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Kris Lanot Lacaba

Kris Lanot Lacaba is a poet and freelance journalist. He co-scripted Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano) and the Nick Joaquin biopic Dahling Nick, a Cinema One nominee for best picture and Gawad Urian nominee for best documentary. He is co-recipient of the 2016 Catholic Mass Media Awards special citation for Investigative Reporting for a 10-part martial law series in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, with authors Ceres Doyo, Susan Quimpo, and Monica Feria.
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Ode to Lope K. Santos: writer, poet, labor organizer, and father of Filipino grammar

Sometime before Lope K. Santos passed away on May 1, 1963, he paid a visit to a cemetery with his wife, to the grave...

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‘Pearl’ of the Orient Seas —but for how long?

There is a famous story of a wager between the Roman politician Mark Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The condition was simple: to host the most expensive feast.  As the story goes, Cleopatra won by dropping a rare pearl from her earring into vinegar, dissolving it, and...

SAVE OUR CORAL REEFS! 

The Philippine archipelago, with a coastline much longer than that of the United States, has some of the world’s richest and most diverse coral reefs. Of the 500 known species in the world, 400 are found in the country’s 7,100 islands—a fantastic collection even greater than that...

THE MAYOR MARVEY MARIÑO EFFECT: How Batangas City’s chief executive is reshaping public service 

There is a certain rhythm to Batangas City—one that reveals itself in the steady movement of people, services, and systems that increasingly seem to work in sync.  From its role as a key industrial and port hub in Southern Luzon, the city has long been defined by commerce...