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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.

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...

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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Cinemalaya’s acclaimed drama ‘2 Valid IDs’ to vie at Hawai’i International Film Festival

Following its triumphant run at the 2026 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, the award-winning political drama “2 Valid IDs,” directed by Ma-an Asuncion-Dagñalan and written by Abet Pagdagdagan Raz, is taking its deeply human message beyond local shores for its international premiere at the 46th Hawai’i International...

DepEd regions and schools division offices gear up for 2026 Bakuna Eskwela

QUEZON CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) Bureau of Learner Support Services (BLSS) recently conducted a two-day planning workshop for the upcoming school-based immunization (SBI) program for School Year 2026-2027 at the Park Inn by Radisson, SM North EDSA, in Quezon City. Led by the BLSS-School...

Fisherfolk and artists use art to raise awareness for coastal protection

GUBAT, SORSOGON, PHILIPPINES — Art became a platform for environmental awareness and community action as fisherfolk, coastal residents, photographers, artists, poets, and environmental advocates gathered in Gubat, Sorsogon on October 3, 2026 to highlight the importance of protecting coastlines and the communities whose lives and livelihoods depend...