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As the beloved cultural icon writes 30 KAY GILDA National Artist for Literature Rio Alma pays tribute to the cultural icon Gilda Cordero-Fernando Just minutes after news of cultural icon  Gilda Cordero-Fernando 's passing broke. Rio Alma, National Artist for Literature  Virgilio Almario ,...

By  TERENCE REPELENTE Language is a tricky thing. To wield it effectively, one has to have had a long relationship with it, a relationship that’s built on innumerable moments of joy and sadness, of pride and even shame, often learning from the words of those who’ve mastered it first.  For the...

CHERIE IN THE MOMENT Cherie Gil gives justice to AA Patawaran's poem on nostalgia Do you remember life before the coronavirus? Or even way before that. Before the great urbanization of Manila, when life was arguably much simpler, beautiful, and peaceful?  Can you recall the last time you saw...