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View ArticleAlamat ng Araw, Buwan at mga Bituin
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View ArticleAlamat ng Sari-manok
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View ArticleAlamat ng Pamaypay
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View ArticleBad Girl
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View ArticleI am a Filipino
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View ArticleA Call For Mom And Dad
A Call For Mom And DadRing... ring... ring... is it the phone? My, it's two o'clock in the morning yet. But wait. It is Dad. Has he just got home from the business meeting, maybe... poor Dad! He works...
View ArticleLRT Bombing
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View ArticleI Wish I Were Not Born
I Wish I Were Not BornI walked on tiptoed. Dad must be home now. How my heart bleed when Mom left him for abroad. No amount of mom's explanation could appease my anger. Why did she do this? My poor...
View ArticleThe Song of the Shirt
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View ArticleA Heathen Declamation
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View ArticleI Killed Her
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View ArticleDirty Hands
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View ArticleBastard
BastardPenoy, Balot. . .Penoy, Balot.Yes Penoy, Balot has been my means of livelihood.I am Martha. Please listen to my story. Like you we may be both victims of circumstances. I was born out a wedlock...
View ArticleHooked in Drug
Hooked in DrugMy hands, my arms, my head, my body. I am shivering. I am trembling, what is happening. Yeah, mom's jewelry box. I need it. I must get it. yes, I need several thousand of pesos to sustain...
View ArticleThe Plea of an Aborted Fetus
The Plea of an Aborted FetusSet me free. Let me live, I deserve to be born, I want to live. For heavens's sake, have pity.Ladies and Gentlemen, dear fathers and mothers, listen to my plea, listen to my...
View ArticleThe Voice of an Orphan
The Voice of an OrphanI am an orphan; my age was 16 last June. Happy? No, I am not. I am lonely because at the age of nine I am parentless, penniless and even futureless. But they say i am beautiful....
View ArticleGamit ng Bilang
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View ArticleGamit ng Malaking Titik
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