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Love of my life
The corridor was circular, lined with curved benches along the wall. Behind the benches were glass windows that overlooked the street below.
As you sat on those benches, you faced another glass window of a room with closed blinds to ensure the privacy...
Covering the essential Blas F. Ople
A journalist remembers how the former labor and foreign affairs secretary and Senate President remained a lifelong newspaperman at heart
The opportunity to cover Blas Fajardo Ople, the late labor and foreign affairs secretary and lifelong newsman, when he became a senator, was a...
The remarkable life of Blas F. Ople
“The world pays a premium not for occasional flashes of brilliance but for sustained commitments to the performance of tasks.”—Blas F. Ople
On Feb. 3, 1927, a baby to be later named Blas Fajardo Ople, was brought into the world by Segundina and Felix...
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, Pangasinan in his Hindsight column in the Philippine Star.
In the words of his son: “He did what he...
Rain
It is raining. I said “Okay” to a meeting at the Balesin Club in Makati but it’s raining tonight. I avoid going beyond five kilometers from where I live in one of the villages in Quezon City. I am horrified with the EDSA...
COVID quarantines, the second time around
This essay is one of many written during a Memoir Writing workshop at Sunshine Place under the mentorship of Dr. Oscar Peñaranda, a Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas awardee. An educator, author, and advocate of Filipino-American studies, Dr. Peñaranda’s work includes “Seasons by...
