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Rosa May M. Bayuga

Rosa May M. Bayuga writes for a living and for the love of writing. She has won the Palanca awards and the National Commission on the Arts and Culture Writer’s Prize for her fiction. She explores the “dark side,” whenever she can. She cares for cats and roses, talks to long dead and dying stars, and writes when her spirit compels her to do so.
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Ninay and the Spirits

The summer Ninay turned ten, her elder sister told her that she should learn to help around the house. Housework should be done the...
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THE EXILE

It was Christmas break. Susie and I had all the time to do whatever we wanted to do. The one thing we had long wished for, since her uncle told us the man’s story, was to see the bearded exile who lived in the house across our homes. The front of the exile’s house faced our front door. Its back side faced Susie’s huge window in their house along the bay.

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Instituto Cervantes holds literary event “Benengeli in Manila”

On May 26 at 5:30 p.m., Instituto Cervantes de Manila, at its Intramuros branch, will host a discussion with renowned playwright Denise Despeyroux, who will speak about the importance of libraries in her development as an author, and in shaping the foundations of her creative writing. Joining the discussion...

Indie rock band Vacations share introspective new single and video “Holy Grail”

GRAPHIC MUSIC — Vacations, the Australian indie rock band of lead songwriter and vocalist Campbell Burns, bassist Jake Johnson, guitarist Nate Delizzotti, and drummer Joseph Van Lier, announce their new album, 'Pursuit of Anything', out October 2nd on Nettwerk, and release the lead single and video, “Holy...

CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art spotlights GAMABA awardees

This National Heritage Month, the CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art (CCP EPA) highlights seven Filipina culture bearers and traditional craft artists whose historic contributions preserve the country’s rich cultural legacy. These exemplary individuals, who translate inherited knowledge and generational memories into art, have been awarded the Gawad...

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