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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 Xi Jinping? What role will China play in the much-vaunted “Asian Century”? At the center of these burning questions is...

Memories of Balangiga

I grew up in the remote town of Balangiga in Eastern Samar, which, as history described, became a “howling wilderness” during the Philippine-American War after being engulfed by cannonballs fired with fury by avenging American soldiers. It was 1901 and the flickering skylight of...

Handel’s Messiah at the CCP on December 16

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra  celebrates the Yuletide Season with Handel’s Messiah at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) main theater on Dec. 16. With a mammoth choral ensemble composed of 200 singers from various choirs, Handel’s Messiah will once more re-assert itself as...

LOOK: CATCH THE NOVEMBER 2022 ISSUE OF PHILIPPINES GRAPHIC READER

Edited by multi-awarded poet and essayist Marra PL. Lanot Featuring: SHORT STORIES "Patch of Green" by I.S.A. Crisostomo-Lopez “When Words Fail” by Melissa Salva “Time for Tattoos” by Richard A. Giye “Over the Stilt Houses at the Fishery” by Angel Salvador Chiuteña POEMS “Buying Newspapers in the Evening” by Totel V....

YOU CAN STILL CATCH THE OCT. 31 ISSUE OF THE PHILIPPINES GRAPHIC!!!

Featuring: Postscript: The first 100 days of PBBMDeath & the journalist: The killing of Percival “Pery Lapid” MabasaRussia Unity Day & the future of Russian-Philippine relations LITERATURE Wounded, Unbowed: The world of short story writer and novelist Bienvenido N. SantosThe Day the Dancers Came by Bienvenido...

WATCH FOR THE OCT. 31 ISSUE OF THE PHILIPPINES GRAPHIC!

Graphic alum and celebrated writer Amadís Ma. Guerrero insightfully introduces Graphic readers to the world of poet, short story writer and novelist Bienvenido N. Santos. Amadís Ma. Guerrero is an author, short story writer and cultural journalist who focuses on Philippine arts and letters. He...

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