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His mother remembers with fondness where she got the name for her only son. “It’s a favorite name of mine. Sa lahat ng tula ko noon na sinusulat, nandoon ang karakter ni Julian from the movie Julian Makabayan. And his father, Mike, wanted...

John Carlo “Caloy” Sateniaman is a senior student of Rizal Technological University BSBA-Marketing Management. “When I was in grade school I experienced being bullied for being skinny. Unable to overcome my bad experience, I joined a dance troupe until college. It also helped me...

I first met Manix Abrera in a van of all places, enroute to Quezon Province, while he was fast asleep. We were to deliver each a lecture together with the head of the University of Santo Tomas’ Department of Literature and the Humanities Dr....

It’s a cafe frequented by Manila’s elite—where scions of old rich and nouveau riche families hobnob with wealthy expats and the city’s artists, writers, and other intellectuals. The sound of cowbells, trumpets, conga, bass, güiro and the piano enliven the syncopated beat of Cuban music...

Although it was rainy the entire morning, Mayon Volcano and an unusually strong sun showed up just in time for the 40 children, mostly boys, who were selected for football training on the grassy field of the Sto. Domingo Central Elementary School in...

In 1983, Paul McCartney—famous English singer-songwriter and member of the Beatles, acknowledged as the most influential rock band of the 20th century—shot a video for his song, “Pipes of Peace.” The video depicted the famous 1914 Christmas truce during the First World War, when...