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Graphic origins

DON RAMON PARDO ROCESPublisher, Graphic & Graphic Weekly1927-1941; 1948-1965 In the early decades of American colonial rule in the Philippines, there were rich and influential...

The first Graphic cover

I have always been interested in where modern Philippine culture began, how it spread, and what images were used to represent the nation. Print media...

NCCA, UNESCO challenge teachers to turn living heritage into classroom lessons

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is inviting Grade...

Cinemalaya 22 concludes; best film awarded to “Mag-iina”

Ruby Ruiz and Marietta ‘Pokwang’ Subong tied for best actress award The 22nd Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival awarded the prestigious Balanghai trophy for Best...

Bacolod City opens call for entries for annual film festival

The City of Smiles is once again turning its lens toward homegrown talent. Local officials and festival organizers officially kicked off the 3rd Bacolod Film...

‘Kagitingan’ remembered, promises broken: The WWII Filipino veterans’ story

For Sluggo Rigor, the stories of war were not something he read in textbooks: They were memories that his father—World War II veteran Col. Conrado Rigor Sr.—shared at home as the children grew up: the hunger, the fear, and the will to stay alive after the fall of Bataan.

Imagine, the provinces of your mind

In the province, far from the bustling and sleepless Metro Manila where there exists a strange mix of “everyone-ness,” lies a certain magic that the country’s capital city, no matter how hard it tries (if it dares), won’t be able to replicate.

Where university presses can take local literature

It might not be that obvious to the general public, but the Philippine publishing scene has seen significant growth in the past decade.

Young voices of Filipino diaspora share their lives in Spain

On August 19th, at 5 PM, Instituto Cervantes de Manila will host at its Intramuros branch the book presentation of Mosai-KO: Quince relatos del barrio...

Did He Really Operate On Him?

He made an incision on the patient's stomach, scooped something inside and out came a wriggling, thumb-sized cucumber-like thing!