What is long and dear to the soul of Graphic for the past 99 years is the literary arts. In its first year as a magazine in 1927, the Graphic featured short stories in its pages. Since then, it has continued to promote the literary works of Filipino fictionists.

In 1922, Don Ramon Roces was plagued by an idea: Photo News. He believed that pictures conveyed messages and facts more clearly and more quickly; photographs reported the news better than text. He experimented with two publications that demonstrated his...

It could qualify as foresight. He saw the power it held 99 years ago. Technology—which in the time of Graphic founder Ramon Roces materialized as photography—was the ticket to news publishing that appealed to a mass audience more effectively...

I was once asked to write an “objective” account of Manila and the Philippines. This struck me as a curious request, because objectivity—poor thing—didn’t survive postmodernism. Everything nowadays is selection: facts, impressions, perspectives. And since we live in the...

A teacher conducts a lesson through a small LCD screen at Cainta Elementary School in Rizal Province. Beyond the classroom walls, the image evokes broader questions about the state of Philippine education, as recent local and international assessments continue...

For Sluggo Rigor, the stories of war were not something he read in textbooks: They were memories that his father—World War II veteran Col. Conrado Rigor Sr.—shared at home as the children grew up: the hunger, the fear, and the will to stay alive after the fall of Bataan.

Kids relish their time in the summer sun inside the Cainta Oval, where residents run, jog, and exercise daily to stay healthy. Photo and caption by Bernard TestaPublished in the May 2026 issue of the Philippines Graphic

A young girl enjoys refreshments in the shade on Kalanggaman Island in Palompon, Leyte—one of the country’s most picturesque coastal destinations. Scenes like this underscore the importance of protecting the moments and places that matter most. 

When you ask a foreigner whether they ride a motorcycle in the Philippines, they usually look at you as if you’ve suggested juggling chainsaws and reply: “Are you insane? In this traffic?” And yes—Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is...

Boatmen in Coron, Palawan celebrated International Workers’ Day on May 1 while guiding tourists around the Calamianes island group. They work closely with the municipal government and local tourism office to sustain income opportunities until the months leading to the rainy season.

Morning mist blankets the rolling hills of Boso-Boso in Antipolo City, Rizal...

Workers dust off the statues at the EDSA People Power Monument in preparation for the 40th anniversary of the 1986 People Power Revolution. On February 25, civil-society groups and demonstrators are expected to gather at the site, calling for stronger action against corruption in government. Despite the administration’s declaration of a Special Working Day, organizers urged the public to participate in commemorating the “bloodless revolution” that restored democracy in 1986.