Where Talk of the Town Got Done in Paete, Laguna

 Where Talk of the Town Got Done in Paete, Laguna

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.

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Aglipayan Church: Thriving in Ballesteros, Cagayan

Aglipayan Church: Thriving in Ballesteros, Cagayan

The town of Ballesteros, Cagayan is a stronghold of the Philippine Independent Church which emerged from the nationalistic ethos of the Philippine Revolution.

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An Afternoon on Margaha Beach

An Afternoon on Margaha Beach

Enjoying a local film festival on a healing black sand beach in Negros Occidental

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Trashing Magdalena–Stranger Things in Small-Town Laguna

Trashing Magdalena–Stranger Things in Small-Town Laguna

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

Tears for Lahaina

A writer grieves for fire-ravaged Lahaina, in Maui, where her grandparents first set foot on their immigrant journey.

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My Island in the Sun

My Island in the Sun

They say you can’t go home again. But you can always try.

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What Happened on Hacienda Street

What Happened on Hacienda Street

Of childhood summers under a mango tree in vacant lot on a nameless street.

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A Childhood in Pila, Laguna

A Childhood in Pila, Laguna

A writer who is lucky she doesn’t have to invent her ancestors and an ancestral home.

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Growing Up in La Loma, Listening to Lao Tzu

Growing Up in La Loma, Listening to Lao Tzu

Recollections of a Fifties childhood.

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My City of Baguio, After Every Storm

My City of Baguio, After Every Storm

Baguio is in the soul.

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