Series Three (2023-24)

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The Politics Of Hans Balila

“It’s a lifelong commitment to be a mass leader,” said Hans, “so it’s understandable that sometimes, things can get too tiring. But at the same time, if you’re a leader, your motivation comes from the masses.

“So when I get exhausted, I remind myself: ‘What am I fighting for? What is this fight for?’”

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Yamanni Pabillore Wants To Know What “Love” Is

Yamanni Pabillore says that she does not “understand” love, the emotion or our understanding of ‘love’ becomes an intriguing topic for Yamanni, who thinks she does not understand this common yet mysterious emotion.

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Stephanie Doctolero? “Absent, Ma’am”

The eldest child is usually the most looked-up child among the siblings. Stephanie Doctolero was aware of this. She used to tell herself, “‘Eldest ka. Dapat mag-inana ka, mag-inani ka [You're the eldest. You're supposed to do this and that].”

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Let’s Stay Together, Joss Ecleo

Joss Ecleo says he belongs to a “broken family.” He holds no fondness for the term but has found that using the term is par for the course considering the long-standing narrow-minded norm of what a family ought to look like.

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John Arvert Cadiz Is Gay

John Arvert Cadiz thinks he always knew that he wasn’t straight, harking back to memories of him at fiestas dancing to The SexBomb Girls’ “The Spagheti Song” or Bayani’s “Ocho-Ocho.”

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PJ Toral Wanted His Dad To Die

No one knows how or why PJ’s father was lying on the side of the road one night in 2014. No surveillance cameras captured him or his presence; no one claimed responsibility or bore witness to what happened.

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