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Vienna, Austria—there was no report of Filipinos getting infected with the coronavirus during the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in this city. Until late summer of 2020, when I received a frantic phone call from my friend Cindy, granddaughter of Filipino hero, Dr. Pio...

It was hidden for ages together with other stuff dumped in the utility room of our family home and forgotten, probably rusting—my aunt’s old Singer sewing machine. I have not thought about it until I built that little house connected to my primary...

(Isang Yugtong Monologo)* Ilang Paliwanag:     Ang monologo ay may tratong daloy ng kamalayan (stream of consciousness); samakatwid, walang pagdama sa oras, panahon o tagpuan ang tauhan. Maglalabas-masok sa kasalukuyan at nakalipas Leona. Iisa ang tagapagsalaysay at si Leona, magpapalipat-lipat sa kanilang dalawa ang dayalogo at...

Leona Florentino had a very brief life.  She just lived for 35 years, and had written only a handful of poems.  However, during her lifetime (1849-1884), writings by a woman were never heard of.  Born to a family of prominence and wealth in Vigan...

At 25, Marvin Jeffrey P. Tiu Lim, the youngest child of Mega Global Corp founder and CEO William Tiu Lim, was well into successfully running his own businesses outside of the family enterprise. Back in 2012, Marvin was already the four-year proprietor of computer...

In these times overshadowed by COVID-19-related doom and gloom, it is a welcome respite to look back into my own past from 1994 to 1995, when I was 25 years old. What marked me certainly more than anything else during that time was the...