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Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

Editor-in-Chief of Philippines Graphic
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When there is no Planet B, how do you get to point C?

The astronauts got it right the first time. It was 1971 and Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell peered through the small window of their spacecraft and saw a 360-degree panoramic view of the Earth, Moon, Sun, and the stars.”
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Of Pandesal & Pinoy Politics

Even bread has the flavor of politics in the Philippines. Celebrate World Pandesal Day at 9 a.m. on Oct. 16 (Thursday) at the 86-year-old...
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Portable Magic: Books and their power to transport worlds…and why reading books has to be encouraged in the Philippines

The child loved reading fairy tales. But she had a very peculiar view of Prince Charming. “Mama,” she told her mother. “I don’t like...
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When business & books combine to promote reading

Q&A with Shereen T. Sy, pioneer of SM Book Nook For now, only two malls out of 87 SM malls in the Philippines have them....
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Graphic Reader trilingual editor takes home the Premio Antonio M. Abad Award

For her arresting collection of poems, Soy (I am), multi-awarded poet, essayist, and trilingual writer Marra PL. Lanot won the Hispanic-Philippine Literature Award at...
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The humor of D. Paulo Dizon

A Google-search of his name will not yield much data or information. He is probably one of the Filipino fiction writers from the 1950s...
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The Philippines Graphic @ 96: After the pandemic

First published in 1927, the Graphic has survived two global cataclysms—the Second World War and the COVID-19 pandemic. It underwent a third resurrection of...
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Sa Batis ng Tula

A memorial book featuring the poems of Rogelio Mangahas Compiled by his wife Fe Mangahas | Photos Courtesy of Alma Miclat It was towards Christmas in...
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Paz Marquez-Benitez: Between literature and history

Philippine history boiled, bubbled, and spewed trouble in the years that marked the birth and growing up years of Paz Marquez-Benitez. The future short story...
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NJLA 2023: Return of a Literary Tradition

For 75 years since it first became a magazine in 1927, the Philippines Graphic has featured the literary works of Filipino short story writers...
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NCCA chairman Dr. Zerrudo graces ‘HÁNAG’ art exhibit; showcase extended by popular demand

ILOILO CITY — National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Chairman Dr. Eric B. Zerrudo served as the Guest of Honor at "HÁNAG: Emergent Perspectives - Works by Ilonggo Artists and Designers," a landmark exhibition at the SM City Iloilo North Point Event Center. Driven by popular demand, the...

‘Silkscreen’ bags Best Short Film at Cinemalaya 2026

Rey Anthony Villaverde’s short film “Silkscreen” stands out as a powerful testament to the dignity of manual craft and the delicate threads of familial legacy in an era dominated by rapid digital automation and algorithms. The Dipolog/Dumaguete drama earned the coveted Best Short Film award at the 22nd...

Cinemalaya finalist ‘Para-paraan’ exposes ordinary barriers to accessibility

For wheelchair users in the Philippines, living independently often means relying on personal resourcefulness rather than structural accessibility. In a place where accessibility is often an afterthought, the burden of navigating urban life falls heavily on persons with disabilities. This stark reality takes centerstage in “Para-paraan” (Finding a Way Through),...