Sandosenang sapatos

Nakakapagbasa pa ba kayo ng mga kathang panitikan ng mga Pinoy? O ang atin bang pagbabasa ay natapos na sa Diwang Kayumanggi at iba pang librong binabasa natin noong hayskul? Bigla lang naming naisip ito nang matalisod namin ang kwentong pambatang ito na sinulat ni Dr. Luis P. Gatmaitan. Nanalo ng unang gantimpala sa Gawad [...]

Pathways to ’99

Written by Larisa Glenda Togonon
I attended my high school reunion a few days ago. It was a much hyped event, with all those Facebook announcements and all. As I counted the weeks and days leading up to it, images of Romy, Michelle and Martin Blank kept swirling in my head. Of David Cook, too, whose [...]

Para sa mga tatay

Araw ngayon ng mga Tatay at gustong ibahagi ng kaklase nating si Eddie Roberto ang kwentong natisod niya tungkol sa isang amang OFW na nawalay sa kanyang anak. Para raw ito sa lahat, lalo na yung mga kamag-aral na nasa abroad.
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Chicken à la carte

Filipino filmmaker Ferdinand Dimadura made this short film several years ago and we found it rather surprising that we never got to hear about it earlier. Adjudged the “Most Popular Film” in a competition held in Berlin, this movie gives us a  glimpse into the worsening poverty in the Philippines.
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Growing old gracefully

“We know we’re getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it. ”
Our friend Larry Ramos celebrated his birthday recently. Responding to the birthday greetings we sent him, he wrote:
Thanks for the greetings. Birthday lang, hindi happy. Got lot of things to think of. Getting old, missing [...]

Graduation story

March is known as women’s month, March 8 being International Women’s Day. But in the Philippines it is also considered graduation month.
To close this very special month, we thought of reprinting a graduation story written by Inquirer columnist Cathy S. Babao-Guballa, which, on close reading, is also a story of three generations of women.
In the [...]