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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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SM Foundation medical missions reach over 7,000 patients, total beneficiaries near 1.4 million

VIA GRAPHIC PLUS — SM Foundation continues to expand access to essential healthcare, serving 7,282 patients through a series of medical missions conducted this March across multiple underserved communities. In collaboration with partners including Aboitiz Renewables, BDO Network Bank, MOWEL Fund, Watsons Philippines, National University, and SM Supermalls, the initiative delivered free consultations, medicines, and...

Cooler nights, smarter days at OUR HOME

via GRAPHIC PLUS — Lately, even nights don’t feel as cool as they used to. For many, that’s where the struggle begins, trying to rest but never quite settling in. The air feels heavier, sleep becomes lighter, and it takes more just to stay comfortable through the...

The Father’s Daughter

It was the day I turned eighteen the day when I learned that silence could scream a thousand truths. The afternoon gleam at five o’ clock was golden when I arrived home. It made even the most mundane things shimmer and the air smelled faintly of dust...

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