Sectoral Concern

By Victoria Susana When I learned my lola and eldest aunt had perennial bout of nervous breakdowns and trauma during and after World War II, I kept thinking about it -the pains and sufferin...

By Sol M  Like all women programmed to find a man to marry so society will supposedly respect her, I was determined to get mine, get married, have children and live happily ever after....

By Remy Custodio This being Chinese New Year and celebrating it with a holiday no less even if we are not a full Chinese nation , shouldn't we be giving a perfect new year's gift to the ins...

By Albert Otacan The old Rizal Park of Butuan has more character and beauty than today. It has old country air than now that looks drab and empty. Call me old-fashioned but I am proud o...

By R Juan de Abril A retired educator in Surigao City seeks the help of his reading enthusiast friends to spread the distribution and donation of children's books, particularly in rural ar...

By Rexie Cabrera, Ceferino Plaza and Israel Sanchez For all its worth, Butuanons must be beaming with pride when the rural barangay of Sumile was featured in a tele-magazine show know...

By Nestor Garcia "Tubiiiig, nganong wala'y tubiiig!"screamed my 25-year- old niece as she opened the faucet at the bathroom several times a few days ago. "Mobalhin na ko sa Ampayon Cit...

By Albert Otacan The rain did not stop the first week of January, right after the celebration of the Three Kings. That was I think, in 1981. I was in my fourth year of college at Urios Col...

By RJS As an independent publisher/writer I take my hat's off to Bryan Edulzura's creative initiative who came up with a community-based printed magazine from a mere local government's annu...

By TLE My Christmas wish can be considered personal but it also include something more than private because I see myself as part of the world and even if I'm nobody I'm connected to the en...