panghambog na laguerta magayon na mga orkidya mga piling masitas pa bubong na maluya kahoy buda nipa sana anong itumang sa maisog na panahon? bagyong pagkakinusog hagubuhub na nakabungug anong…
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Islander in the City:
‘AMERICA IS IN THE HEART’
Last November 8, I woke up with a major vexation to the spirit gone. Now I only have to contend with another vexation considered the “emotional twin brother” of the…
DIGNIDAD NA NAKATUGMAD SA MASARIG NA PAGTUBOD
pakatapos ning hagusuhos bagsak ang mga cable bagsak ang mga garahe bagsak ang mga masitas ang kapaributan paghil’ngon basurahan mga tinampo dai maaagihan pero sa mga simbahan tindog ang mga…
MSO’s virtual concert for a cause
𝘣𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘰 𝘈. 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘯 It seems bizarre watching a concert through a private password in the internet. Then the images of musicians come in assorted setting and seemingly holed…
‘Rolly’ rips off poet’s heritage house
Another big casualty of Typhoon Rolly is the ancestral house of distinguished poet Angela Manalang Gloria in Tabaco City. The entire second floor of the house lay exposed after the…
𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗠𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟴 – 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟲)
𝘣𝘺. 𝘗𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘰 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘯 On June 2, 1996, director Ishmael Bernal (who is now National Artist for Film) passed away without so much as a by your leave. Two days…
𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗡𝗢 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠
𝘣𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘰 𝘈. 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘯 I agree. The brutal hallmark of the pandemic is the way it isolates victims in their final moments. For close to eight months, all that…
The President visits Payo
The town was abuzz with news that President Diosdado Macapagal was visiting Payo. It was election year and he was running for reelection against then Senate President Ferdinand Marcos who at age 48 seemed bent on fulfilling the promise he gave to his fellow Ilocanos when he first ran for Congress in 1949. “Elect me to Congress and I will give you an Ilocano president in due time.” President Macapagal on the other hand had a vigorous campaign, visiting even remote and far flung areas like Catanduanes and more remote towns like Payo. The president at that time was 55 years old.
Rizal and Catanduanes (Second of two parts)
In this second part, I will reflect on bits and pieces of my personal experiences of Rizal – not in person of course but in various representations – culled from my growing-up years in Virac. I offer these vignettes as reflective of our attitude towards the national hero, which it will turn out, is complicated and not as positive as we think it is.