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Mar

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Tale of a Silencer

LOKU, A king’s tale. Loku was the most feared king of all the isles. His subjects cowered, their mouths tied tight. His presence commanded others to bow their heads. The tyrant raised his sword to the sky. Loku towered over his kneeling subjects. Next to his feet, their produce rotted…

23

Mar

By Alyanna Ysabel Sacramento

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No One Likes a Mad Woman

No man is an island. But a woman is. Most of my childhood was spent on learning and unlearning many things. I only knew how to read and write, do chores and follow instructions from other people. It did not come as a surprise when the people who used to…

21

Mar

By The Flame Literary

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Cinepanalo Shorts: Get by Without Haste

IN THE spirit of celebrating Filipino film excellence, the Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival is screening from March 15 to 26 at Gateway Cineplex 18. It offers six full-length films and 25 student-produced short films. This year’s festival categorized the short films in five sets. UST communication senior Dizelle Masilungan's film,…

New edition of memoir of Magsaysay tragedy lone survivor launched

18

Mar

By The Flame Literary

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New edition of memoir of Magsaysay tragedy lone survivor launched

THE FAMILIES OF the late president Ramon Magsaysay and the late Thomasian journalist Nestor Mata have launched a new edition of a memoir about the plane crash that killed the Filipino leader in 1957. The new edition of Mata's book One Came Back was released on Monday, March 18, at the UST Miguel de Benavides Library to…

18

Mar

By Hjadoeya Calica

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Two navels as one

Pastel skies were visible outside my room. The air I breathed inside the constraints of these four walls Was shared by four people I barely knew. We exchange greetings in the morning as we depart, and state our dreams over dinner, Yet we still walk softly around each other…

12

Mar

By Maria Althea Javier

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I Am Not Big Bird: An Escapade and an Exposé

TO EXPOSE a part of oneself is to accept the consequences that come with it. To let ideals take over is to distort what is real, a result of flawed notions spawned by the unnatural. Director Victor Villanueva gathered all that cannot be discussed out loud: the ones that beg…

The Boy and the Heron: Miyazaki’s Springtime Still

11

Mar

By Jaila Marjaan Abdul

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The Boy and the Heron: Miyazaki’s Springtime Still

Rich in references from the novel How Do You Live? (1937) by Genzaburo Yoshino, The Boy and the Heron was a miserable dejection and a journey to acceptance. Hayao Miyazaki draws inspiration as it follows a boy stuck in the big city of Tokyo, seeking guidance in life. Similarly, in…

10

Mar

By Franz Zoe Stoelzl Baroña

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The Morning Crisis

IF ONLY I had the courage to slip a “good morning” into his inbox, I would have finally justified my sleep deprivation. I can only imagine the sensation of waking up with his name and response etched on my phone’s screen every day instead of a message announcing the Zoom…

06

Mar

By Trixcy Anne Loseriaga

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Patay na si Cory: Opening a casket of untold memories

GHOSTS CAN still perform in theaters, leaving their perpetrators in shock. Their hunger to disclose the truth can bypass the line between the living and the dead, manifesting themselves to the people involved in their deaths. Patay na si Cory was a culmination of the people’s cry for justice and…

25

Feb

By The Flame Literary

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A Quarter of Change

THERE IS an aching, blinding hue of orange in the sky as the sun rises. It is not warm like sunrises should be—it is almost as if the sun is swallowing the world whole, and it is just a quarter to six. The streets are also deafeningly quiet, in contrast…