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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.

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...

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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The Dumagats-Remontado Angat Dam love affair

NORZAGARAY, Bulacan — Brigido Salonga, was only 17 when he worked as a pipe fitter for the old Nawasa. After leaving the job, he returned to Sitio Manalo, where the forest, rivers and mountains became part of his everyday life. He knows the Angat watershed not from...

100,000 free pandesal to be distributed on World Pandesal Day

QUEZON CITY, Philippines — The 11th annual World Pandesal Day, a civic and cultural initiative that will distribute 100,000 free pandesal and other foods to the public and communities in need on Friday, October 16, beginning at 10 a.m. at the historic Kamuning Bakery Cafe in Barangay...

Stroke remains leading cause of death in Ilocos Region, prompting stronger collaboration on stroke care

Government health officials, healthcare institutions, and clinicians discuss ways to strengthen stroke prevention, treatment, referral, and rehabilitation across Region 1. VIA GRAPHIC PLUS | LA UNION, Philippines (October 2026) — A Stroke remains one of the leading causes of death in the Ilocos Region, underscoring the urgent need...