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Russia under sanctions, but who is really suffering?

For many years now, we have seen the futile attempts of the West to isolate Russia. Western countries—primarily the United States (US), Great Britain, and the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)—are trying to portray themselves on the right side of...

The life and times of Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalize the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that led to the collapse of communism, the breakup of the state and the end of the Cold War, died Aug. 30. The last Soviet leader was 91. Gorbachev...

Philippines Graphic September 26, 2022 Issue

Former Soviet Union Pres. Mikhail Gorbachev set out to revitalize the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that led to the collapse of communism, the breakup of the state, and the end of the Cold War. The Philippines Graphic focuses on the...

In search of heroes

Numerous researches and academic studies on heroes and heroism have resulted in a range of meanings for the word “hero.” As cited in Attributes and Applications of Heroes: A Brief History of Lay and Academic Perspectives by Elaine L. Kinsella, Timothy D. Ritchie, and...

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...

Random Pickings

2 writers : Manuel E. Arguilla & Edgardo M. Reyes

They were never part of the trade union movement. In the labor-management schism that afflicted workers in their millions, the likes of Manuel E....

People first: A blueprint for development

“Inclusive means that no one is left behind and everybody should reap the benefits of industrialization. For this, the city strives to pursue faster...

STUDENT’S CORNER

When the Philippines Graphic Reader started in February 2022, it became the first and only nationally-circulated, monthly, literary magazine in the country devoted to...