100 Years of Graphic
Anatomy of a repeating scandal: Lessons in investigating a failed 1926 public works project
Some 96 years ago, on June 12, 1929, the Graphic magazine published an article titled The Tinkers’ Dam by M. San Martin.
No Names, Strictly Personal
I found a 1929 Graphic issue at the National Library in Manila. Reading through it, one thing immediately stood out: Some articles were without bylines.
GRAPHIC ARCHIVE: “Those Who Skip in the Night”
While from the standpoint of a layman, government bureaus seem to be working smoothly the year around, still auditors detailed to look over records have unearthed grave anomalies that have existed for the past few years and yet kept secret by their directors.
The time outside our own
It was the 30th of July when I finally found the first-ever Graphic issue. Amid the careful sound of shuffling pages in the background that ran against the noise of my mouse clicks, I was sure that I paused for a long time admiring the cover displayed on the screen—dashes of striking red on the clothing of a Mindanao man riding a horse.
ARCHIVE: The Laoag-Vintar Dam Tragedy (1927 Graphic Article)
AUGUST 6, 1927 — IF THE Laoag-Vintar irrigation project has proved a disappointment to Representative Confesor and other public officials, it has, so far, proved nothing but a tragedy to the people to whom the government sought to extend a helping hand—the farmers and landowners of Vintar, Bacarra and Laoag, Ilocos Norte.
Long before anybody ever thought of building such a thing as the Laoag-Vintar dam, the farmers of Vintar...
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“For workers, the 4th SONA of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. is a big letdown”—FFW
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Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) Statement on U.S. Tariff Measures and Safeguarding Philippine Economic Interests
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Multi-Awarded Writer Irene Sarmiento Makes History As First Filipino Author At Germany’s White Ravens Festival
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72nd Palanca Awards inducts 4 new Hall of Fame awardees
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Wilfrido D. Nolledo, word magician
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The Multi-universe of Gilda Cordero Fernando
In A Memoir Published In The Coffee-Table Book The Philippines: Spirit of Place (Department of Tourism, 1994), Gilda Cordero Fernando—short story writer, essayist, publisher, theater producer, collector of antiques (“with me you don’t say what’s new but what’s old”), visual artist with her own distinctive style, New Age guru and I don’t know what else—traced her roots to Pagsanjan, Laguna.
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Tilly’s birth will do us part: AI actor and the doomed commerce of inauthenticity
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Through Greg’s brilliant eyes
TRIBUTE — On September 26, the Filipino literary titan, maestro of the Philippine short story, and former Graphic editor Gregorio C. Brillantes passed away at 92.
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THE YOUNGEST HOPE OF A TRIBUNAL ON TRIAL
It looks like it’s going to be a long haul when you scan the country, or even just this part of town, from the corner of Taft and Padre Faura—a long dazed journey, not to “Philippines 2000,” the splendiferous miracle promised FVR’s faithful a mere seven years from now, but to reality of NIChood probably a century hence.
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A Portrait of My Father
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Forgot to tell my cousin
to...
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