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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 Floating Library (The Inheritance)

The humidity in Manila wrapped around Lia De Castro like a damp shawl as she stepped out of the National Library, a worn satchel slung over one shoulder. She had barely reached the sidewalk when her phone buzzed. A notification from a law firm she'd never heard...

SM Foundation wins two Stevie® Awards at Asia-Pacific regional honors

via GRAPHIC PLUS | MANILA, Philippines — SM Foundation has been recognized for its communications and reporting excellence at the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, held in Macao, earning one Gold and one Bronze distinction. The Foundation received a Gold Stevie® Award for its SM Foundation Social Good Report, under the category Innovation in Non-Profit/NGO Publications. The report was...

What matters beyond grades: The CEIS experience

via GRAPHIC PLUS — The educational institution one chooses shapes more than his transcript of records. It influences how one thinks, works, and shows up in the real world. For students making this decision, one question matters most: Will this place help me grow academically and prepare...

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