Trashing Magdalena–Stranger Things in Small-Town Laguna
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For Magdalena's citizens, the stakes are clear: will farmlands be transformed into a garbage dump threatening the health of the ever verdant town?
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Tears for Lahaina
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A writer grieves for fire-ravaged Lahaina, in Maui, where her grandparents first set foot on their immigrant journey.
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What Happened on Hacienda Street
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Of childhood summers under a mango tree in vacant lot on a nameless street.
Read MoreA Childhood in Pila, Laguna
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A writer who is lucky she doesn’t have to invent her ancestors and an ancestral home.
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Smitten in La Loma, Watching Stars Go By
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A dreamy childhood in the Philippines’ neighborhood of the stars.
Read MoreMovie Review: “The Kingmaker” Shows the Fragility of Democracy
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If you thought Imelda Marcos was outrageous, find out how outrageous she still is.
Read MoreA Deadly Quake Tests Batanes’ Tradition of Resiliency
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Relying on an age-old communal spirit, the people of Batanes are picking themselves up in the face of the devastation inflicted by the massive earthquake of July 27, 2019.
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