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NEWS IN FOCUS / January’s blasts: Dengvaxia, Cha-Cha, firings, Rappler, and Mayon Volcano

January opened with a growing frequency of reports on child deaths that the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) attributed to Dengvaxia—the first anti-dengue...

The science and politics of Halal

In 2015, then Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez—in a talk with editors and reporters of the Philippines Graphic, BusinessMirror, View Magazine, Pilipino Mirror, TV9 and CNN Philippines—confirmed that the...

Marra PL Lanot’s Cadena de Amor: Fire, rain, and remembering

This book of poems is dedicated to her three grand-children: twins Allegra Milagros and Elias Serafin, all of two years and 10 months, and...

A time for heroes

At the entrance of the tree-lined park, the shiny black granite wall is farthest from view. Closer is the imposing 14-meter bronze statue of...

Of forensic artists & other painters

A janitor, a carpenter, a medico-legal doctor, an agent, a photographer, and a couple of forensic artists—all employees of the National Bureau of Investigation...

How to build a day care center: An SM Foundation-National Bureau of Investigation partnership

Wearing red sneakers, gray pants, and a loosely tucked-in red shirt with the name ‘Tres’ emblazoned on his right chest, five-year-old Dante ‘Tres’ Gierran...

A matter of social justice: Women in radio and television in a time of conflict and crisis

The gloom cast by an overcast sky proved no match to the bright, spirited, and at times, belligerent voices of the women in the...

Babaylan: Migration and Filipino women in Europe

Last October, the Philippine women’s network Babaylan Europe celebrated its 25th year, with the theme: “Building Women’s Capacity in Response to Global Challenges.” Founded in...

Apag Marangle: Pampanga’s Feast in a Farm

The Northern Luzon Expressway (NLEX), with its straight, smooth, and seemingly endless lanes can make one sleepy inside a van traveling to Pampanga on...

SBMA at 25: Celebrating the Past, Forging the Nation’s Future

It took a colossal force of nature to hasten the retreat of the United States military in 1991 from Subic Bay Naval Base, the...