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She is a freelance writer, editor, breast cancer and depression survivor, environmental advocate, dog mother to three asPins and a three-legged pusPin, and BTS Army Tita. She is an occasional online English writing coach and grammar nazi, and is happily blowing her hard-earned money on scuba-diving while she can still carry an air tank.
    For the love of Tubbataha: The unexpected moments
    Art/Style/Travel Diaries
    November 3, 2025

    For the love of Tubbataha: The unexpected moments

    By Alya B. Honasan
    The Team on the ship’s deck: Marc Nelson (foreground) takes groufie; front row, Ram Yoro and Paul San Pedro; middle row, Angelique Songco…
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    When RM spoke—and business leaders and statesmen listened
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    October 31, 2025

    When RM spoke—and business leaders and statesmen listened

    By Alya B. Honasan
    JUST when ARMYs didn’t think our supreme leader, BTS Kim Namjoon, also known as RM, couldn’t get any more awesome, there he was…
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    Jane Goodall: My Barbie doll was a conservation warrior
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    October 3, 2025

    Jane Goodall: My Barbie doll was a conservation warrior

    By Alya B. Honasan
    ON A cabinet near my home desk, where I do most of my work, there’s a Barbie doll of zoologist and primatologist Jane Goodall, the…
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    After I watched her play, Cecile Licad is still healing me in Edsa traffic
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    October 1, 2025

    After I watched her play, Cecile Licad is still healing me in Edsa traffic

    By Alya B. Honasan
    Dr. Joven Cuanang welcomes guests. All photos by Kiko Cabuena THE weather was totally nuts—bright sunshine giving way to pouring rain in…
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    How a first edition of Jose Rizal’s ‘Noli’ ended up in German hands
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    September 29, 2025

    How a first edition of Jose Rizal’s ‘Noli’ ended up in German hands

    By Alya B. Honasan
    All photos by Alya B. Honasan IT was awesome to gaze upon a genuine, first-edition copy of Noli Me Tangere, the provocative novel written by…
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    Philip Stein celebrates Tubbataha: Why this launch was special and different
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    September 9, 2025

    Philip Stein celebrates Tubbataha: Why this launch was special and different

    By Alya B. Honasan
    Philip Stein ambassador Heart Evangelista shows off the WatchTubbataha coffeetable book. “I’M a nature boy,” declared Will Stein…
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    'Hindi nila-lang-lang ang kultura'—Why Loren Legarda continues to fight for culture
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    September 5, 2025

    'Hindi nila-lang-lang ang kultura'—Why Loren Legarda continues to fight for culture

    By Alya B. Honasan
    THE good news is, even if it seems like she has championed arts and culture for forever, Sen. Loren Legarda has just been designated…
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    A first for Philippine conservation: Philip Stein plumbs the depths with WatchTubbataha
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    September 3, 2025

    A first for Philippine conservation: Philip Stein plumbs the depths with WatchTubbataha

    By Alya B. Honasan
    To the world at large, the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (TRNP) is a vast, mysterious stretch of deep blue water as far as the eye can see…
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    Into the Woods: Who needs Broadway, when you’ve got the goods right here?
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    August 14, 2025

    Into the Woods: Who needs Broadway, when you’ve got the goods right here?

    By Alya B. Honasan
    Theatre Group Asia’s ‘Into the Woods’ runs until Aug. 31, 2025 at Samsung Performing Arts Theater at Circuit Makati. A…
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    I believe Stephen Colbert, my favorite, was sacrificed to Trump
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    July 25, 2025

    I believe Stephen Colbert, my favorite, was sacrificed to Trump

    By Alya B. Honasan
    I’VE long been a fan of late-night American talk shows and their funny hosts. I loved David Letterman for years, caught Jay Leno and Conan…
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