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Dulaang UP's Fiestas y Muertos: An overgrown forest of words

Repetition is a recurring motif, lest the audience miss what’s already obvious; scenes can’t help explaining themselves

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Ordinary Jackpot is not so ordinary with heartthrob Lee Jun Hyuk

The workplace is K-drama staple, but director Yoon Young Bin does something else with this

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The truth about my ungracious fall

Silly me didn't put my phone down as I pushed open the exit door. I fell hard on my right foot. The world blurred momentarily

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Photos by Elizabeth Lolarga and Marissa Ileto Falls are the nemesis of senior citizens. We are always reminded to be aware of our steps lest we suffer a costly twist or trip , but sometimes we forget these precautions in the mistaken illusion that we are still 20- or 30-somethings trapped in 70-year-old bodies—the way I did on what I thought would be an uneventful Wednesday. My writing colleague…
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I GREW up and came of age in Manila, but somewhere in my 40s, Rolly and I made the big move to my grandmother’s house in Lower Brookside, Baguio. We…
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Photos by Inggo Escalante Now on its third year, my annual birthday dive outing with my dive group to places around the Philippines—Bohol in 2024…
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The recent launch of the English and Filipino anthology Baguiong Buhay awakened memories of my own family’s decision to move from Manila to Baguio…

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