The President Who Never Was

The President Who Never Was

Remembering the late actor Fernando Poe Jr., who won the 2004 presidential election but “lost.”

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What Happened on Hacienda Street

What Happened on Hacienda Street

Of childhood summers under a mango tree in vacant lot on a nameless street.

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What’s My Future in the Culinary World?

What’s My Future in the Culinary World?

What happened when the pandemic shut down all cooking schools.

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A Childhood in Pila, Laguna

A Childhood in Pila, Laguna

A writer who is lucky she doesn’t have to invent her ancestors and an ancestral home.

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Coronavirus Hits Home

Coronavirus Hits Home

Civil unrest and Covid-19 should not be the “new normal.”

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I Wish to Inform You of My Intent Not to Wake Up Tomorrow

I Wish to Inform You of My Intent Not to Wake Up Tomorrow

A millennial contemplates suicide.

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Three Days in My Life with Peque

Three Days in My Life with Peque

The Philippines’ film world has lost highly respected artist Peque Gallaga.

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Jun Factoran, A Friend Forever

Jun Factoran, A Friend Forever

Mourning the death of a distinguished public servant whose declining health, and eventual death, seemed a barometer of what was going wrong with the country.

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COVID Dreams in Toronto

COVID Dreams in Toronto

Dreams of loved ones and missing the coronavirus bullet by a hair.

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Tending Grief in Community

Tending Grief in Community

How a group of friends meaningfully accompanied a dying loved one and his family in his last days.

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