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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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NCCA chairman Dr. Zerrudo graces ‘HÁNAG’ art exhibit; showcase extended by popular demand

ILOILO CITY — National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Chairman Dr. Eric B. Zerrudo served as the Guest of Honor at "HÁNAG: Emergent Perspectives - Works by Ilonggo Artists and Designers," a landmark exhibition at the SM City Iloilo North Point Event Center. Driven by popular demand, the...

‘Silkscreen’ bags Best Short Film at Cinemalaya 2026

Rey Anthony Villaverde’s short film “Silkscreen” stands out as a powerful testament to the dignity of manual craft and the delicate threads of familial legacy in an era dominated by rapid digital automation and algorithms. The Dipolog/Dumaguete drama earned the coveted Best Short Film award at the 22nd...

Cinemalaya finalist ‘Para-paraan’ exposes ordinary barriers to accessibility

For wheelchair users in the Philippines, living independently often means relying on personal resourcefulness rather than structural accessibility. In a place where accessibility is often an afterthought, the burden of navigating urban life falls heavily on persons with disabilities. This stark reality takes centerstage in “Para-paraan” (Finding a Way Through),...