They who wrote for the Philippines Graphic

Compiled by Graphic Editorial THE EARLY YEARS AGUSTIN FABIAN Agustin Caralde Fabian (Aug. 15, 1901-Apr. 24, 1976) served as editor of the Graphic when the magazine made its debut as a magazine in 1927. He was one of the first Filipino writers widely...

Do you still see bloodred dragonflies?

It’s a four-year-old book of poetry—a slim book, all of 90 pages, with 55 poems published in 2022, ready to be read and absorbed. And for English-proficient third-millennium Filipinos—whether aspiring for comfort or already living in ease—the images spun by...

Now you see them, then you don’t: Crimes & violence on campus

It was the type of news that jarred the senses because it was the first time it happened in the country. Government officials called it an “unprecedented tragedy.” On the morning of June 22 of this year, two students, aged...

Reconciling history, shaping the future in Philippine-Japan cooperation

In August 2025, an 82-year-old man named Jose Takei boarded a flight from Manila to Osaka, carrying with him eight decades of an unanswered question. Takei was born in Laguna near the end of World War II, the son of...

Graphic origins

DON RAMON PARDO ROCESPublisher, Graphic & Graphic Weekly1927-1941; 1948-1965 In the early decades of American colonial rule in the Philippines, there were rich and influential Hispanic-Filipino families who invested in publishing. One of them was the Roces clan. The family pioneered...

The first Graphic cover

I have always been interested in where modern Philippine culture began, how it spread, and what images were used to represent the nation. Print media is central to that history. Before television and the internet, magazines helped Filipinos imagine the...

Binan City Mayor Angelo ”Gel” Alonte: When the obstacle is the way

One could tell a lot of things about an elected government official by looking at his desk nameplate. This is what first crossed my mind inside the office of Biñan City Mayor Angelo “Gel” Alonte.

Marra PL. Lanot (March 1944—August 2026)

The Philippines Graphic, alongside the BusinessMirror, the Pilipino Mirror, and the entire ALC Media Group, deeply mourns the passing of Philippines Graphic Literary Editor Marra PL. Lanot.

The sharp edge of learning

What a lakeside island community reveals about learning, resilience, and reform in the Philippines Seen from the shores of Laguna de Bay, Talim Island rises from the country’s largest lake, cut off from the mainland with no bridges linking the...

THE MAYOR MARVEY MARIÑO EFFECT: How Batangas City’s chief executive is reshaping public service 

There is a certain rhythm to Batangas City—one that reveals itself in the steady movement of people, services, and systems that increasingly seem to work in sync. 

2026: The year of protective health

With YAKAP now in place, Dr. Mercado says his hope for the years ahead is not simply better coverage figures, but a deeper sense of peace of mind among Filipino families.

Literature in the time of hardship

Dennis Guevarra, the Philippines Graphic Ad Sales Manager, found himself in a fix. One of the major sponsors was having second thoughts about the amount of support for their upcoming event.

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