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Rofel G. Brion

Rofel G. Brion is professor of interdisciplinary studies, literature, creative writing and popular culture at the Ateneo de Manila University. He writes poetry and prose in English and Filipino, and coaches writers online (rbrion@ateneo.edu).
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On the Twenty-Third Floor

a speckle of duston my window has just disappeared in a cloud
Poetry

As Fog

As fog grazes these hillsawash with browning shrubs,shanties creep from the valleylined with rivers swelling withdry rocks and restless ants.
Poetry

What Is Your Name?

How do you call yourselfwhen no one, not even you,listens? Where do you find the wordswhen everything escapes yourthoughts? What stories come to lifewhen images are...

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THE SECRET (PRESENT AND FUTURE) OF SEASCAPES

Now and in the foreseeable future, all that the Filipino doing literature should aim for is to create in the context of the multicultural reality around him. When recently, a Philippine Daily Inquirer correspondent wrote from Davao about a novel in Cebuano just issued there, I felt as...

San Jose del Monte LGU takes over Water District, PrimeWater’s facilities amid worsening water distribution crisis

VIA GRAPHIC PLUS | San Jose del Monte, Bulacan (May 5, 2026) – The local government of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, has assumed control of water supply operations previously managed by PrimeWater Infrastructure Corp., the joint venture partner of the San Jose del Monte Water District,...

Manulife Philippines, Manulife Investments Philippines launch iFUNDS on Manulife App

Via GRAPHIC PLUS | MANILA, Philippines — Manulife Philippines and Manulife Investments Philippines today launched iFUNDS on the Manulife App, giving customers and investors a more convenient, seamless, and connected way to manage both their insurance and investment solutions through one digital experience. This milestone advances Manulife’s commitment...

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