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“The other side of midnight”

Allow me to get a few things clear before beginning: I’ve never been to the United States, never really had any aspirations of traveling there, and certainly have no in-depth knowledge about American politics. It’s hard enough keeping up with the ludicrous charade...

When semester ends in Ilocos

From a terror professor to a perfectionist boss. From a thrilling thesis oral defense to unending weekly reports. From lively classrooms to silent offices. From a two-month annual summer break to a two-day, incomplete rest in a week. Indeed such big differences for...

Fortune Life achieves another milestone on its 8th Values Advocacy Program

    Another milestone has been achieved by Fortune Life Insurance Company as it continued its legacy in promoting and honoring the hard work and discipline of Filipino Teachers and School Officials in the country last September 12 at Bulwagan ng Karunungan, DepEd Central Office...

V is for vérité

Is the best defense always a good offense?  What if I told you that there have been times when the best defense is a weird defense?  Brett Kavanaugh, a U.S. Court of Appeals judge who is Donald Trump’s choice for the vacant seat...

Memories of my mother by Frank Sionil Jose, National Artist for Literature

My mother, Sofia Sionil, was born on September 30, 1900. Her parents were Ilokano settlers in Rosales, Pangasinan. I called her Inang. When I received the Ramon Magsaysay Memorial award in 1980, she sat in the front row of the auditorium, composed, quiet,...

Uppance come a-knocking

In criminal law, it is believed that “the guilty flee when no one pursueth but the innocent are as bold as a lion.”  This dictum has its roots in the Book of Proverbs, which says that “the wicked flee when no man pursueth...

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Close encounters with the fishy kind: A Look at China’s ‘Fisheries war’

On March 4, the South China Morning Post published an online video of the Argentine Coast Guard’s brief yet tense encounter with a Chinese...

“Auntie Olga”

This essay is the first of many written during a Memoir Writing workshop at Sunshine Place under the mentorship of Dr. Oscar Peñaranda, a...

Your loyal subject

At the tail-end of the ASEAN Summit here in Manila some weeks ago, we witnessed, mostly on social media platforms, a minor bickering by...

Veteran journo Rolly Espina writes 30

Journalist Rolando “Rolly” Espina passed away peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017 surrounded by children and grandchildren in his home in Bacolod City. He...