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Science and the supernatural: Filipino folklore through a scientific lens

Even with the rise of science and technology, Filipino folklore is still passed on from generation to generation – including stories of creatures and curses that heretofore have seemed scientifically unanswerable. Filipino folklore is an interesting topic to delve into for scientists as the...

Island landmarks, heritage houses & music-making of a lifetime

Pablo Tariman in his hometown Baras, Catanduanes contemplating the island by the sea. (Photo: Floyd Evangelista Flores) As I turn 74 in December, I like to look back and sum up the modest journey of my life. I like to start where I was born. When...

Filipino-Owned CleanMed Health Care opens Flagship Branch in Quezon City

Providing diagnostics and laboratory tests at your doorstep CleanMed Health Care —the country’s newest medical laboratory and diagnostics center has opened its first-ever branch in La Loma, Quezon City. The establishment was made to provide customers with affordable and high-quality healthcare services. The newly inaugurated...

Zambales revives birthday tribute for seniors

IBA, Zambales — For one day each year, senior citizens in this province get the recognition they deserve when the provincial government lavish upon them a birthday treat like no other. They get cakes and presents, enjoy dancing and bonding with peers, have fun...

Rebuilding better: Women entrepreneurs reboot their businesses

More than 30 women entrepreneurs from across the Philippines have seen their businesses recover after taking part in the FLIP YOUR BIZ program delivered by GREAT Women in partnership with the Rebuilding Better Project of the International Labor Organization (ILO) and J.P. Morgan...

Susan Roces: 80 years of a life & memories of a movie icon

A few hours before deadline, I am watching FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano where Susan Roces was known as Lola Flora, the barangay captain.  For close to seven years, she was part of this teleserye. Almost always, I was invited in the yearly anniversaries. She would muse...

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Everybody wore black

So did I, not that anyone noticed, but it’s important for us women to stand together, you know, but unlike the gorgeously gowned women...

The devil goes shirtless

Listen, I think President Duterte is a hypocrite.  For all his bombast against Catholicism, his pronouncements, lo and behold, have a solid foundation in...

“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...

The subject was Filipino

Among the first columns I wrote for this magazine, one stands out in my memory as one of my favorites.  It dealt with Filipino...