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Rinsing rice

I fed two takal of rice Into the newly washed pot. Scooped water for rinsing. Fumbled, stirred the seeds Of Tatay’s perspiration. Spilled the milky water. Poured out slowly until...
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Play for Goals

Mens sana, in corpore sano. Few Filipino children would know what these words mean, but for good friends Chris Thomas and Quintin Pastrana, it was...
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World Cup fever: Field wide open with Germany’s fall

One win and two losses. That was the Germany’s standing after it was eliminated on Day 14 of the World Cup. It was the first...
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Football beneath the volcano

Members of the 9th Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) based in Bicol joined the children in the training, temporarily...
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Football for humanity: the life and times of Christopher Thomas

In 1983, Paul McCartney—famous English singer-songwriter and member of the Beatles, acknowledged as the most influential rock band of the 20th century—shot a video...
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Memories of the moving finger

I don’t know but I am almost running. My feet seem to drag me, unaware of the puddles scattered here and there like rivulets...
100 Years of Graphic

ARCHIVE: The Laoag-Vintar Dam Tragedy (1927 Graphic Article)

AUGUST 6, 1927 — IF THE Laoag-Vintar irrigation project has proved a disappointment to Representative Confesor and other public officials, it has, so far,...
100 Years of Graphic

ARCHIVE: The Laoag-Vintar Dam Scandal (1927 Graphic Editorial)

JULY 30, 1927 — Representative Confesor of Iloilo, on July 21, kept his colleagues at the lower house speechless and open-mouthed while for nearly...
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Coming Home

Buried in dishwater, Erika scrubbed hard on the cast-iron skillet that earlier contained beef caldereta. The grease showed no signs of letting go, and she wondered how impervious to dishwashing liquid the next dinnerware would be: the microwavable pans. But she didn’t mind. She was busy piecing...

mWell unveils affordable health tech lineup for 2026 — smartwatches starting at ₱1,999 and an updated ECG Ring

As the wearable health tech market surges across the Philippines, mWell is making a bold move to put hospital-grade health monitoring right on your wrist — and your finger — without the premium price tag or an app subscription fee. VIA GRAPHIC TECH — Imagine waking up tomorrow...

BRIEF ANGEL

You are oneTo slip through the nightsLike a gauze.You come to meThinly wrappingAround my body.You are hereYet not here.I riseWith every drawing of breathLike beer frothTo your mouth.Then passing through meYou leaveShining.Like rainfallAgainst the lamplight. (Written by Nerisa Del Carmen Guevara. January 22, 1996. Philippines Graphic.)

Started in 1927, the Philippines Graphic is the longest-running printed magazine of national circulation that provides relevant news and features and promotes Philippine literature.

We believe that by making available online the short stories and poems published in the Graphic and in our companion magazine, the Philippines Graphic Reader, we ensure that these works are readily available to be read and enjoyed by everyone for generations to come.

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