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Carmen Guerrero Nakpil: Of legends & adventures
When Carmen Guerrero Nakpil peacefully breathed her last on July 30, 2018, I knew I was witnessing the end of an era of good and insightful writing.
There was a moment of denial when I received the early morning text from her daughter, Gemma,...
Lualhati, Paano Ka Ginawa?
Lualhati Bautista is one hell of a woman. Her quite ordinary face, her typical brown skin, and her average height of about five feet one inch do not intimidate. But she looks at you straight in the eye with that no-nonsense expression. She’s...
Wilfrido D. Nolledo, word magician
NOVEMBER 1972, MARTIAL LAW. MY MAGAZINE THE GRAPHIC, PUBLISHED BY DON Antonio Araneta and edited by noted journalist-lawyer Luis R. Mauricio, was closed down, along with other publications, except the crony Daily Express.
Staffers more radical than me were on the run, hunted by...
Kerima Polotan Tuvera: 85 Years of a life
In high school, four decades before I became a senior citizen, I turned to three writers as models of good writing: Kerima Polotan, Gilda Cordero Fernando and Carmen Guerrero Nakpil.
Of the three, Nakpil was the eldest (born 1922), followed by Polotan (born 1925)...
The Multi-universe of Gilda Cordero Fernando
In A Memoir Published In The Coffee-Table Book The Philippines: Spirit of Place (Department of Tourism, 1994), Gilda Cordero Fernando—short story writer, essayist, publisher, theater producer, collector of antiques (“with me you don’t say what’s new but what’s old”), visual artist with her own distinctive style, New Age guru and I don’t know what else—traced her roots to Pagsanjan, Laguna.
Graphic alum and noted writer Pablo Tariman is honorary citizen of Iloilo City
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas conferred honorary citizenship to writer-journalist, poet, and impresario Pablo Arcilla Tariman in recognition of his artistic excellence and contribution to Iloilo’s Arts and Culture.
An honorary citizenship is a status bestowed on a foreign or native individual deemed...
