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Graphic days & nights with Frank Sionil Jose

On the last day of his 97-year stay on earth, National Artist Frank Sionil Jose wrote about the Philippines and his hometown of Rosales,...

Love locks, tokhang, and Rosario at Baclaran

He cradled his son with his right arm, while he wrapped his left fist around a sledgehammer. The grilles surrounding them were full of...

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...

Writing in the Age of Tokhang: Message to the Fellows of the recently-concluded 57th U.P. National Writers Workshop for Mid-Career Authors

by Rolando B. Tolentino *Photos used with permission from Likhaan: University of the Philippines Institute of Creative Writing. Vlad Gonzales is this year's director of the...

CMMA@40 – Judges’ forum

Jurors praised, renew commitment to Christian values in fight against fake news  The judges of the Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) won praise and recognition for their role in promoting human and Christian values at the CMMA Judges Forum held July 5. Thursday, as...

A reading from the 1st letter of Rodrigo to Filipinos

You know there’s a page in the Bible which I read almost every day. It’s the Ecclesiastes 3. 'There’s a time to be calm, there’s a time to be silent, to be poignant, a time to be subdued, and a time to be vicious. —President Rodrigo...

Rogelio ‘Roger’ Mangahas: Poet on the stalk of life

Philippine literature has lost a precious gem. In the morning of July 4, multi-awarded poet Rogelio ‘Roger’ Mangahas died after suffering a massive stroke. He was 79. “Koyang” to his friends and peers in the writing community, Mangahas is a well-loved and respected master...

World Cup fever: Field wide open with Germany’s fall

One win and two losses. That was the Germany’s standing after it was eliminated on Day 14 of the World Cup. It was the first time for Germany to fail to make the final 16 of the World Cup since 1938. That 80-year-old streak...

Cola wars 2.0

Tito Sotto is at the receiving end of some very bad legal advice.  On the heels of his election as Senate President, he composes a letter to the Philippine Daily Inquirer asking it ever so politely to take down articles about him written...

When God becomes just another joking matter

  Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will reap.—Galatians 6:7   Rarely do I give myself the chance to write about my faith even though I would like to think of myself as a Christian. Yes, I am...

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