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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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Graphic origins

DON RAMON PARDO ROCESPublisher, Graphic & Graphic Weekly1927-1941; 1948-1965 In the early decades of American colonial rule in the Philippines, there were rich and influential Hispanic-Filipino families who invested in publishing. One of them was the Roces clan. The family pioneered the establishment of newspaper chains, a venture begun...

The first Graphic cover

I have always been interested in where modern Philippine culture began, how it spread, and what images were used to represent the nation. Print media is central to that history. Before television and the internet, magazines helped Filipinos imagine the country. As an art historian who studies Philippine...

Ink, byte, and the Graphic’s digital age—99 years later

It could qualify as foresight. He saw the power it held 99 years ago. Technology—which in the time of Graphic founder Ramon Roces materialized as photography—was the ticket to news publishing that appealed to a mass audience more effectively and with speed. Photos dominated page spreads, highlighting the...