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Jo-Ann Q. Magpilon
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A.
San Agustin
The
beauty of Palawan imperilled
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY -- The scenic, ecotourism province
of Palawan sprawls over a total land area of 1.5 million
hectares, with old-growth dipterocarp species covering
160,056 hectares pit of 213,539 hectares.
Perla
Aragon Choudhury
Perla
Aragon Choudhury is an alumna of the then Institute
(now College) of Mass Communication, University of
the Philippines Diliman. She is a freelance writer
specializing in the issues of women, development and
the environment.
San
Miguel de Mayumo: From Pagbibiyak to Pagbubuo
Mention San Miguel de Mayumo, and one thinks of impregnable
Biak-na-Bato, the pre-war vacation resort Sibul Springs,
the storied mansions of prominent families, the films
of LVN Pictures grande dame Doña Sisang de
Leon, and the works of its people -- composers Francisco
Buencamino and Nicanor Abelardo as well as painters
Jose Joya and Mauro Malang Santos.
Butch
Dalisay
Butch
Dalisay (Jose
Dalisay Jr.) has published nine books of fiction,
drama, and essays, and writes a weekly column for
the Style section of Today. He has won Palanca,
Cultural Center of the Philippines, Ten Outstanding
Young Men, and National Book Awards for his writing.
He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and teaches English and creative
writing at the University of the Philippines in Diliman.
- A
List for Literary Flips
The
word "Flips" may have been considered
derogatory by US-based Filipinos decades ago, but
today it is used--openly and proudly--by a new generation
of Filipino and Filipino-American writers in the
US to display the unapologetic, in-your-face assertiveness
of America's politically emergent minorities. "Flips"
also happens to be the name of an Internet mailing
list comprising many of the best-known and newest
names in Philippine literature in English, a list
maintained by writer and professor Vince Gotera
from his cubbyhole at the University of Northern
Illinois.
- A
Prison Without Walls
When they took over the Philippines at
the start of the century, one of the first things
the Americans did was to find a place for the people
nobody else wanted: lepers and convicts. They found
it in Palawan, that ruggedly beautiful cluster of
islands about 300 miles southwest of Manila, even
today touted to be the Philippines' "last frontier."
Mabi
Perez David
Mabi
Perez David is studying for her masters in creative
writing at the University of the Philippines Diliman.
She was a fellow in the National Summer Writers Workshop
in Dumaguete and the UP Writers Workshop in Baguio
where she received the Likhaan Award for her poetry.
- Coffee
Talk
Let me forewarn readers who expect to
find here a definitive article on coffee, coffee
drinking and the pursuit of the perfect cup: I am
not an authority, and neither is this piece authoritative.
Ma.
Ceres P. Doyo
Ma.
Ceres P. Doyo
is
a Special Reports writer and columnist of the Philippine
Daily Inquirer. She has received awards and citations
for her feature articles and investigative stories.
Many of Doyo's stories are in her book "Journalist
in Her Country: Articles, Essays and Photographs."
- A
Place in the Sun for Vietnam's Boat People
Thank
you, Philippines. Thank you, very much for giving
us a place in the sun.
- Celebrating
Creation in This Planet
Eight years ago, on July 16, 1990, a great earthquake
shook Baguio City and a great part of Luzon. Much
of Baguio was reduced to a rubble and the once proud
City of Pines, the country's summer capital, was
brought to its knees.
- Long
Ago and Far Away
Their first baby cries rose with the cries of
the freedom fighters. They made their first steps
when the country was itself a toddler reaching for
the rays of the sun. They celebrated their youth
with a new conqueror that taught them new ways.
They brought children into the world when the nation
was in the throes of war. They watched their children
grow into adulthood during that long period of peace
and prosperity. And in the evening of their life,
they saw even much more, but through thick glasses,
brightly, so to speak. For by then, by now, they
have been prepared to go only forward and beyond.
J.
Neil C. Garcia
J.
Neil C. Garcia graduated magna cum laude from the
University of Santo Tomas, has an M.A. in Comparative
Literature from the University of the Philippines
and teaches at the UP Department of English and Comparative
Literature. He is also an associate for poetry of
Likhaan, the UP Creative Writing Center. He co-edited
Ladlad, an anthology of gay writing. His other books
are Closet Quivers and Our Lady of the Carnival. His
latest, Slip/pages, a compilation of essays on Philippine
gay criticism, was launched recently at the ninth
Philippine Book Fair.
