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Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

Editor-in-Chief of Philippines Graphic
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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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12 years later, revisiting Marcel

The years snap back to the past like a terribly stretched rubber band suddenly released to hit the wrist. It’s been 12 years, Marcel....
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Duterte’s battle for narrative

You either love him or hate him. There seems to be no middle ground in perceiving Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte as he went about...
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Marra comes back to Philippines Graphic

She was there when Philippines Graphic was born in June 1990. In those early days, Marra PL Lanot and her husband Jose “Pete” Lacaba...
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Graphic days & nights with Frank Sionil Jose

On the last day of his 97-year stay on earth, National Artist Frank Sionil Jose wrote about the Philippines and his hometown of Rosales,...
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A NEVER ENDING STORY: Lumads of Mindanao & their fight to keep their ancestral land

From 19 October to 02 November 2015, the Philippines Graphic ran a three-part feature on the Manobos of Mindanao. Below is the COMPLETE SERIES PART...
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Of Labor & Literature

It is a tale of conflict as old as societies and governments. In the age of antiquity, it was between master and slave. During...
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2 writers : Manuel E. Arguilla & Edgardo M. Reyes

They were never part of the trade union movement. In the labor-management schism that afflicted workers in their millions, the likes of Manuel E....
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In dubious battle: Organized labor in the time of COVID-19

TOP PHOTO: Building workers. A young man, hoists a bucket of cement up during the rebuilding, renovation, of a building in Tabuk on the...
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Samia Khatib: Channeling peace through sports in Lebanon & the world

The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) reported it as “the most powerful non-nuclear explosion of the 21st century.” It even had its own “mushroom cloud,”...
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AXA Philippines spotlights the everyday protectors and why they deserve protection too

via GRAPHIC PLUS — In many Filipino households, responsibility is rarely equally shared. The role of a breadwinner can fall on one person -- the ate who works hard to send younger siblings to school, the entrepreneur striving to keep the small business afloat, or the parent making daily...

TP in the Philippines recognized by ANZCHAM for Industry Leadership and Community Impact

Via GRAPHIC PLUS | MANILA, Philippines (April 6, 2026) — TP in the Philippines (formerly Teleperformance) has been recognized by the Australian-New Zealand Chamber of Commerce Philippines (ANZCHAM), receiving both the Thought Leadership Award and the Community Engagement Award. This milestone underscores the company’s growing role in...

Making mealtimes “Refreshingly Real” for every Filipino family with DenJen Family and Tang

via GRAPHIC PLUS | MANILA, Philippines, 1 April 2026 — Mealtimes today are no longer just about gathering around the table. More often, they come with phones in hand, scrolling through perfectly curated feeds filled with spotless kitchens and picture-perfect meals, quietly shaping what family life is “supposed”...

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