A thousand years ago, there was a rich maharlika, or nobleman, who spent his early bachelor days recklessly, wining and dining in the company of nobility. He drank the finest wines, ate the most delectable food and enjoyed the company of the loveliest, perfumed and bejewelled women of the noble class.

Rizal dedicated this poem to Josephine Bracken, an Irish woman who went to Dapitan accompanying a man seeking Rizal’s services as an ophthalmologist. Josephine, Josephine Who to these shores have come Looking for a nest, a home, Like a wandering swallow; If your fate is taking you To Japan, China or Shanghai, Don’t forget that [...]

by Vicente Rivera, Jr. ONE evening in August 1941, I came out of a late movie to a silent, cold night. I shivered a little as I stood for a moment in the narrow street, looking up at the distant sky, alive with stars. I stood there, letting the night wind seep through me, and [...]

Salin mula sa Ingles ni Elvira B. Estravo ng “The Origin of the Ifugao Kodla” Noong unang panahon ay may mag-asawang naninirahan sa Lamut na nangngangalang Cabigat at Bugan. Sila ay masasaya dahil marami silang nakukuhang pagkain at mga hayop. Isang araw lumabas si Cabigat upang mamasyal na karaniwag isinasagawa sa mga kalapit na nayon. [...]

Buhat nang mapatakbo ni Toniong Tandang si Tenoriong Talisain ay humanap na ng ibang libutan at madaling nakapamayagpag na muli ang Talisain. Ang mga Katyaw na leghorn doon ay madaling nasilaw sa balitang bilis at lakas ni Tenoriong Talisain. At madali niyang naging kaibigan ang pinakamagandang sa mga banyagang manok na si Lolitang Leghorn.

Malapit-lapit na naman ang tag-ulan kung kaya’t ang isang mag-anak na langgam ay abalang-abala sa paghahakot ng pagkain para sa kanilang pinagtataguan. “Huwag kayong lilihis ng landas patungo sa ating lungga, dahil sa may gawing kaliwa ay may munting kanal,” sabi ni Tatay Langgam.

Antonio K. Abad Akasia Jose Abreu Kaibigan Macario Adriatico Amaori, C. Amabri and Felipe Malayo Faustino Aguilar Sinag-Ina

By Nick Joaquin THE MORETAS WERE spending St. John’s Day with the children’s grandfather, whose feast day it was. Doña Lupeng awoke feeling faint with the heat, a sound of screaming in her ears. In the dining room the three boys already attired in their holiday suits, were at breakfast, and came crowding around her, [...]

An Excerpt from: Ang Himagsikan Ng Mga Pilipino ‘La Revolucion Filipina’ Sinulat ni Apolinario Mabini Dakilang Bayani at Utak ng Himagsikan Isinalin sa Tagalog mula sa English translation by Leon Ma. Guerrero Pagbitay Sa 3 Pari: Burgos, Gomez At Zamora NAGTAGAL lamang ang ganitong pagkukubli hanggang kinakailangan pang umikot sa paanan ng Africa o ng [...]

Manang Biday, ilukatmo man ‘Ta bintana ikalumbabam Ta kitaem ‘toy kinayawan Ay, matayakon no dinak kaasian Siasinnoka nga aglabaslabas Ditoy hardinko pagay-ayamak Ammom ngarud a balasangak Sabong ni lirio, di pay nagukrad