“Take a chill pill,” someone tells me as I rant and rage about yet another idiotic issue that could be efficiently solved either through rule of law, human decency, or common sense.
Traffic, like death and education, has become the great equalizer.
“MRT-3 broke down more than 500 times last year,” said an Inquirer headline on the first day of 2018.
“Grace, I am angry. I am so very angry,” declares housemaid Mary Whitney as she lies down on a bed, paralyzed with pain after undergoing an illegal—and possibly crude—procedure to abort her baby.
She may have only two books to her name, but American author Jasmine Warga seems to have figured out the kind of stories she wants to tell. Identity, family and legacy are the interconnected themes that guide her two books despite them having wildly different tones and premises. Her debut novel “My Heart and Other Black Holes” tells the story of Aysel, a teenager with depression who contemplates ending her life. “Here We Are Now,” on the other hand, is about Taliah, a young girl who discovers that her absentee father is a famous rock star.
Jennifer E. Smith is obsessed with fate.
Here’s the Super annual list of Halloween costume ideas straight from the most-talked-about pop culture phenomena of the year.
Today may be the book fair’s last day, but do check out some of these fan-centric events at the MIBF at SMX Convention Center in Pasay City.
Wallets at the ready, bookworms, the Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) is here.
