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Cuban-American actor Jason Canela returns as Emilio Estefan this July

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Why Joya's Nilad is both significant and special

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Commentary: The imperfections of
Perfect Crown

By Emil Hofileña

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ASIDE from my wallet, abanico, and handphone, there should always be a book in my bag. Its absence means I wouldn’t be able to read while having genmaicha green tea over ice in a café.  The café is often where I read these days, there being a general lack of community libraries out here. But its quiet is easily shattered by, for example, a gaggle of teenagers descending on it and ignoring the…
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Inevitably in my narratives, I turn my focus on my partner of 42 years, Rolly Fernandez. Our best times are when we’re eating and chatting. Oh, we…
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LOOK, I may no longer be able to pull all-nighters of writing and editing. Text I could churn out in a couple of hours some years ago may now take a…
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Text and photos by Vincen Gregory Yu The famed Japanese pines of Matsushima. Imagine El Nido, but more subdued, less imposing, fun-sized: That’s…

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