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Terra Daffón

Terra Daffón had a long career in communication as advertising Creative Director, then as Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs in a television network. She is the author of Gabaldon, Philippine Heritage Schools; True Blue, a legacy book commissioned by the Ateneo de Manila University, and two volumes on Philippine arts and crafts for the PhilHHDA and the Design Center Philippines. She is a product of the University of the Philippines, and a Palanca awardee in the essay category.
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Women in Philippine politics and how they get there

March is women’s month, thus, among other stories, this take on women in Philippine politics, not by a political pundit, nor a social scientist...

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The Igorot Sky

Lander left our community church on the first Sunday of the year. Three years ago, I did the same thing. After college, I wanted to work in the city and felt the smallness of our community. That time, Lander asked me, "Seleny, why are you leaving our...

‘Let us not to the forgetting of our tales’

Indulge me for a while and let me make the roughest of conjectures: The lowest possible estimate for the total number of oral literary traditions in the country will be no less than four times the total number of ethnolinguistic groups across the Philippines.  A 2023 article published...

Darning

When all is done, Mama shows mehow to knot the final stitch, carefulnot to tug too tightly at the thread.The doctor must have performedthe same art on my birthing mother. Replace the surgical lightwith afternoon sun and the ob-gynremembers how her mother mendsthe bedsheets, the holes in the...