The Language of Loss

Rythrishia A. Llagas and Erika Bianca Sanchez 12/07/2025

In downtown Butuan, in the northeastern part of Mindanao, the city’s iconic orange tricycles carry a fading cry: “Ato ini, kadyawon ta!” (This is ours, let’s make it better).  The words glint faintly beneath years of dust…

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