- Lolo
Pulong
It was a warm May evening in 1976 when Patricia,
a lanky girl of nine who bore not only her mother's
name but also her nut-brown skin and small, tilting
eyes, ran breathless from the street and into their
house situated in the middle of a skinny iskinita
in Santa Ana.
Amadis
Ma. Guerrero
Amadis
Ma. Guerrero, the "intrepid traveler" as
one critic referred to him, comes from a clan of writers,
scientists and intellectuals. A graduate of the University
of Santo Tomas, he wrote two art history books (with
Purita Kalaw Ledesma as co-author), three travel books
and four collections of fiction. He is executive editor
of Raya
Media Services, Inc.
- Twin
Treats in D Major: Dapitan and Dakak
One hundred and two years after his death, national
hero Jose Rizal - novelist, poet, essayist, physician,
linguist, sculptor and playboy - still casts a long
shadow over the district where he spent the last
four years of his life in exile: Dapitan, the verdant,
green-laden Shrine City of Zamboanga del Norte.
- The
Glory That was Taal
The glory that was Greece and the grandeur
that was Rome. Ah, a well-remembered phrase from
school days. Our miseducated history classes did
not mention Taal in Batangas, but this town, too,
has had its share of glory and grandeur.
Elizabeth
Lolarga
Elizabeth
Lolarga
is the author of two poetry collections: The First
Eye and dangling doll: poems of laughter &
desperation. She does freelance writing on the
side while maintaining her job at the communication
agency Raya
Media Services, Inc.
- A
delightful fright
At the height of the 1992 presidential campaign
and partly during the recently concluded campaign
period, there were reported aswang sightings
in vote-rich districts like Tondo or some of the
Project areas in Quezon City.
- Raising
Miranda
"Good morning, Mommy and Daddy!" the
obstetrician exclaimed after catching the slippery
"fish" that emerged from me. It was a
little past midnight, the early hours of August
5, 1987.
Jo-Ann Q. Magpilon
Jo-Ann
Q. Maglipon writes the column "Tall Tales"
for The Manila Times. She is also the author
of a collection of essays entitled Primed (Anvil
Publishing, Inc.).
- All
in the Neighborhood
In our neighborhood, there is a bunch of four
girls, ages ranging from five to eight, always in
the same clothes, that goes around pressing doorbells.
Even when a storm is threatening and everyone is
panicking to get inside, they're out there pressing
doorbells. And every time, their line is: "Pahingi
lang po nang kahit anong tulong."
Bobbie Malay
Si
Bobbie
Malay ay
propesor ng pamamahayag sa University of the Philippines
College of Mass Communication. Dati siyang reporter
ng The Manila Times at Taliba. Siya
at ang kanyang ina na si Paula Carolina S. Malay ay
nagsalin sa Filipino ng America is in the Heart
ni Carlos Bulosan, at ang obra nila'y nanalo ng National
Book Award mula sa Manila Critics' Circle. Kasali
rin ang kanyang mga sanaysay sa mga antolohiyangTelling
Lives at Coming to Terms.
- Ang
piano ng Lola Mameng
Ng Lola Mameng, o ni Lola Mameng? Ang sabi ng
mga bata, "ni." As in, "si Lolo":
ang taong kung tawagin ng panganay ko'y "my
ancestor." ("Nanay, my ancestor liked
the ciabatta!")
- Computerized
madness
Turmoil swept and battered the campus of the
University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon
City, last week, as the university crashed into
the giant pitfall of computerization.
- Dyeing
young
Scandalized ang mga showbiz reporters
dahil daw pinapabayaan ng kanyang make-up artist
ang "Star for All Seasons" na si Vilma
Santos.
- Ang
Pagpili ng Titulo
Bow. Syempre, crucial ang pagpili ng title.
In a sense, dini-define mo ang iyong sarili sa harap
ng iba. Sino ka na ngayon, anong sulok ang gagawin
mong iyo? Ano ang boses na iyong gagamitin: dead
earnest, fanciful, kalyehera, mommy ng bayan?
- My
lovable washing machine
After six years of faithful hard work,
week in and week out, my family's little old washing
machine has begun to tell us that it's time to retire.
Roberto C. Navarro
Roberto
C. Navarro is a journalism graduate of the University
of Santo Tomas. A freelance writer, he contributes
articles on the environment, health, population and
real estate issues to
Raya
Media Services, Inc.,
and other non-government organizations.
- The
Mindoro tamaraw is vanishing
It
is one of the world's most endangered land mammals,
found only in the Southern Luzon island of Mindoro.
