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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…

26

Nov

By The Flame Literary

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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Respeto: The Portrait of a War-ridden Society

28

Sep

By Dawn Danielle Solano

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Respeto: The Portrait of a War-ridden Society

TO SET a dream flying, it must not have a tail made of chains. These bolts weigh someone down and deny them a chance to change their lives. Poverty has a corrosive effect on people’s sense of life autonomy. Adding to the predicament is the intolerable and abusive systems that…

24

Sep

By The Flame Literary

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Tranquil Menace

Long they stride upon the bamboo planks underneath the scorching sun and on calm waters. Only to haul the lightweight fishing nets, hollow as their family’s stomachs. Long they sail their bangka on our fresh and saltwater, to claim what remains and swim below. Only to be menaced by…

Ang Panlipunang Lason sa Sinong Lumikha ng Yoyo? Sinong Lumikha ng Moon Buggy?

21

Sep

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Ang Panlipunang Lason sa Sinong Lumikha ng Yoyo? Sinong Lumikha ng Moon Buggy?

By FATIMA B. BADURIA 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. TILA ISANG pandaigdigang paligsahan ang pagtatamo ng kaunlaran. Sa malawakang pagsulong…

Manila by Night: Unveiling Darkness and Plight

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Sep

By Dawn Danielle Solano

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Manila by Night: Unveiling Darkness and Plight

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. THE HUES of a city come in bright colors when watched from afar. It magnetizes all…