My Own Personal Masbate
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A writer realizes that belonging is not something you can simply return to.
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Where Talk of the Town Got Done in Paete, Laguna
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“Tayangtang” served as a forum where Paete, Laguna’s self-proclaimed geniuses, philosophers, and gossips dropped in to discuss the latest developments on the local, national, and international scenes.
Read MoreAglipayan Church: Thriving in Ballesteros, Cagayan
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The town of Ballesteros, Cagayan is a stronghold of the Philippine Independent Church which emerged from the nationalistic ethos of the Philippine Revolution.
Read MoreAn Afternoon on Margaha Beach
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Enjoying a local film festival on a healing black sand beach in Negros Occidental
Read MoreTrashing 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?
Read MoreTears 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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