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Lessons from a ‘fantaserye’ controversy

Three weeks ago, ABS-CBN released promotional campaigns for its newest “fantaserye” Bagani, a speculative, coming-of-age story of a male protagonist, utilizing the indigenous term which means, all at the same time, heroism, courage, and moral or spiritual distinction bestowed upon an exemplary...

The crown

Is she rueing the day she deigned to accept the offer to be Chief Justice? Does she lie awake at night thinking about what she could have done differently to forestall what is now happening to her from happening? Uneasy may lie the...

Crossword 43

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Introducing Mission: PHL, the BusinessMirror’s Envoys & Expats Recognition Awards

Four years ago, in 2013, BusinessMirror—the broadsheet sister publication of the Philippines Graphic—started its Envoys & Expats section. It was designed to serve as a broader link between the reading public and the diplomatic community in the Philippines. Envoys & Expats was the brainchild...

Adios, Maria Clara

Either Associate Justice Samuel R. Martires, who wrote People v. Amarela, is a Miss Universe junkie or Pia Wurtzbach herself had acted as amicus curiae—a friend of the Court—because a portion of that Supreme Court decision sounded suspiciously familiar.  Amarela is a rape...

Sunny with a chance of tikoy

Tikoy is China’s fruitcake. A sentence as declarative as this usually demands proof, and usually, the proof is in the tikoy, but have you actually seen anyone eat some? Not in its raw state, unlike fruitcake which can be consumed as is where...

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The Birth of Bikoliana Klasika

Allow me to highlight the work of translation as an integral part in writing our literary histories. For it is very seldom that we...

Ladies who protest too much

Two peckers are being measured against each other, and loath as I am to extend the shelf life of this non-story, extend I must...

The Belle of FFH

She is the co-founder of Football for Humanity (FFH), an international non-stock, non-profit, non-government organization that focuses on community development and peace building. An immensely...

A heritage of generosity: Remembering Amb. Antonio L. Cabangon Chua

  The call came unexpected. Just seconds after arriving at the newsroom, I stumbled out and rushed to the fourth floor. The Ambassador sat serenely on...