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Beached blanket bingo
by Marie Yuvienco
The object of trying to get away from it all is to get away from it all, which you cannot really do in Boracay. Not today, anyway, and it has not been possible for quite some time now. The island was...
The Prez and the showgirl
by Marie Yuvienco
The bad puns are flying low and fast as the pants are coming down. The pants belong to Donald Trump, who was caught with his pants down—I warned you the puns were bad—after he was sued by an actress named Stephanie...
May divorce be with you
So who doesn’t want divorce? Happily married couples, that’s who. They and religious zealots, but can anyone come up with a good reason why the conversation should be strangled just because happy people and those who took vows of celibacy say so? Well? ...
The crown
Is she rueing the day she deigned to accept the offer to be Chief Justice? Does she lie awake at night thinking about what she could have done differently to forestall what is now happening to her from happening? Uneasy may lie the...
In the name of the daughter
Marya Ignacio weaves her hair with her fingers watching as the curls separate adhesively from her sweat-dripped forehead. They have been on the hillside for more than four hours now—the days just seem to grow longer every day. As noon strikes, Marya and...
Introducing Mission: PHL, the BusinessMirror’s Envoys & Expats Recognition Awards
Four years ago, in 2013, BusinessMirror—the broadsheet sister publication of the Philippines Graphic—started its Envoys & Expats section. It was designed to serve as a broader link between the reading public and the diplomatic community in the Philippines.
Envoys & Expats was the brainchild...
