Palanca awards accepting entries
March 13, 2011 - 12:00am
Early submission has started for entries to The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the country’s most prestigious and longest-running literary contest.
Starweek Magazine
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New literary works set for release
August 9, 2010 - 12:00am
Ubod 2009, a collection of 14 literary works by up and coming writers from the National Capital Region, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao is set to be unveiled on Aug. 12 at the Ateneo de Manila University.
Arts and Culture
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Building the national

Building the national

By Butch Dalisay | February 15, 2010 - 12:00am
I’m in Cebu as I write is, attending the second edition of Taboan, the Philippine International Writers Festival which...
Arts and Culture
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No one can beat GMA in speaking regional tongues?
By The Ear | February 11, 2010 - 12:00am
One political observer said: “Way bisan usa sa siyam ka kandidato pagka Presidente ang makalupig ni GMA when it comes to languages.”
Freeman Opinion
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South Cotabato becoming tornado pathway?
By Ramil Bajo | September 29, 2009 - 12:00am
South Cotabato is becoming the Central Mindanao region’s “tornado pathway” after it struck the province 16 times in nine months this year, a disaster official said yesterday.
Nation
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Tornado hits Koronadal City
May 12, 2009 - 12:00am
KORONADAL CITY, Philippines — A strong tornado, popularly known in Hiligaynon dialect as “buhawi,” battered a village here, destroying several houses, a barangay official said.
Nation
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Tornado destroys P5-million agricultural crops in Cotabato
March 15, 2009 - 12:00am
KORONADAL CITY, Philippines – An estimated P5 million worth of agricultural crops and a dozen of houses were destroyed when a “freak tornado” hit four villages in Tupi town in South Cotabato province...
Nation
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It'll be 'Hiloo,' not 'Hello,' if Mar wins
By Ronilo Pamonag | January 25, 2009 - 12:00am
ILOILO CITY – If Sen. Mar Roxas would have his way, the heavily accented Bisaya way of saying “Hello” would soon be heard answering the Palace phone, quite reminiscent of the “Hello, Garci”...
Nation
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Good stories pierce the gloom
By Rolly Espina | November 22, 2008 - 12:00am
Often we find ourselves engulfed by the despairing avalanche of stories about the global financial crisis, the brickbats in Congress, the gaffe of Press Secretary Jesus Dureza and the din of the controversy over...
Nation
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A symbolic song

By AT RANDOM | By Fr. Miguel A. Bernad, SJ | November 13, 2006 - 12:00am
There is a folk song among the Hiligaynon of Panay that seems to me one of our saddest of songs. I learned it in English translation as a child in primary school long ago, but it was not until many decades...
Opinion
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