Literary

06

Jan

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Whether the Weather is Fine: In search of refuge

By DAWN DANIELLE D. SOLANO   LOSS comes after a storm. In the Philippines, typhoons occur multiple times a year; and Filipinos are expected to rise and smile at these calamities in the name of ‘Filipino resiliency.’  As one of this year’s entries in Metro Manila Film Festival, Whether the Weather…

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18

Dec

By Dawn Danielle Solano

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Country’s longest-running student film festival makes way for CASA’s filmmakers

FILM FESTIVALS are a chance for filmmakers, critics, and other key creatives in the filmmaking community to celebrate the art of storytelling through moving pictures. For young filmmakers, it is a platform to showcase their talent and skill in the craft and engage in the world of independent cinema.  This…

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11

Dec

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Ang Bata sa Drum: Drawing Hope in Disheartened Places

By: CZERIZHA KAIZEL S. ADZUARA LONELINESS can obscure the sense of hope in a child’s eyes. When hope fades, it leaves the heart empty and in perpetual despondence. However, a helping hand can fill the emptiness with flowing optimism once again.  Touching hearts and igniting hope, theater guild Teatro Tomasino…

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08

Dec

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Freedom Within: The Spirit of Advocacies

By ABIGAIL M. ADRIATICO WHEN it comes to the issue of poverty, the impact on the health of women is often overlooked. Women from underprivileged communities all over the world face a problem—accessing resources for proper sanitation during their monthly period. Since hygienic products are costly, some have no choice but…

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03

Dec

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Teatro Tomasino to premiere play tackling solidarity amid pandemic

  IN ITS 44th season, Teatro Tomasino, the official university-wide theater guild of the University of Santo Tomas, is releasing a one-act play that aims to provide comfort and build solidarity within the Thomasian community amidst the pandemic on Dec. 4, Saturday.  Written by playwright Dominique La Victoria and directed…

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26

Nov

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The Swim

Editor’s Note: Starting today, the Letters section’s Photo of the Week will now be named Liyab. Furthermore, instead of weekly short stories, creative works will be uploaded every other week.   Here I am within the womb of a serene glittering pool; her surface returns  the blue hues of the…

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31

Oct

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Movie Night

By ABIGAIL M. ADRIATICO Note: This article is a work of fiction as part of The Flame's Photo of the Week. You hear the clock ticking as the credits of your second horror movie for the night start rolling. It is already 11 in the evening, and you still have…

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31

Oct

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The Discord Caller

By DAWN DANIELLE D. SOLANO Note: This article is a work of fiction as part of The Flame's Photo of the Week. Sprawled on my desk were my color-assorted sticky notes and highlighters. The faint light coming from the lamp post outside my bedroom window shone over the last page…

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29

Oct

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Have you lost the sun?

The laptop’s screen turned black. You saw your reflection: a pair of weary eyes and a back slouching. You sighed; this setting darkened the keenness you once had. Feeling empty, you started remembering when the university grounds and physical company still held you as a whole. It was a cloudy…

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29

Sep

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White Slavery: Commodifying Bodies

By: CZERIZHA KAIZEL S. ADZUARA   Editor’s Note: This film review is part of a review series featuring the restored classic Filipino films available for free in FDCP Channel’s Pamanang Pelikula in celebration of this year’s Philippine Film Industry Month. IN a poverty-stricken country like the Philippines, employment opportunities become…

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