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Nation and culture

By F Sionil Jose | November 21, 2011 - 12:00am

On this, the 150th anniversary of the birth of our National Hero, Jose Rizal, his life and work are worth remembering for so many of the problems which he exposed in his time are still very much with us.

Arts and Culture

Our damaged, dorobo culture

By Juaniyo Arcellana | May 18, 2008 - 12:00am

The infamous quote of social commentator James Fallows issued during the time of martial law – that Filipinos have a damaged culture – is given further shrift in the tongue-half-in-cheek reference material...

Starweek Magazine

TO THE GRADUATING CLASS 2004

By HINDSIGHT By F. Sionil Jose | March 21, 2004 - 12:00am

A generation reared in the primacy of technology and the sciences will find it difficult to justify the importance of the humanities, most of all, the value of literature. Why literature? It does not teach us how...

Sunday Lifestyle

Sick man

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | June 3, 2003 - 12:00am

These voices of discontent can only be ignored at our own peril. They are not the usual angry voices from the margins of society, from the outer limits of the rational mainstream. They are concerned voices from...

Opinion

What is wrong with Filipinos?

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | December 11, 2002 - 12:00am

Shock helps people to reassess. So while we’re smarting from slaps by Australia and Canada in shutting their embassies without notice, we might as well ponder why they think we deserve such treatment. Your intelligence...

Opinion