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12 years later, revisiting Marcel

The years snap back to the past like a terribly stretched rubber band suddenly released to hit the wrist. It’s been 12 years, Marcel. Twelve years since I recounted how they forcibly made you disappear in 1985. It was in 2010 when I first...

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Ricaredo Demetillo: Poet of Panay epics

It was June 1985. Ricaredo Demetillo, 65, poet, verse playwright, literary critic, essayist and author of one novel, had just retired from his teaching duties at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He looked back with satisfaction at his long career as poet...

“I’m One with All You Deeply Love” Remembering Our Lolo U.P.

“Daddy was passionate about poetry and writing. It was what he lived for and suffered for, pursuing it to the hilt. It was this dedication that in a way inspired me to be good in what I chose to do as an artist.”...

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Political will to build

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has, for so long, been seen as a corrupt agency, one that is slow to act...

Labor group presses for Human Rights Defenders Protection Bill on Int’l Human Rights Day

As the world commemorates International Human Rights Day today, Dec. 10, the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) has endorsed the passage of the Enhanced...

On pace with peace & order and disaster preparedness

The City of Sto. Tomas is one of the first city governments in the province of Batangas to establish close coordination with the Philippine...

Heritage-driven developments in the city of Biñan

Culture-based governance is a hallmark of the Biñan City Government. Its prime mover, Mayor Walfredo “Arman” Dimaguila, Jr., believes that tracing the heritage or...