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68th Palanca Awards winners feted

The 68th Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature feted its winners, most of whom were new voices in the literary scene, as well...

AFP-MILF war over but fighting continues

The war between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is officially over. Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr., the...

Communism is not a crime

    First a disclaimer: while I may have loved my wife Che for the last 12 years and addressed her as Commandante (because of her...

Deconstructing the mythologeme of the contemporary

One of the most contentious points in navigating the terrain of contemporary Philippine politics is how we should approach the seeming polarization of the...

“Make Orwell fiction again”: Deconstructing the Arroyo Charter

It was one of those rare occasions where I took some time off politics to delve into that one thing I’ve nearly forgotten: the...

The ides of a university

Intelligence-gathering, when conducted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, becomes less of an undercover op and more of wish-fulfillment in that it could...

“The other side of midnight”

Allow me to get a few things clear before beginning: I’ve never been to the United States, never really had any aspirations of traveling...

Lady Fishbone wins 2018 Maningning Award

A canvas of fishbones (tinik ng isda) titled “Motion of Life” won the coveted 2018 Maningning Art Award held at the historic Far Eastern...

Reincatnation

You might have guessed it by now. Yes, I am a tomcat. I’m one of several varieties of strays. One of five kittens born near...

Asylum pieces

at 53 my sinfulness pervades the daily news and “justifies all my childhood abuse”— i thank all for the times when I can choose to turn to earthly...