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Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

Editor-in-Chief of Philippines Graphic
Literature

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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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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Acclaimed Milan-based spinto soprano Christiana Serafin de Ocampo all set for “Homecoming” concerts

After a European hiatus for many years, acclaimed Milan-based spinto soprano Christiana “Tinette” Serafin de Ocampo is back in Manila for a two-month series of "Homecoming Concerts." For this return trip, Tinette will establish her Asian base while continuing an international career across Europe and expanding her artistic...

Jungle’s fifth studio album “Sunshine” out August 14th

BRIT Award winners and global arena headliners Jungle unveil their latest single "The Wave", offering yet another taste of their highly anticipated fifth studio album, 'Sunshine', arriving on August 14th. The new track follows the success of lead single "Carry On", which debuted as BBC Radio 1's Hottest Record and quickly amassed over 14 million streams alongside...

Committed to Care: How medical services sustain Navy readiness

via GRAPHIC PLUS — Where were you 10 years ago? For many of us, a decade can feel like a blur—a collection of memories and moments reviewed in our minds. But for some, those ten years mark transformations that spread far past personal milestones, strengthening institutions that protect...

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