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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 consider translation or a trans-creation or an adaptation as part of what we may call as the “literary canon.” Devoid...

Olympics Japan: The Surreal Games

After a yearlong delay and months of hand-wringing that rippled across a pandemic-inflected world, a Summer Games unlike any other is at hand. It’s an Olympics, sure, but also, in a very real way, something quite different. No foreign fans. No local attendance in...

What you need to know about buying cars during the COVID-19 pandemic

(Photos courtesy from Honda Cars Philippines, PGA Cars) For sure, the difficult commute to and from work in the Metro was made even more challenging by the outbreak of COVID-19. Aside from sanitation and social distancing, commuters still have to worry about limited public...

Between vaccines and variants

A woman walks past a mural depicting a white dove parachuting COVID-19 vaccine vials. The mural was found near the Italian Health Ministry Headquarters in Rome, Italy. Strict lockdowns and a short supply of vaccines continue to plague Europe, Asia, and Africa amid...

Atwood, Grisham among contributors to pandemic novel

NEW YORK (AP) — one of the first novels about the pandemic will be a collaborative effort, with Margaret Atwood, John Grisham and Celeste Ng among the writers. The Authors Guild Foundation announced Thursday that it had reached a deal with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt...

Thai PM ends presser by spraying reporters with disinfectant

TOP PHOTO: Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha sprays alcohol mist on a front row of reporters sitting inside the press conference room at the Government house in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok, Thailand (AP) — Politicians are often accused of sanitizing the news. Thailand’s Prime Minister...

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A gentle woman (our Yaya Taling)

“How did Taling end up in our household, Mommy?”  I have turned my curiosity during the pandemic to our family history and my question...

Lessons after 10 years and a day

By Joel Pablo Salud I didn’t get to spend 10 years working as editor for the country’s longest-running news and literary magazine without a harvest...

The full circle of Tony, Nick & Pete

Photo by Bernard Testa The last decade of the 20th century saw the third re-emergence of the Philippines Graphic—this time, under the ownership of the...

Fantasy Islands

Imagine, if you will, Harry Roque rushing alongside President Duterte to greet the administration’s Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion Law as it crests into...