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“In this season of love and kindness, think Cagayan de Oro” My last night in Cagayan de Oro City last December 10 was a memorable one – a...

The “mother and child” relationship has been celebrated and idealized so much in art and literature– and yes even in our minds – it almost s...

Fresh high school graduates are awash with thrills and jitters. Graduation is saying goodbye to the best friend, the barkada, the first love...

A war baby, I was fed, while growing up, with stories about the difficult war years and the uneasy peace of the Japanese occupation. It ...

“Who do you think you are -- Gabriela Silang?” my husband snapped, as his eyes swept me over from teased head to 5'1", 98-lb ...

Sa buong buhay ko, hindi ako kailanman naglista ng New Year’s resolution – puwera na lang marahil kung ako ay napilitan nang ako’y nasa ha...

I. Paskung-pasko ay nagmamaktol si Dina. “Ano ba naman si Santa Claus, hindi ba siya marunong magbasa?” Ilang Pasko nang humihiling siya a...

When Nena learned her husband was keeping a mistress, her gut reaction was "to destroy." She wanted to die or to kill or at lea...

“Karma” – my BFF Gabby calls it. She couldn’t relate to me, she says – which, shorn of diplomatese, may have meant she laughed at me -...

My house has many rooms I lock or unlock at will Some brick-walled Fortressed, forbidding Others with swinging doors Where I wraithlike sli...