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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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Art Fair Philippines 2026 officially opens today at Circuit Makati for its 13th edition

MAKATI CITY, Philippines — Art Fair Philippines 2026 officially opens its doors at Circuit Makati on Friday, February 6. Transforming six floors of the Circuit Corporate Center One, this year’s edition brings together leading galleries from across the Philippines alongside exhibitors from France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,...

“PPO Concert VI: Romanza” is where musical excellence meets romance

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) ushers in the season of romance with Concert VI: Romanza, an evening devoted to the enduring language of romance expressed through music. Offering audiences a timeless Valentine’s celebration steeped in grace and sophistication, the country’s premier orchestra provides a distinguished setting for a...

How español is Filipino? A Talk on Spanish words in Filipino languages at Instituto Cervantes

On February 11, 2026, at 5:00 p.m., the Intramuros branch of Instituto Cervantes in Manila will hold the inaugural talk of the lecture series Charlas de la Academia, presented by the Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española. The talk entitled “Vínculos lingüísticos: El español en el filipino” (Linguistic Links: Spanish in...

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