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28 articles filed under Personal category.

A Tourist Police

I wrote this article for the Tourist Police who didn't just help me carry my stuff, but was also kind enough to let me ride the taxi first.

Dec 19, 2021 · 6 min read

My beloved Onjon; my beloved Ibaloys.

December 3 marks my one year stay here at Baguio, and now more than ever, I feel at home.

Nov 17, 2021 · 2 min read

THE INSPIRING DAISY BUCAD-ENG STORY: from a salt peddler, to an OFW, to a millionaire

To provide a better life for her family, she had to leave for Hong Kong to work as a servant. It was there that she met an angel named Marie Augusta.

Oct 19, 2021 · 2 min read

AFTER-STORM SORROW, LOSSES AND MEMORIES

Remembering a friend gone too soon. Someone from the lowlands, who made our mountains his home, and embraced the Igorot culture until the end.

Sep 14, 2021 · 2 min read

HOW BOLO-WIELDING IGOROTS SAVED THE DAY FOR A GROUP OF AMERICAN TANKERS IN BATAAN

To boost the morale of the soldiers, General Douglas MacArthur shared this breathtaking battlefield story of Igorot heroism.

Aug 30, 2021 · 4 min read

IGOROTA FROM BAUKO WITH KIND AND PURE HEART

I want to share this story of someone I've known for not so long but touched my heart and became one of my inspiration in life !

Mar 7, 2021 · 1 min read

What happens when a former NPA Rebel and an Army Officer meet at the airport?

Former Miss Kalinga LT Col. Jessie Rose Bucalen-Austria shares her memorable story when she met a former NPA rebel at an airport.

Sep 22, 2020 · 5 min read

Living this 2020

Adaptation. Work. Crops

Sep 7, 2020 · 2 min read

The Eerie Siren

Bits of a childhood memory in a mining town.

Aug 8, 2020 · 2 min read

My first travel to Mt. Province

At age 55 I first stepped on where my father left his footprints.

Jun 15, 2020 · 2 min read