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A year after my daughter’s death

I –Friday, Bloody, Friday — The week she died was ominous. I had a sudden attack of arthritis and I couldn’t move without help. Suddenly I had to use a cane. Something ailed me but I refused to see a doctor. For one,...

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...

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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...

Hymen, oh Hyménée!: Juan Luna’s love in a time of lunacy

Juan Luna’s ‘Hymen, oh Hyménée!’ drowns the public with overwhelming passion for the last time, 132 years later. From Oct. 7 to Oct. 16, the...

Bringing the power of innovation to fruition

Keynote Message by Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, Chairman, Senate Committee on Health and Demography I’m honored to extend my warmest greetings to all of...

Biñan: A city with a view to the new century

From a municipality that first came to the common man’s awareness by way of a delicious rice cake delicacy, the Biñan of today has...