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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...

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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,...

A MATTER OF CHOICE

1. A Gift of UnlifeWhat is sad, dear life-that-never-is,is you will never have knownthe unreasoning logic of this gift:this one of never having to...

LOOKING BACK AT THE FUTURE OF PHILIPPINE WRITING

Written by National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera. First published in Philippine Graphic, January 1968. ONLY the very naive or the very cynical would try...

The Making of the U-Belt

U-Belt means Manila’s collegiate zone, an area extending from Calle Arlegui in Quiapo to Governor Forbes in Sampaloc, bounded in the west by Quezon...