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At past 3 p.m. last Feb. 10, my cellular telephone rang.  Registered as caller was “Jun Icban of MB.”   I grabbed my phone and answered: “Good afternoon, Sir. Why, po?”   Mr. Icban said: “Rey, I am planning to write an editorial on your front page story on Supreme Court directing...

PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Since the onslaught of the Coronavirus pandemic in our country early last year, we have lost relatives, old friends, and former colleagues in the House of Representatives either due to COVID-19 or to other causes. We earlier mentioned in...

Mr. Icban never really noticed me, until I wrote a poem. I attended the 10-day Singapore Writers Festival and brought home with me this burning desire to write in verse. I used to write poetry as a kid, but I outgrew it. While working for glossy magazines, I started writing poetry again to accompany...