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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.
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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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The Sanctuary

The church stood alone and abandoned at the edge of the town, an old structure built with weathered stone walls darkened by years of sun, rain, and neglect with tall wooden doors that creaked when pushed open. Its stained-glass windows cast colored light across the empty pews,...

Thank you

They came before the day began,before I was ready to be seen.Pink lilies, shyly unfoldingagainst the raindrops of morning.Too early,and yet, how touching,that someone remembered,and could not wait.A student once,her handwriting still a little unsure,has sent these blooms ahead of time,as if to say: I’m still thinking...

Satellite data show earthquake damaged areas, coastal uplift, and return of nighttime lights

Via GRAPHIC PLUS | Quezon City (16 June 2026) — The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) is currently analyzing available satellite data on the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the southern portion of Mindanao on June 8. PhilSA produced maps showing damaged structures in General Santos City, with areas in...

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