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Q&A with Japanese Ambassador Kazuhiko Koshikawa
In this exclusive Philippines Graphic interview, the Japanese envoy shares his views on the volatile West Philippine Sea issue, peace and unity in the...
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Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta: Portrait of the Filipino Woman as Poet
The late great Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta became one of the Philippines’ major poets “regardless of gender” but her first love was music, and she was trained to be a concert artist.
Why, she could have been another Van Cliburn (“better,” the nationalist music lover would snicker) or a Cecile Licad....
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Literature
Paz Marquez-Benitez: Between literature and history
Philippine history boiled, bubbled, and spewed trouble in the years that marked the birth and growing up years of Paz Marquez-Benitez.
The future short story...
Carmen Guerrero Nakpil: Of legends & adventures
When Carmen Guerrero Nakpil peacefully breathed her last on July 30, 2018, I knew I was witnessing the end of an era of good...
Literature
Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta: Portrait of the Filipino Woman as Poet
The late great Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta became one of the Philippines’ major poets “regardless of gender” but her first love was music, and she was trained to be a concert artist.
Why, she could have been another Van Cliburn (“better,”...
Lualhati, Paano Ka Ginawa?
Lualhati Bautista is one hell of a woman. Her quite ordinary face, her typical brown skin, and her average height of about five feet...
Wilfrido D. Nolledo, word magician
NOVEMBER 1972, MARTIAL LAW. MY MAGAZINE THE GRAPHIC, PUBLISHED BY DON Antonio Araneta and edited by noted journalist-lawyer Luis R. Mauricio, was closed down,...
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Project Coffee
When God created the world in seven days, probably, there was already coffee on the third day. To fast forward human existence, coffee was discovered by goats in Kaffa province in Ethiopia, located in the horn of Africa. Kaldi...
Project Coffee
When God created the world in seven days, probably, there was already coffee on the third day. To fast forward human existence, coffee was...
Red Is the River that Runs
Blood has a peculiar, coppery taste in the mouth. Carmen smells it first, a familiar metallic tang from rusted iron reminiscent of white sartin...
Science and the supernatural: Filipino folklore through a scientific lens
Even with the rise of science and technology, Filipino folklore is still passed on from generation to generation – including stories of creatures and...
Island landmarks, heritage houses & music-making of a lifetime
Pablo Tariman in his hometown Baras, Catanduanes contemplating the island by the sea. (Photo:
Floyd Evangelista Flores)
As I turn 74 in December, I like to...
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Red Is the River that Runs
Blood has a peculiar, coppery taste in the mouth. Carmen smells it first, a familiar metallic tang from rusted iron reminiscent of white sartin...
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Novartis offers solutions to medicine access problem through its access principles
A major problem emerged at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFMA) reported at that time, the COVID-19 vaccines were not “equally reaching all priority populations worldwide.”
“Manufacturers, governments and non-governmental organizations...
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Pneumonia vaccine should be made available to all adults—experts
With an ageing population and the need for a healthy workforce, the government and the private sector have to work together to make the pneumonia vaccine available to vulnerable segments of the population to protect them against this vaccine-preventable disease as well as boost morale in the workplace.
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Overcoming immunity debt with nutrition
Now that children are back in school, it is important for parents to keep a check on their children’s immunity debt.
Quoting a study conducted in France, verywellfamily.com—an award-winning resource...
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Coaches unite vs. child pornography
Muntinlupa City, Philippines—Two weeks prior to the 2022 national elections, in late April, 2022, Football for Humanity Foundation gathered 40 coaches from all over the Philippines in Davao City,...
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The Shaman’s Wall
It was late in the afternoon when a knock on the door echoed throughout the abandoned tower. Cobwebs shivered, and dust fell off. I scrambled to my feet and listened, breathing hard. It went on three times before it...
The Animals at Fredirick’s House
Fredirick is a lonely boy who always stays inside his home. He does not like hugs and kisses from his mom. “Yuck,” he says...
Time in a Shell
They say that when you put your ear next to a seashell, you can hear the ocean. That you can hear the waves crashing...
Butterfly
Do not catchA butterfly With your hands,Especially not
A white oneEven with itsEver so slightStreaks of black.
You might Damage itsDelicate wingsAnd it can
Never fly again.Catch it, rather,With...
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THE RAINBOW
There are many stories in man’s remembering. Some say they are spun by an old woman who lives hidden from the sun’s rising and...
