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Before I Forget

The night we opened Radyo Bandido
Before I Forget
February 18, 2022

The night we opened Radyo Bandido

By Lyca Benitez Brown
Whenever February comes around, I take a moment to remember the heady days of Edsa Revolution and the small role I played in Radyo Bandido…
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Dog bite 2021: Life lessons from my furbabies
Before I Forget
December 24, 2021

Dog bite 2021: Life lessons from my furbabies

By Alya B. Honasan
A dog comes to you and lives with you in your own house, but you do not therefore own her, as you do not own the rain, or the trees, or the…
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There’s not a day I don’t think about my Maningning
Before I Forget
December 24, 2021

There’s not a day I don’t think about my Maningning

By Alma Cruz Miclat
It was a most beautiful dream. I was contentedly looking at my husband Mario and grandson Raja sleeping soundly in our bed. In the back of…
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Christmas without Mary
Before I Forget
December 17, 2021

Christmas without Mary

By Charlie A. Agatep
We were holding hands watching TV that Sunday evening, November 4, and my wife, Mary, was having a good laugh. I was glad she could relax…
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How I got into the algorithm of the Poor Souls in Purgatory
Before I Forget
November 1, 2021

How I got into the algorithm of the Poor Souls in Purgatory

By Thelma Sioson San Juan
This is not, repeat, not, a digital road map, so today’s marketers who salivate only after the Gen-Zs and millennials (“You’re a…
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How Mommy said goodbye to Daddy
Before I Forget
October 31, 2021

How Mommy said goodbye to Daddy

By Thelma Sioson San Juan
This was first published in Philippine Daily Inquirer Lifestyle section in May 2013. 2013 IT DIDN’T happen like in the movies or the way…
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My sadder ‘Undas’ this year
Before I Forget
October 29, 2021

My sadder ‘Undas’ this year

By Alma Cruz Miclat
Maningning poems posted in the Miclat mausoleum With the coming of All Saints’ Day, Todos Los Santos, Day of the Dead, El Dia de los…
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Being with Pavarotti in Manila—and the toughest performance of his life
Before I Forget
October 4, 2021

Being with Pavarotti in Manila—and the toughest performance of his life

By Pablo A. Tariman
My front page story in the Sunday Chronicle announcing cancellation of Manila engagement of Pavarotti.(Pablo Tariman file photo) It’s been…
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20 years later: 9-11 still on my mind
Before I Forget
September 10, 2021

20 years later: 9-11 still on my mind

By Nen Ira
The Monday evening before 9-11 in 2001, I was in my north Jersey office, ready to take the reverse commute home to New York City.  In my…
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Philamlife Theater: A quiet death
Before I Forget
July 29, 2021

Philamlife Theater: A quiet death

By Pablo A. Tariman
Philamlife building, a mid-20th century masterpiece by architect Carlos Arguelles, its theater acoustic design done by the same firm that…
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