Another year of lockdown is over Twelve months of unspeakable surprises And weary weeks of isolation. Close to twelve months Of wearing assorted masks And frenzied washing of hands…
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Islander in the City:
ODE TO DUSK
By Pablo A. Tariman Catch me another dusk As the day is done And the high bright sun Has settled where it should In the bowels of the sea.…
Islander in the City by Pablo Tariman:
AS THE OLD YEAR FADES
Sunrise in Baras, Catanduanes by Jorge Estrada Tejada. It was just a few days After your 72nd year. It was just a few days When the old year Gave…
HE SAW RIZAL DIE
Happy New Year! Today is Rizal Day. While browsing through FB, I saw an account of one eyewitness to Rizal’s execution. His first-hand account was told to a journalist in…
Islander in the City by Pablo Tariman:
REMEMBERING CHRISTMAS IN MY HOMETOWN
My hometown Baras as seen from a helicopter after Typhoon Rolly. (Photo: Jeff Canoy) I turn 72 on Dec. 30. That means I have spent the same number of…
Islander in the City :
THE YEAR THAT WAS
Island sunset by Alvin Ravalo. Another sunrise hopefully will bring deliverance. by Pablo A. Tariman This is the year As it flashes in the windmills Of my memory.…
FORTY FIVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS WITH CECILE LICAD
The author with Cecile Licad, Gerard Salonga and grandson Emman at the Manila Pen. Cecile Licad started the first two months of 2020 on the right track with standing…
Islander in the City:
THE SHAPING OF LENI ROBREDO
VP Leni Robredo with typhoon victims of Catanduanes. (From the FB page of VP Leni Robredo) There is a lot that a curious observer can find in the 144-page…
ISABELA AND CAGAYAN IN MY MIND
“Ang Cagayan ngayon ay parang Pacific Ocean. Lahat ng mga munisipyo na tabi ng Cagayan River ay baha ngayon,” Col. Ascio Macalan of the Cagayan Provincial Risk Reduction and Management…
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…