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Reclaiming heroes: Toym Imao adds a twist of bitter to true, good and beautiful by Inday Espina-Varona

There is a boyish light in Toym Imao’s eyes as he talks of an age of innocence. The tall, robust multi-media artist has been honing his...
Essay

Hiroshima’s Legacy of Peace (Part 2) by Jose Antonio Custodio

III. Surviving As an occupied country, the immediate postwar relief efforts for Hiroshima were saddled by inefficiency and a slow pace. Although there were many...
Poetry

1945 by Raphael Salise

I lied when I said “I’ll be home soon, don’t you worry about me” I just didn’t want to hear you burst into tears through the receiver for it would also rain down...
Lifestyle

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  ACROSS   1. Inhospitable 9. Talk 13. Soaks 14. Branches 15. Selenium symbol 16. Focal points 17. Mr. Ladd, US actor 18. Olongapo-Gapan Road 20. Shower 21. Carinderia 23. Cotton fabric 25. “Tennessee” 26. Stake 27. Distant 29. Adorn 33....
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Epson launches new LightScene accent lighting laser projector 

Epson has announced the launch of the LightScene projector, a new category of spotlight-shaped accent lighting laser projectors. These projectors​ are designed to simultaneously illuminate and...
News for the Month

THE MONTH IN REVIEW: April’s politics, political will & more politics

  April Fool’s Day came on an Easter Sunday and in the aftermath of pranks and the Lord’s resurrection, the first eight days of April...
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Walking the Anvil Awards red carpet by M. Pirante Perez

  A constellation of stars and heavenly bodies from the PR Industry and the biggest names in business gravitated towards the grand ballroom in Shangri-La...
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PCSO revenue targets: on track for 2018

  With the expected increase in number of Small Town Lottery (STL) authorized agent corporations (AACs), officials of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) expressed...
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Eternal Gardens honors its Top Producers for 2017

Philippine memorial industry leader Eternal Gardens recognized its top producers for 2017 during its Grand Annual Awards Night held last April 25, 2018, Wednesday,...
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MET opens two exhibitions featuring the Vargas Museum collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Manila opened two new exhibitions in partnership with the Vargas Museum on April 21. Curated by Dr. Patrick Flores, Fascination with...
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GUERILLA DOWNPOUR

There is no warning— the sky, a sudden insurgent, opens with                     guerrilla downpour. Torrential rain, an unrelenting witness, assaults the fragile spines of trees and the quiet bones of houses. Water spills, not as mercy, but as a force that shatters the brittle calm we cling to. In the heart's small orchard, the fruit sags                beneath shadowed weight, and...

Salt Prayer

"There must be something strangely sacred about salt.It is in our tears and in the sea."from SAND AND FOAM (1926) by Khalil Gibran Matthew 5:13— "You are the salt of the earth. But ifthe salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made saltyagain? It is no longer...

Something more

BY THIS TIME next year, Teresita could be elsewhere, unmindful of the biting cold. She could see herself walking along a cobblestone path strewn with scattered leaves from maple trees that lined the streets. It would be October, and the foliage would be nothing short of magnificent....

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