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U.S. leaves Afghanistan with its tail between its legs
“I charge the white man with being the greatest murderer on earth. I charge the white man with being the greatest kidnapper on earth. There is no place in this world that this man can go and say he created…
Poetry Community as a Well of Ginhawa (Well-being) in these Pandemic Times
TALK/PRESENTATION My talk can be summed up in three things: First, the context and my experience during this pandemic time. Second, the Well of Ginhawa, and its related metaphors. And third, how I started and built this poetry community.…
Love For Living Animals: Barbary Lions Only in Captivity?
ESSAY We must safeguard the web of life and care about the other living species that we share this planet with. Pygmy tarsiers eat and host bugs that we’ve seen at home — insects, spiders, lizards, bedbugs, lice, fleas, roundworms,…
Poetic Openings in the Time of Covid 19
POETRY <A Prelude> In the early days of the Co-vid 19 pandemic, everyone was trying to come to grips with the isolation that the lockdown imposed on almost everyone. Anxiety over the unknown was…
Two Hearts on A Death
POEMS by Erlie Lopez #1.Yellow Bursts Yellow is the color of sorrow: the ribbons tied around trees, the shirts and pins from seasons of arduous street protests. Yellow is the color of love: lovely flowers around the urn, the…
A walk in the rain
POEM The raindrops were shining like stars On the grass. Fallen from the sky They lay quiet, evanescent. There they were Stars we don’t see during the day. Unseen but ever-present As I…
ICONS AND IDENTITIES: a special portrait exhibition in Korea
ART EXHIBIT As an honorary reporter for Korean Culture and Information Service this year, a group of reporters based in Korea had the privilege of visiting the special exhibition entitled “Icons and Identities” presents by the…
Philippines Wins Future Policy Award for Banning Lead in All Paints for Children’s and Workers’ Health
29 June 2021, Quezon City. A groundbreaking Chemical Control Order (CCO) promulgated by the Government of the Philippines banning lead in the manufacture of all paints to prevent children’s and workers’ exposure to this toxic chemical was adjudged one of…
A Legacy of Straight-Path Governance
Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III, 15th president of the Philippines (2010-2016), may be said to have entered Philippine politics through doors opened accidentally by iconic parents – the assassinated democratic champion during the martial law regime of Ferdinand Marcos and…
Winged Lovers of the Light
POEM by Perfecto “Boyet” Caparas Waves Surging Splashing bathing our souls Naked With lights fragrance Of flowers Of gentleness and bliss Waves of tenderness Engulfing Two naked souls Holding each other in tight Embrace As we my dear…
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