On Newsmen’s Row

On Newsmen’s Row

The author recalls his old neighborhood, young love, and a horrific political crime during the Marcos dictatorship.

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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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The Three ‘Hills’ of Teresa Street

The Three ‘Hills’ of Teresa Street

You can take the boy out of the neighborhood, but not the neighborhood out of the boy.

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Yesterdays in Ermita (Part 2)

Yesterdays in Ermita (Part 2)

Things you didn’t know about this historic Manila neighborhood.

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A Neighborhood of Yesterday: Malate/Ermita District Part 1

A Neighborhood of Yesterday: Malate/Ermita District Part 1

What do we think of when we think of the Manila of our childhood?

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