
'The cost of returning'
As I stood before the small iron gate, I thought about the first and last time I spent Christmas and New Year at this house.
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As I stood before the small iron gate, I thought about the first and last time I spent Christmas and New Year at this house.
· 10 min read

The Supreme Court issued rulings on several cases involving marriage and family matters.
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Behind Andrea Brillantes’ rise as one of the most visible young stars of her generation is a story shaped not just by talent, but by responsibility assumed far…
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A new year does not require grand declarations to be meaningful. It requires steadiness. The ability to speak only when necessary, act when ready, and listen…
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Without fanfare, I suddenly had a weekly column. And week after week, something quiet happened. I began finding my voice again.
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Tumultuous, the word, has popped up much too often in the last days of December. Looking back, it seems no one could escape the year’s demand for change. The…
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As 2025 winds down, the Cordillera Administrative Region looks back on a year that felt heavy, complicated, and unmistakably defining.
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Something about the New Year brings a different kind of hope and optimism, but there’s a little pang on your chest silently telling you that you are still…
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For Coco Martin, the holidays are not about excess—they are about pause. In a life ruled by call times, scripts, and responsibility, only a handful of dates…
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A lesson I learned is that poetry, even as crude as mine, can be learned by anyone, particularly if one is as tongue-tied as me.
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As the new year approaches, a Catholic prelate urged Filipino families to set aside their mobile devices and revive meaningful conversations at the dinner…
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In a year filled with revelations and reckoning, one of the most quietly powerful stories belongs to Kai Montinola, not because of spectacle, but because of…
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It sounds like the title of a new movie but it’s not superhuman like the “Terminator” or a super machine like the “Transformer.”
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Today the Filipino family is beset with many threats. New forms of family that contradict moral norms are being legally recognized.
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‘I’m getting old. You have to forgive me, I just can’t carry on any more.’
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LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Five-time major winner Brooks Koepka has left LIV Golf for family reasons, the Saudi-backed circuit announced on Tuesday.
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Unlike the previous years, there was no traditional Noche Buena dinner for the Alas family this year.
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