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Bells of Balangiga

In the quiet town of Balangiga, where the sea wind drifts through palm and flame tree,three bells once hung in a belfry, brushed by...

Luxent Hotel welcomes NJLA 2025

With its sleek, contemporary glass façade, the classic and elegant Luxent Hotel along Timog Avenue in Quezon City is this year’s venue for the...

He who Is without Sin

Three huge cross figures made of fine wood were slowly being painted black by a crowd of men. They sat on makeshift bamboo benches...

At the Seine

Were the ripples at the river Seine My memories, your face will be broken  Into a thousand pieces, each fragment of you Cut into countless shimmers Dancing in...

When the Heart Knows

Charito's pace slowed as she neared Barbara's, the renowned restaurant in Intramuros that is next to the centuries-old San Agustin Church. The cobblestone streets...

A King Lear in Cage

Trekking the road to house of aged, those grown feeble, fatuous to outside world. I come as servant to bring that which is longed for to nourish...

After the Ascension

(Short Fiction in the Style of Joaquin Antonio Penalosa’s God’s Diary) When the Cherubim settled down and the fluttering of wings turned into soft rustlings,...

TWO FOR PUNGAW (or “melancholy” in Bicolano)

A Filipino Stillness Not the light in Amorsolo’s canvas but the smile that kindles the frame. Not in dreams, where I lose you among crocodiles. Your...

Graphic Reader’s Covers Exhibit: An NJLA 2024 Pre-Event highlight

2006 National Artist for the Visual Arts Benedicto 'BenCab' Reyes Cabrera to lead in ribbon-cutting ceremony A colorful 12-stand exhibit of Philippines Graphic Reader covers...

10 Biñan public high schools are newest beneficiaries of NJLA-LGU Advocacy for English and Literature project

Biñan, LAGUNA—Some 18,636 junior public high school students in Biñan City are the latest beneficiaries of the Nick Joaquin Literary Awards-Local Government Unit (NJLA-LGU)...