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Chat with Nick

Eight years ago, Rosario “Chat” Lachica, 58, made her first visit to the Libingan ng mga Bayani. She was there to pay her last...

The World in the time of Nick Joaquin

Europe, the seat of everything that was grand, powerful, and prosperous, was caught in the teeth of the First World War, the year Nicomedes...

Do you still see bloodred dragonflies?

It’s a four-year-old book of poetry—a slim book, all of 90 pages, with 55 poems published in 2022, ready to be read and absorbed. And...

Now you see them, then you don’t: Crimes & violence on campus

It was the type of news that jarred the senses because it was the first time it happened in the country. Government officials called...

Discerning the age of innocence

It was probably the most unsettling and shocking piece of news that broke during that second week of October. After eating his share of hotdog...

China’s Difference Engine: Changing the configuration of the world

How did China make the leap from being one of Asia’s poorest nations to becoming a global economic behemoth—all in a little more than...

Orly Mercado’s Philanthropy Revolution: The next 50 years of Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko

BY HIS own admission, the young Orlando “Orly” Mercado was “a dyed-in-the-wool, left-wing activist,” having organized his first labor union shortly after beginning his...

KKMK Philanthropy Anthology Raxel’s World: The Race to Healing

Angelic, with a hint of sadness and uncertainty framing an otherwise cherubic, smiling face, the boy is small, thin, amiable, and sprightly. When asked what...

When there is no Planet B, how do you get to point C?

The astronauts got it right the first time. It was 1971 and Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell peered through the small window of their spacecraft and saw a 360-degree panoramic view of the Earth, Moon, Sun, and the stars.”

Of Pandesal & Pinoy Politics

Even bread has the flavor of politics in the Philippines. Celebrate World Pandesal Day at 9 a.m. on Oct. 16 (Thursday) at the 86-year-old...