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(With humble thanks to poet and essayist Marra PL Lanot, we commemorate the April 29 death anniversary of National Artist Nick Joaquin—our first Editor-in-Chief in the revived Philippines Graphic under the late Ambassador, media mogul, and philanthropist Antonio L. Cabangon Chua—with this warm...

National Artist Nick Joaquin will always be the quintessential literary giant in the galaxy of poets, fictionists, essayists, and screenwriters in the Philippines. As the first Editor-in-Chief of the revived Philippines Graphic, under the aegis of the late business mogul, philanthropist, and Ambassador Antonio...

The time was 1417, over a hundred years before Spain set foot on the Philippines. The place—the small city of Dezhou in the province of Shandong, a few hours from the Chinese capital of Beijing. Sultan Paduka Pahala (Batara in some references), along with...

Staffers of the University Hospital flash the three-finger protest gesture while holding signs that read: “Protect democracy” and “Reject the military coup, Free our president, Respect our votes” in Yangon, Myanmar. At least three persons have been killed during massive protests that sprung...

The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) reported it as “the most powerful non-nuclear explosion of the 21st century.” It even had its own “mushroom cloud,” as 2,750 metric tons of badly stored ammonium nitrate accidentally exploded on the port of Beirut in Lebanon, a...