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Carmen Linda Atayde: Life in perfect phases

Like a flawlessly solved puzzle, everything fell into place for Carmen Linda Macasil-Atayde by the time she reached the age of 25. In 1965, at the young age of 23, she graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Mapua Institute of Technology....

Goodbye, Kuya Eddie

The first time I saw him was in 1965 and I was about five to six years old. He came to our house in Roxas District, Quezon City to attend the birthday bash of my late father, short story writer, and public relations...

The last caravan

Text and photo by Bernard Testa Fifty-five year old Ben Sison is the last of Marikina’s ‘caravan riders.’ For 10 years, he joined 19 others like him, all from his native town of San Carlos in Pangasinan province. Each traveled to Manila, selling cribs, walkers, brooms,...

The plight of ABS-CBN: Of dual citizenship and foreign ownership of mass media

By Justice Noel Gimenez Tijam (Ret.) Robust debates recently sparked following the renewal initiatives of the congressional franchise of a mass media giant that is ABS-CBN. Some propose a rather simplified solution to the controversy by invoking past legislative acts where the lower House...

We will survive

The Philippines Graphic is once again at a critical juncture. Thirty years ago, my father, the late ambassador and business mogul-philanthropist Antonio L. Cabangon Chua, helped resurrect a magazine that had lived through various owners since 1927. It was a time of great hopes and...

CGPA joins Virtual Indo-Pacific Land Power Conference

The Commanding General, Philippine Army (CGPA) joins the Virtual Indo-Pacific Landpower Conference (IPLC) hosted by the United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) from May 20 to May 21 at the Headquarters Philippine Army Conference Room, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

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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...

Former Graphic EIC shortlisted for international award

Veteran journalist Inday Espina-Varona was shortlisted for the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2018 Press Freedom Awards. Espina-Varona, former editor-in-chief of the Philippines Graphic magazine, was...

Do not delay screening for breast cancer

Photos by Bernard Testa When the entire island of Luzon was placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) back in mid-March, a number of women failed...

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...