On March 15, 2020, when the Philippine government imposed one of the longest lockdowns due to the Covid pandemic in the world, my life as…
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…
To mark the 91st birth anniversary of Sen. Ninoy Aquino today, November 27, the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation (NCAF) launches…
I entered St. James Academy in June 1957 as a high-school freshman, at the premature age of 11, and immediately felt overextended…
In 1958, Van Cliburn during the historic homecoming ticker tape parade in New York City after winning the Tchaikovsky Competition (The…
Portrait gallery of the Cafe stalwarts with miniature paintings by Kelly Ramos
No one thought that the 35-year-old Café by the Ruins in…
2023 is the year the image of the onion looms before our eyes larger than that of the Edsa People Power Revolution, the year this simple…
37 years ago, Filipinos stood, arm-in-arm in the streets, and took back our country. Despite decades of state violence, we fought back with…
(Parts of this story by the author were first published in 2004 in the Sunday Inquirer Magazine.)
For many years, No. 1081 Maceda Street in…
Auggie’s desk, the iconic fixture in his atelier, is brought to the venue of the tribute. (Photo by T. Sioson)
Auggie Cordero gowns on…











