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  May 12, 2023

SOCIAL WEATHER REPORT: Hunger recovers from 11.8% to 9.8%, but still not fully back to pre-COVID-19 levels

The national Social Weather Survey of March 26-29, 2023, found that 9.8% of Filipino families, or an estimated 2.7 million, experienced involuntary hunger – being hungry and not having anything to eat – at least once in the past three months.

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  May 27, 2023

The Succession Game

Through all the political drama, the opposition - what remains of it - has been relegated to the bleachers, munching on soggy popcorn

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  May 10, 2023

Just Fix the Mess

Airports are first impressions. For a country that has depended for decades on tourism for revenues, our government seems to be unbothered by the necessity of making a good first impression on foreign visitors.

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  Apr 24, 2023

The Client Did Not Like the Campaign and He was Right

Axiom in advertising: stay close to the product, and the product was a soldier. But the soldier wanted to go down another road.

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  Apr 20, 2023

When You're Under Attack On Social Media

Vernon had just stepped off the stairs when the scaffolding on the Film Center crumbled. He looked back and saw destruction and death. I asked him what really happened.

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  Dec 30, 2022

Stop The Blame Game!

The violent fluctuation of the prices of basic food commodities is indicative of an institutional problem which is the flawed and trader-controlled marketing system.

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  Dec 27, 2022

Courting the People’s Wrath

While the Philippines does not have surplus revenues, as in fact it is suffering from a huge fiscal deficit, there is a surfeit of negative and ominous economic indicators which deter the creation of the Maharlika Investment Fund

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  May 03, 2023

A Happy Place

Hong Kong is for young people. The frenetic chase for trains, the shopping, the late night coffee-food-bar crawling, that’s best left to the young. As for me, a senior citizen with hypertension, a bum leg, and moody foot calluses, lying on a hotel bed by 9 pm is the highlight of the day.

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  Jan 30, 2023

The Booksale Story: How a Shoeshine Boy Turned Bargain Books into a P600-M-a-year Business

“We vow to stubbornly make reading affordable."

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  Jun 02, 2023

Chagall's Jew Praying

Chagall's Jew Praying

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  May 26, 2023

Amanda Gorman ‘Gutted’ after Florida School Bans Biden Inauguration Poem

Book Removed Due to a Single Parent's Complaint

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  Apr 26, 2023

Stress Test

The chest tightens as I struggle to stay longer on the treadmill. It is an early stage. “Look forward, think of something pleasant, a pleasant time in your life,” the doctor advised.

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  Apr 16, 2023

Baby Photos of the Universe

With the capability to see galaxies 13.6 billion light-years away, the James Webb telescope is poised to capture glimpses of the universe during its early stages of formation.

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  Apr 09, 2023

Easter

Easter Poem

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  Apr 02, 2023

Botong Paints Balagtas

Commemorating the 235th birth anniversary of the Filipino poet-hero Francisco Balagtas. The genius behind 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢 and 𝘖𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘡𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘢.

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  Mar 27, 2023

Proteins Folding Into Molecular Origami

"wonder if we’ll ever be loved Or held until the tormentors go away"

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  Mar 06, 2023

Gasp. AI Understands Me!

"I put AI to a comprehension test. And the strands of hair on my arm stood and stayed on end."

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  Jan 27, 2023

Eraserheads: The Pop Machine’s Magic Still There After All These Years

The kids of the 90s embraced the Eraserheads as chroniclers, mystics, megaphones, soothsayers. The band from Diliman embodied their personas; their past, present, and future.

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  May 27, 2023

Babia's Peaceful Provincial Life — Finally, a Fresh Batch!

Roy Lino Babia doesn't do many paintings. After a wildly successful first run two years ago – during the pandemic, he took a break. Here, finally, is another set. Long awaited, they are going fast.

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  May 09, 2023

Litanya, 1972-2022, The Works of Jose Tence Ruiz

“Litanya, 1972-2022, The Works of Jose Tence Ruiz,” opens for public viewing on 8 May, Monday to 2 September 2023 at the Wilson L Sy Prints and Drawings Gallery, 2F, Ateneo Art Gallery, Soledad V Pangilinan Arts Wing, Areté, Ateneo de Manila University.

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  May 17, 2023

The Covid Diaries

Some lost their lives, others their fortune, but most of us lost the ability to function; I regretted not having lived a fuller life - with fewer restraints - when the virus struck us down and we I couldn’t move.

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  Aug 22, 2021

We Survived Hand-to-hand Combat with Covid

"My father was driven around (hooked to his oxygen tank) around Metro Manila for half a day. Those of us left at home called hospitals and government channels to see if any of them could help us out. Each time we were rejected or told to wait but we knew we did not have time to spare."

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  Aug 16, 2022

The Mountain that Grew

The Latest from Krip Yuson: An illustrated allegory for young adults and above.

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  Jun 16, 2022

Living in Times of Unrest: Bart Pasion and the Philippine Revolution

Ambag ang libro ni E.C. Tadem sa pagtutuwid at paghahayag sa salimuot ng kasaysayan ng ating lipunan.

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  Apr 28, 2023

Politics for Dummies

Our choice of leaders is informed by our political sophistication - or our lack of it. And oftentimes, we get it wrong.

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  Apr 20, 2023

The Power Fist

Tiger Woods did it. Novak Djokovic does it. Olympians do it. What’s with this phenomenon called fist pumping - an almost obscene gesture not unlike someone giving you the finger?

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  Feb 24, 2023

Booksale, Converted Vans and UK (Ukay-Ukay)

The Ukay-ukay is the premier hand-me-down - UK for short. The name itself is nothing to crow about - in fact it’s degrading and undeserving of the high regard that the Salvation Army puts on it.

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  Oct 27, 2021

She Said What?!

She Said What?!

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  Jun 07, 2023

Exotic Animals: Are They Allowed as Pets in the Philippines?

Keeping exotic animals as pets has continuously grown in popularity, as proven by in the previous several decades, there has been an increase in trade volume.

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  Jun 01, 2023

Vaginal Prolapse (Buwá in Tagalog) in Pets: Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Have you ever encountered a stray female dog or cat that has inflamed tissues protruding out of her private part? We usually call that “buwá” in Tagalog.

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  Nov 27, 2021

'Island Life'

A Christmas Ritual in this Poor Country

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  Jun 27, 2021

Thus Said the Lourd

Thus Said the Lourd

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  Jun 19, 2021

Ayoko Na Sa 'Yo

Ayoko Na Sa 'Yo

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  Jun 17, 2021

From the Hand and Heart of Robert Alejandro

From the Hand and Heart of Robert Alejandro

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