writing

Writing material prices spike come class opening

During her inspection on Saturday in Baclaran, Trade Secretary Cristina Roque said prices of school supplies remain accessible and competitively priced.

7 June 20262 min read

Who’s Your Joe? Café Brings Back Art of Writing letters

‘The fact is that writing by hand is deeply personal —both to the writer and the recipient,’ he shared. ‘When you open an envelope and slowly unfold the letter…

6 June 20264 min read

Pinoy Student joins global letter-writing contest

A Grade 6 student from Cavite will represent the Philippines in an international letter-writing competition after emerging as the top winner in the 55th…

23 May 20261 min read

Young Filipinos keep letter writing tradition alive — PHLPost

The Philippine Postal Corporation said young Filipinos continue to value meaningful human connection through handwritten letters despite the rise of digital…

16 May 20261 min read

VLF XXI opens doors for aspiring playwrights

The Virgin Labfest (VLF), the country’s premier festival of untried, untested, and un-staged one-act plays, is now accepting applications for its Writing…

21 April 20262 min read

Did you know? Rizal's novels were Gothic all along

Long before Gothic returned to screens and bestseller lists, Philippine literature was already haunted by doubles, ruins, buried violence, and the ghosts of…

7 March 20264 min read

'Falling stars'

From the poetry collection "I've lived 100 times, and I've died 200 times."

2 March 20261 min read

'Summer'

Sweet summer’s kiss arrives In flurries of golden hues, Banishing away the cold From simpering icy blues.

2 March 20261 min read

'After you'

Slivers of morning catch In morning dew. Sleep-encrusted eyes Gaze up adoringly at you. Your hair, a nest where I can Make a home, And your skin, I trace Like…

13 February 20261 min read

'Para mi amor'

Of sunsets, kisses, and whispered words, This love unravels its strands and unfurls. Branching out and reaching my heart, Unbearing, unaccepting of worlds…

11 February 20261 min read

'Mosaic'

My face is a combination of all the faces of my ancestors. My mother's friend sliced some tomatoes for me when i was a kid, and I've loved tomatoes since then.…

9 January 20261 min read

'LAHAT-HALA': Bukas para sa submissions

LAHAT-HALA: Mga tinig ng Pilipino, para sa kapwa Pilipino. Isang creative writing project ng Dyaryo Tirada.

7 January 20262 min read

'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.

4 January 202610 min read

The day Santa died (and the magic that remained)

As a child, magic was everywhere I went, especially when I was with my younger sister and our cousin, who lived with us in our early years. We were as thick as…

24 December 20254 min read

'Li[eb]chen'

Love does not come When a rose blooms, And warmth spreads Across cheeks—watercolour Painted by a caress of the Fingertips.

19 December 20251 min read

'Latak'

Lumunok siya, Hibla ng damit, Unti-unting hinila Mula sa kamisetang Matagal nang Nalalanta, para Tumahimik, kumakalam Na sikmura.

19 December 20251 min read

Power of ‘the’ pen

The word “Montblanc” equates heritage and luxury. The iconic brand recently had its Maison Montblanc with the latest NEO 4.0 concept opening at the Rustan’s…

17 December 20252 min read

'What is Christmas to the unseen?'

Clasped hands. Not in prayer. But in the ritual of humiliation. Of being worth something only if you are on your knees, doing anything you can to survive.…

16 December 20252 min read