor ties, Wilma Delo, a caregiver and activist in Canada, says protecting workers abroad must go hand in hand with creating decent jobs at home.

In the first episode of our mini-series “Exporting Dreams,” she talks about the challenges Filipino caregivers face, from low wages and job insecurity to workplace protections and the fear of speaking out.

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The Ifugao Rice Terraces are more than breathtaking landscapes. They are living monuments of human ingenuity, hand-carved over 2,000 years ago. Declared as a National Treasure, these terraces embody the deep bond between culture and nature. Yet today, the “Eighth Wonder of the World” faces urgent threats: climate change, deforestation, and failing irrigation systems. Farming, once a proud heritage, has also become a struggle to sustain.

Ifugao Governor Jerry Dalipog shares how the terraces remain at the heart of the Ifugao identity, while Polish Author Maciej Podhjski shares his mission to save the national treasure by writing a book.

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The Moros are Muslim natives of southern Philippines now enjoying their hard-fought autonomy through the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). But there are also non-Moro indigenous peoples (IP) in the region, as independent journalist Buena Bernal discusses with IP rights advocate Ice Baguilat in this episode.

This is the third episode in Teka Teka’s four-part mini series on BARMM, following its historic first parliamentary elections

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Can we separate the art from the artist?

In this episode of Thought Bubbles on Teka Teka, host Bubbles Magpayo talks to magazine editor and reader Celine Dabao about Filipino literature, the Manila International Book Fair, and the complicated question of supporting problematic authors. From the Exploding Galaxies controversy to literary clout, accountability, and meaningful support for Filipino writers, they ask: When an author’s work matters to us, where do we draw the line between loving the literature and standing by our values?

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A decade after Rodrigo Duterte launched his war on drugs, the Philippines is still grappling with its legacy of violence, fear and impunity. Inspired by the 2018 killing of 17-year-old Kian delos Santos, Silenced Nights had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

Screenwriter Troy Espiritu talks about telling the story through the eyes of a witness, the ethics of dramatizing real killings, and his own reckoning as someone who voted for Duterte in 2016.

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In 1977, after publishing "The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos", Primitivo Mijares went missing while his youngest son Boyet was kidnapped and brutally murdered. Mrs. Priscilla Mijares wrote in her affidavit, "Information reaching my family were to the effect that during the torture of my son, the father was made to appear by torturers to witness his son's agony."

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