Habitat loss, hunting and disease have reduced its
population to near-extinction levels--from about
10,000 in 1900 to the present estimate of 260-300
heads.
- Pawikan's
survival ensured
Scattered like tiny specks in the Philippine-Malaysian
border some 45 minutes by boat from the coast of
Sandakan, Sabah, the Turtle Islands Heritage Protected
Area (TIHPA) is one of the world's few remaining
traditional nesting grounds of the migratory pawikan
or marine turtle.
Louie-An M. Pilapil
Louie-An
M. Pilapil,
a communication arts graduate of the University of
the Philippines Los Baños, works for a communication
services outfit in Pasig City.
- When
Feeling Weighs More Than Seeing
I
tend to be complacent about life, believing that
things will turn out the way they will without my
doing anything about them. Whether I like it or
not, every single event that happens to me is bound
to happen. What the heck is taking charge of one's
destiny for?
Fidel Rillo
Fidel
Rillo,
freelance writer and book designer, has won several
major awards for his poetry, fiction and essays. He
is the editor and art director of Sulyap Kultura,
a quarterly devoted to Philippine cultural and historical
events. He earns his living designing books for major
publishers in Manila.
- Da
Return of da Comeback
At sa pagbubukas ng tabing ay makikita natin
ang ating bida na tahimik at malungkot na naglalakad
sa tabing-dagat, nakatanaw sa malayo, inaaninaw
ang abot-tanaw na liwanag na pinipilit manatiling
buhay sa gitna ng lumalambong na karimlan.
- Ang
Hirap sa Ating Mga Inglisero at Filipinero
Nangyayari ang ganitong sitwasyon taon-taon
tuwing dumarating ang Agosto. Sapagkat buwan ng
wikang pambansa (Filipino o Pilipino), asahang kahit
papaano ay mag-uukol ng kaunting pansin at panahon
ang mga institusyon upang "ipagdiwang"
ang bagay na ito. Mula sa mga eskuwelahan hanggang
sa mga opisina ng gobyerno at mga pribadong organisasyon,
panahon ito ng panandaliang pagtalikod sa Ingles
at pagharap sa Filipino.
- Negosyerap!
Matagal, mga ilang araw ding hindi makapagkatulog
si Inocencio. Iniisip niya kung paano sasabihin
sa asawa ang balak na matagal nang nagtatampisaw
sa kanyang isip. Siguradong magagalit ang kanyang
asawa. Siguradong sasalubungin siya ng sigaw at
iyak kung malalaman ang kanyang iniisip.
Jess Santiago
Si
Jess Santiago
ay
isang makata, kompositor at mang-aawit. Nakatanggap
siya ng mga premyo mula sa Palanca at Cultural Center
of the Philippines literary contests. Dalawang ulit
siyang tinanghal na "Makata ng Taon" ng
Surian (ngayo'y Komisyon) ng Wikang Pambansa. Nakapaglabas
na siya ng dalawang koleksiyon ng mga awit at isang
aklat ng mga tula.
Tara FT Sering
Tara
FT Sering is from the University of the Philippines
and is the author of a collection of non-fiction narratives
Mad Scrambling in the Corner.
- Breathless
in Barcelona
In
the middle of the new high-rise capital called Ortigas
Center, Barcelona Restaurant allows you to sample
real and pleasant Spanish sensations of the culinary
kind. Specializing in Catalan cuisine, Barcelona
(named after the capital city of Catalunya, a region
of Spain) opened in 1996.
- A
Surigao Childhood
Luis V. Teodoro
Luis
V. Teodoro
is
a professor of journalism and currently dean of the
College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines
in Diliman, and managing editor of thePhilippine
Journalism Review. An award-winning fictionist,
he has been a magazine editor and newspaper columnist.
He also writes a weekly news analysis forPhilippine
News and Features, a Philippine news syndicate.
- Barbarians
It's not one of the earth-shaking puzzlers of Philippine
life in this century, but a question outsiders looking
in still ask whenever someone dies in either a UP
fraternity hazing or inter-fraternity war: why should
a young man with his entire life before him, especially
a scholar, risk serious injury or even death for
the supposed privilege of fraternity membership?
- Looking
for the silver bullet
Everyone by now knows Imelda Marcos, and we
don't mean only in the Philippines.
- Missing
What It's All About
Two years ago former University of the Philippines
President Onofre D. Corpuz lamented the absence
of a standard account of the 1986 Revolution. "What
histories we have of the Revolution are grossly
inadequate," said Corpuz.
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