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Aida F. Santos

Aida F. Santos won awards in the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Gawad Gantimpala and The Free Press literary contest. She was a writing Fellow for the UP Creative Writing Center and was an awardee for the BAYI Centennial Awards 2011 for feminism and leadership. She won the UMPIL Gawad Balagtas for Filipino poetry for 2020 and is included in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Encyclopedia of Artists and Writers. Her Mangled Mornings, Collected Poems and Pana-panahon, Tinipong mga Tula were published by Gantala Press in 2019.
Poetry

nothing has changed only the forms of it

nothing has changed only the forms of it when we wedded the struggle brought us before a mayor who joked, run as fast as you can don’t let the dictator catch you

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Essence

On her windowsillMother keeps a small garden.A patch of many shapes and colors.Old twigs coaxing unborn leaves.Subversive thorns caring for vari-colored blooms.Plants and essences that cureToothaches and loneliness.Here, she wields the power.She drinks deep from her own gospel.

Bacolod’s local stories to be featured in 3rd Bacolod Film Festival

Nine local filmmakers have been chosen to receive production grants worth 100,000 pesos each to bring their short films to life for the upcoming 3rd Bacolod Film Festival.  This year’s festival, scheduled from November 27 to 29, centers on the theme “Pag-angot: Celebrating Heritage, Shaping Our Future,” to...

PhilHealth to join Handog ng Pangulo, brings YAKAP to schools and workplaces nationwide on September 14

VIA GRAPHIC PLUS — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. continues to push for more accessible primary health care for Filipinos nationwide through Handog ng Pangulo (HNP). As part of the celebration, DOH and PhilHealth will bring YAKAP and other health services to schools and workplaces across the...