Your Favorite Stories for 2018

Your Favorite Stories for 2018

Rock stars, martial law and food dominated Positively Filipino's most-read stories of 2018. In case you missed them or you want to enjoy them all over again, here's the Top 10 list.

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‘Just 17’ again in the birthplace of the Beatles

‘Just 17’ again in the birthplace of the Beatles

A visit to Liverpool revives memories of the Fab Four and cheerful adolescence.

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Banana Leaves, Rice, and Coconut

Banana Leaves, Rice, and Coconut

What a Filipino American writer learned about Filipino Christmas traditions, memories, and diaspora.

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My Vow for Undang

My Vow for Undang

A young Filipina officer in the U.S. Navy safely guides her ship through dangerous waters and fulfills a vow she made as a child when a devastating typhoon battered her island.

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Martial Law Stories: Torture

Martial Law Stories: Torture

A Hawaii court found the Marcoses guilty of human rights violations based on nearly 10,000 depositions from abuse and torture victims. The writer Jose “Pete” Lacaba’s account of his excruciating experience was one of them.

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Martial Law Stories: Captured and Taken

Martial Law Stories: Captured and Taken

A childhood memory of a time of fear.

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War and Forgiving

War and Forgiving

Is it possible to forgive the unforgivable, like war crimes? Find out how one Philippine president dealt with this question.

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Martial Law Stories: Escape to Sabah

Martial Law Stories: Escape to Sabah

Find out how the family of the late Sen. Raul Manglapus and some friends escaped the clutches of the Marcos dictatorship.

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Martial Law Stories: I Did Not Have a Campus Romance

Martial Law Stories: I Did Not Have a Campus Romance

Unrequited love in the time of living dangerously.

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Martial Law Stories: Who Is Marshall Law?

Martial Law Stories: Who Is Marshall Law?

Trying to leave the country, with subversive documents, and being searched at the Manila International Airport in 1972.

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