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An out-of-this-world Christmas event at SM Supermalls

SM Supermalls brings back the excitement in every visit, joy in every sight, and a magical connection in every experience that will make every Filipino’s Christmas happier and brighter.     A magical space odyssey ushered in the holiday season last Oct. 20 at the...

Game On! SM Christmas Village is Back—And It’s Bigger Than Ever

Hop into our mall-tiverse and score P3M worth of vouchers and prizes! We’re calling it: Christmas 2022 is going to be one for the books. The past two years saw Filipinos dialing down on the holiday celebrations as we exercised caution against the spread...

SM Bears of Joy: a present of love from SM Cares for children in need

This year’s collection features four adorable ‘FamBears’ inspired by ‘family’ Good news, holiday shoppers: SM Cares is bringing back the SM Bears of Joy to help you share the joy with children in need this holiday season. For this year, SM Cares went with the...

A Dialogue at Pandesal Forum

For three hours in the morning of Oct. 25, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian eloquently spoke and held a fruitful dialogue with media and intellectuals at the “Pandesal Forum.” The forum was held at the 83-year-old Kamuning Bakery Café in Barangay Kamuning,...

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...

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The Prez & the press: What in blazes happened?

It’s inevitable: Rodrigo Duterte and the press will never see eye to eye. There’s simply no way around it. Not now, and perhaps, not...

IT’S HERE!

Catch the January 2024 issue of the Philippines Graphic Reader featuring: SHORT STORIES Senior Momentous by Ceres P. Doyo The Lady of Sitio Kariktan by A.B. Abillar Eight...

SC urged to settle issue of Bulacan water rights

Even as Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado stressed the importance of improving the structural integrity of the dams in Bulacan, he urged the Supreme Court to...

In war and in peace

It started with timely visits from SM Foundation’s Health and Wellness Program Executive Director Connie Angeles. “I get invited to many military functions,” Angeles said,...