Jun Factoran, A Friend Forever

Jun Factoran, A Friend Forever

Mourning the death of a distinguished public servant whose declining health, and eventual death, seemed a barometer of what was going wrong with the country.

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COVID Dreams in Toronto

COVID Dreams in Toronto

Dreams of loved ones and missing the coronavirus bullet by a hair.

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Tending Grief in Community

Tending Grief in Community

How a group of friends meaningfully accompanied a dying loved one and his family in his last days.

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Crash Landing in Quarantine

Crash Landing in Quarantine

Find out how a Korean TV series has helped a young Filipina find her bearings amid the pandemic.

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A Time of Living Cautiously

A Time of Living Cautiously

A meditation on life while sheltering in place, fate and optimism.

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My Aunt and Friend, Leila Benitez

My Aunt and Friend, Leila Benitez

Remembering radio and television icon Leila Benitez, whose life was claimed by Covid-19.

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Social Distancing in Nairobi

Social Distancing in Nairobi

The author’s neighborhood in Kenya’s capital city has become a ghost town.

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Rest in Peace, Ito Curata and Bob Miller

Rest in Peace, Ito Curata and Bob Miller

Sad news of fashion designer Ito Curata and his husband Bob Miller’s death from coronavirus.

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Hunkered Down and Uncertain

Hunkered Down and Uncertain

What’s it like a when deadly virus suddenly immobilizes a normally frenetic and overcrowded metropolis?

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Fetcher No. 244

Fetcher No. 244

What the author misses now that he doesn’t fetch his granddaughter from grade school.

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