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Waya Gallardo

Waya Gallardo is a writer and former nurse. She took up Creative Writing at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, and has written for theater and film. She won first place in the Fully Booked Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards for comics along with her sister Lala for “The Mad, Sad, but True Adventures of Hikagirl.” She is a survivor of both breast cancer and crushing homesickness, and is glad to be back after six years away in the United States.
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Of fairy tales and future fakes, We twist our limbs until they break We force the fit of gown and gold We try to do as we are told But all...

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Life and science on Pag-asa Island: UP MSI launches webpage on WPS biodiversity

QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES — What is it like to conduct science in the country's westernmost inhabited island? This International Day of Biological Diversity and as the Philippines celebrates Month of the Ocean, the UP Marine Science Institute is launching a new webpage featuring the marine life and...

How the CCP Front-of-House Apprenticeship Program champions inclusivity for senior citizens

At an age when many people are expected to slow down, three senior citizens from Pasay City find themselves at the heart of the country’s cultural scene, reinvigorating their golden years through the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ special Front-of-House (CCP FOH) Apprenticeship Program, a simple apprenticeship...

Son Lux returns with kinetic, expansive new single “Endlessly”

Son Lux, the critically acclaimed project of visionary trio Ryan Lott, Rafiq Bhatia, and Ian Chang, has returned with a new single "Endlessly", alongside the announcement of their ninth studio album, 'Out Into', out September 18th via This Is Meru/City Slang.  "Endlessly" is the striking, sonically curious lead single from their most rhythmically sumptuous and lyrically urgent...

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