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“2GO or Not 2GO”: Why sea travel to Coron is as good as it gets

By all accounts, traveling in an archipelagic country like the Philippines has always required patience, strategy, and a little creativity.  Filipinos, especially seasoned “biyaheros,” have...
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100 Years of Graphic

Any day in one’s life

Questions and reflections in a "writing experiment" dealing with language, time, memory, birth, mortality and other human concerns. Only a writing experiment. Choose at...
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100 Years of Graphic

No Names, Strictly Personal

I found a 1929 Graphic issue at the National Library in Manila. Reading through it, one thing immediately stood out: Some articles were without bylines.
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100 Years of Graphic

The time outside our own

It was the 30th of July when I finally found the first-ever Graphic issue. Amid the careful sound of shuffling pages in the background that ran against the noise of my mouse clicks, I was sure that I paused for a long time admiring the cover displayed on the screen—dashes of striking red on the clothing of a Mindanao man riding a horse.
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The National Artist on Rosales, Reforms and the Duterte ‘Revolution’

AT the heart of every nation is memory. And there’s no better way to be reminded of it than through the eyes and words...
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