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A collage of Baybayin characters, a Tagalog proverb, and Cebuano and Ilocano greetings surrounding the word “Filipino.” The Baybayin symbols are shown as a representation of the pre-colonial script, ...
I ran the words through my mind as I taught the class.  The polite Japanese translation of  “today is my last day, I quit” ...
President Manuel L. Quezon, the “Father of the National Language,” is pictured here in his iconic barong Tagalog, a symbol of ...
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Why I don’t bid goodbye in Filipino

I cannot say goodbye to you in Filipino because I fear it will be the last time we see each other again. Growing up hearing superstitions, I have grown accustomed to never saying goodbye using the ...
Does it matter when or how chilies got to the Philippines? It does. History is often hidden in plain sight — in seeds, in ...
Miso and adobo, Filipino and Japanese. These flavors collide in this new Kurīmu and Nagaraya collaboration. And it is worth every bite!
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Luxury porn and ‘nepo’ kids

This is a follow-up piece to last week’s “Sickening display of wealth porn” (8/29/25), on the Discaya family’s fleet of luxury cars displayed during separate interviews with two spellbound TV ...
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The President speaks fintech

What struck me most was that the President speaks fintech, not in jargon, but in the language of urgency, opportunity and national purpose. With clarity and conviction, he mapped a digital future ...
In Quiapo’s Muslim Town, one of Manila’s busiest districts, food doesn’t just define one’s identity—it bridges religious gaps, too ...
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Stephanie Richard, director of the Loyola Law School Sunita Jain Anti-Trafficking Initiative, predicted that the beefed up ...
Looked down at my notes after just having finished Lav Diaz’s latest I see — circled and underlined, on top of the page — the words: “so much killing!” ...