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Orly Mercado’s Philanthropy Revolution: The next 50 years of Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko
BY HIS own admission, the young Orlando “Orly” Mercado was “a dyed-in-the-wool, left-wing activist,” having organized his first labor union shortly after beginning his broadcast journalism career.
Born on April 26, 1946, he was only 20 years old when he started a union at...
KKMK Philanthropy Anthology Raxel’s World: The Race to Healing
Angelic, with a hint of sadness and uncertainty framing an otherwise cherubic, smiling face, the boy is small, thin, amiable, and sprightly.
When asked what he wanted to be when he grows up, he quickly answered: “Gusto ko po maging duktor (I want to...
Tilly’s birth will do us part: AI actor and the doomed commerce of inauthenticity
Previous era of the arts had subversiveness, vulgarity, and blasphemy as its main problems. Now its inauthenticity—the single remaining line that shouldn’t be crossed.
In Western theater, the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle discussed “Thespis of Icaria” in his foundational literary work, Poetics. Thespis is...
Through Greg’s brilliant eyes
TRIBUTE — On September 26, the Filipino literary titan, maestro of the Philippine short story, and former Graphic editor Gregorio C. Brillantes passed away at 92.
THE YOUNGEST HOPE OF A TRIBUNAL ON TRIAL
It looks like it’s going to be a long haul when you scan the country, or even just this part of town, from the corner of Taft and Padre Faura—a long dazed journey, not to “Philippines 2000,” the splendiferous miracle promised FVR’s faithful a mere seven years from now, but to reality of NIChood probably a century hence.
Will Solidarity please stand up?
I attended an awarding event once where I saw firsthand how a group of respected writers interacted only with those they deem worthy of acknowledgement. They clapped only to the people they know. Many of those in attendance were a bit new to...
