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Tracing Tribal Roots

A quiet and serene mountain village called Ahin in the back water municipality of Tinoc in Ifugao is not a paradise. Unlike the biblical “Garden of Eden” where a man and women were created and...

Code Blue

Bravery Isn’t always confined In shouts or cheers   Sometimes It trickles Flows   Silently On cheeks Stopping pain To escape from one’s lips...

WPS is more than a maritime tension

On April 30, tensions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) marked another incident with China’s highly lethal water cannon pressure against Filipino vessels at Scarborough Shoal, as reported by Philippine...

On Weddings and Divorces

While browsing through Facebook earlier, I came across the news about Medwin Marfil, the lead vocalist of the 90s band True Faith, getting married in California. He married his partner, Mark Angeles...

The Light and the Dark

We had to go through the dark to appreciate the light. Many times, people are trying their best to survive yet there’s no reason or excuse for the pains caused. Sometimes, looking at the past...

Ipsum Novus

Soft snores stirred to a quiet, and the face – firm and fiery, of many a protest against man’s folly – broke into a naughty smile. Freshly-brewed coffee won’t fail me now. Anyway, the mischief seemed...

The Benguet Lily & People

FLOWERS, flowers, flowers. The Hollywood movie “Lilies of the Field” in 1963 would have won a Famas award for picturesque scenery if it was filmed in the cool mountainsides and valleys of Benguet...

One way mirror

Love me back Just like you did yesterday Just like how you promised the sun and the stars Not the moon You know I never wanted to own such pure majesty Fragile   Love me back Just like words that...

Are we cursed by the map?

“How is Singapore, with little natural resources, richer than the Philippines?” I am pretty sure; this question could take longer nights than a solstice to debate over. Many could argue...

Power of Marites

I was watching videos of the Senate inquiry led by Sen. Bato dela Rosa where he was interrogating Maricel Soriano. I really don’t know the issue relative to this Senate inquiry because honestly, I...

Opinion

“Alipato at Muog”  film on desaparecidos  won  73rd FAMAS Best Picture and Best Director

Exactly a year after being given an X-rating, “Alipato at Muog”  film on desaparecidos  was recognized as Best Picture  by  the  Filipino Academy of Movie ...

Working With (Not Against) the Machine: How I Use AI Without Losing My Voice

One of the most common concerns I hear is, "Aren't you worried AI will replace writers?" My honest answer: not ...

Sail On, Friend!

People come and go as they say. Yet, the ones who stay are the ones we have to be grateful ...

Rattan and  climate change

Osaka, Japan –   The  use of rattan for the façade of the Philippine Pavillion perhaps is  a simple way  to ...
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