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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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THE FIRST FREEDOM DAY

By 4 p.m. the clouds had dispersed and the sun shone over Manila Bay. This looked like a good omen on the historic birth of the Republic 67 years ago. THE town of Kawit in Cavite Province assumed a festive air that Sunday morning of June 12,...

President Marcos Jr. convenes Philippine Space Council, approves programs on satellite development and key space initiatives

Malacañang Palace, Manila (June 4 2026) — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. presided over the 9th Philippine Space Council (PSC) meeting on Tuesday and set plans to strengthen the country's space capabilities through satellite development and space data utilization. As the Head Secretariat and Presidential Adviser on Space...

Beyond the frame: Mapúa MCL’s “Still, She Breathes” rules Southville’s Cinemulan 2026

The student-led short film “Still, She Breathes” from Mapúa Malayan Colleges Laguna emerged as the big winner of the Cinemulan Film Festival 2026 held last May 30 at the Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) Luxembourg Hall. Led by director, writer, and editor Charles Urbano, “Still, She Breathes”...

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