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KKMK Philanthropy Anthology Raxel’s World: The Race to Healing

Angelic, with a hint of sadness and uncertainty framing an otherwise cherubic, smiling face, the boy is small, thin, amiable, and sprightly. When asked what he wanted to be when he grows up, he quickly answered: “Gusto ko po maging duktor (I want to...

There’s a light that never goes out for Filipinos—thanks to art

The celebration of the Philippines’ arts and culture is a celebration for all, regardless of one’s proclivities, so long as it stands to illuminate the citizen—and the nation—for good. What does a beauty queen of mixed heritage have anything to do with Philippine arts...

U.S.T. MUSEUM: Believe it or not, they’re there!

A book smaller than your thumb, Roman coins before Christ’s time, priceless Ming jars, and all kinds of oddities—you’ll find them in PI’s oldest and largest museum. Where in the Philippines can one find a book which is smaller than a ten-centavo coin? Or...

Tilly’s birth will do us part: AI actor and the doomed commerce of inauthenticity

Previous era of the arts had subversiveness, vulgarity, and blasphemy as its main problems. Now its inauthenticity—the single remaining line that shouldn’t be crossed. In Western theater, the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle discussed “Thespis of Icaria” in his foundational literary work, Poetics. Thespis is...

Anatomy of a repeating scandal: Lessons in investigating a failed 1926 public works project

Some 96 years ago, on June 12, 1929, the Graphic magazine published an article titled The Tinkers’ Dam by M. San Martin.

When there is no Planet B, how do you get to point C?

The astronauts got it right the first time. It was 1971 and Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell peered through the small window of their spacecraft and saw a 360-degree panoramic view of the Earth, Moon, Sun, and the stars.”

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Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian: Ushering the new “golden era” of China-PHL relations

What is the future of Philippines-China relations under the new administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr. and the recently re-elected Chinese President...

Kerima Polotan Tuvera: 85 Years of a life

In high school, four decades before I became a senior citizen, I turned to three writers as models of good writing: Kerima Polotan, Gilda...

AFP-MILF war over but fighting continues

The war between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is officially over. Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr., the...

NJLA 2023: Return of a Literary Tradition

For 75 years since it first became a magazine in 1927, the Philippines Graphic has featured the literary works of Filipino short story writers...