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100 Years of Graphic
The time outside our own
It was the 30th of July when I finally found the first-ever Graphic issue. Amid the careful sound of shuffling pages in the background that ran against the noise of my mouse clicks, I was sure that I paused for a long time admiring the cover displayed on the screen—dashes of striking red on the clothing of a Mindanao man riding a horse.
ARCHIVE: The Laoag-Vintar Dam Tragedy (1927 Graphic Article)
AUGUST 6, 1927 — IF THE Laoag-Vintar irrigation project has proved a disappointment to Representative Confesor and other public officials, it has, so far, proved nothing but a tragedy to the people to whom the government sought to extend a helping hand—the farmers...
ARCHIVE: The Laoag-Vintar Dam Scandal (1927 Graphic Editorial)
JULY 30, 1927 — Representative Confesor of Iloilo, on July 21, kept his colleagues at the lower house speechless and open-mouthed while for nearly an hour he charged various departments of the government with scandalous waste of public money.
His sensational allegations had for...
