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Waterdragon: A Tale of the Maranao Weaver-Woman

For her gnarled fingers, it was never a questionof mere ornamentation,but of a secret syllabary,a language of ancient strengththat burned beyond tongues.Frome where her...
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Literature

BRIEF ANGEL

You are oneTo slip through the nightsLike a gauze.You come to meThinly wrappingAround my body.You are hereYet not here.I riseWith every drawing of breathLike...
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Literature

Trilogy for Easter

Read Nick Joaquin's long poem titled "Trilogy for Easter," published in the Philippines Graphic on April 17, 1995. TABLE OF CONTENTSARIMATHEA'S FRIDAY AFTERNOONCOMING IN FROM...
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100 Years of Graphic

GRAPHIC ARCHIVE: AROUND THE WORLD

Photographs of Dr. Paz Maria Mendoza Guazon and her sister Guillermina Mendoza taken at interesting spots during their tour of the world. In the...
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100 Years of Graphic

U.S.T. MUSEUM: Believe it or not, they’re there!

A book smaller than your thumb, Roman coins before Christ’s time, priceless Ming jars, and all kinds of oddities—you’ll find them in PI’s oldest...
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100 Years of Graphic

Anatomy of a repeating scandal: Lessons in investigating a failed 1926 public works project

Some 96 years ago, on June 12, 1929, the Graphic magazine published an article titled The Tinkers’ Dam by M. San Martin.
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100 Years of Graphic

GRAPHIC ARCHIVE: “Those Who Skip in the Night”

While from the standpoint of a layman, government bureaus seem to be working smoothly the year around, still auditors detailed to look over records have unearthed grave anomalies that have existed for the past few years and yet kept secret by their directors.
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Poetry

In One of My Lives, I Became A Drone

so I asked the queen ant: “beforeI mate with your young queen, may Iat least have the indulgence ofmating with all of the femaleants...
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Poetry

POETRY: “Leaves” by Marra PL. Lanot

ARCHIVE — See the leaves turn green / To yellow to orange / To red   rust   brown
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100 Years of Graphic

ARCHIVE: The Laoag-Vintar Dam Tragedy (1927 Graphic Article)

AUGUST 6, 1927 — IF THE Laoag-Vintar irrigation project has proved a disappointment to Representative Confesor and other public officials, it has, so far,...
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