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Richard A. Giye

Richard A. Giye is a Cordilleran writer. He is a fellow of the BIYAG Benguet Creative Writing Workshop and of Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika at Anyo (LIRA). The Province of Benguet awarded him the Essayist of the Year in 2022 and Promising Artist for Literature in 2023. He teaches language and literature at Benguet State University.
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The Birth of Zaroasther

They connived with the dark shadows, the family who lived in a house full of glass windows and graven saints. Toraja invited me to...
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Caught in the Eye of Durarakit

The black piglet trotted along the edge of the backyard with his nose down sensing the soil following the scent of urine and chicken...
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The Last of the Igorot Head-hunting

Dang-on is the youngest survivor of the worst landslide that happened in Cordillera. On that tragic evening, Dang-on found himself clinging to a branch...
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Time for Tattoos

I was careless to let the small house gecko fall from my hands, and my heart sank to see the creature torn into two. Its own tail wagging on the ground, opposite the head! “I’m sorry!”

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Manila to host largest ASEAN-Korea music festival “ROUND” this April at Araneta Coliseum

QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES | 28 January 2026 — A two-day free concert will be the centerpiece of the regional music calendar as the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and KBS WORLD TV officially unveiled the complete lineup for the 2026 ROUND Festival on January...

VLF 2027 calls for submission of ‘virgin’ scripts

The Virgin Labfest (VLF), since its establishment in 2005, has grown into a garden of gripping narratives and socially-relevant storytelling. For its upcoming 22nd season, the annual theater festival is now accepting submissions of unpublished, unstaged, untried, and untested one-act plays. The deadline is February 28, 2026, at...

Two Favorite Flavors, One Perfect Fusion: A Valentine Special

via Graphic Plus — Valentine’s Day isn’t just about grand gestures or perfectly planned dates. It’s about celebrating the kind of love where two different people come together—each with their own personality, their own strengths—and choose to meet in the middle. The kind of love that doesn’t dim...

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