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The ides of a university

Intelligence-gathering, when conducted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, becomes less of an undercover op and more of wish-fulfillment in that it could really use some intelligence. After identifying 18 universities and colleges as alleged hotbeds of recruitment for the Communists, the...

“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,...

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The War After

Sandra Damon a veteran television reporter of an international news network based in New York looks out the window of the plane about to...

Predictions and predilections

It is the time of the year when predictions of all shapes and sizes, progressive or apocalyptic and utterly trash, will be revealed by...

Say I do

I’ve been wanting to devote a column to the happy betrothal of Harry Windsor and Meghan Markle.  The Prince and the Showgirl was long...

“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...