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Franco L. Babasa
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Jan 30, 2021

Mga dagliang humpay tuwing dapithapon

Tuwing naghaharap na ang dilim at liwanag sa mga minuto bago o pagkaraan ang ikalabinwalong oras, naghahanay ang kaguluhang angkin ng realidad — nagkakaroon ito ng pansamantalang linaw. Bilang mga nagdadalubhasa sa larangan ng modernong sining, laging bilin ng aming mga guro na ang daan sa pagbuo ng mahusay na…

Tagalog

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Tagalog

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Aug 2, 2020

Understanding academic inferiority

The quest for knowledge is eternal, and the need to cope up with every lesson thought is essential. Accomplishing the tasks required is already something good, but it’s another thing to desire more than just compliance — it is the desire to be the frontrunner. It’s a good thing because…

Academic

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Academic

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Aug 2, 2020

A beautiful woman as portrayed by media

Almost half of the seven billion inhabitants of the world, divided by race, culture and belief, are composed of female human beings. As ages passed by, humanity has learned to deviate its judgments and opinions. Their distinctions of what is wrong, right, unpleasant and pleasing has evolved. …

Beauty

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Beauty

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Jul 25, 2020

An anaylsis of Philippine underdevelopment

Manila, Philippines — In the context of tax, agrarian reform and elitist governance, what went wrong in the process of progress that curiously leaves the orient pearl below sea level? Behind the façade that has been established by the titular citation given by former World Bank (WB) country director Motoo Kinishi of being a “rising tiger” in Asia (Cheng, 2013), the Philippines is hindered by an unacknowledged state of underdevelopment. …

Philippines

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Philippines

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Jul 25, 2020

Prevent the posthumous: Why recognizing Filipino artists postmortem must stop

Manila, Philippines — Does it really take as much as death to recognize the visionaries of the Philippine arts, when this was long overdue even before their lives ended—lives which they have fully dedicated to bringing out the best from their respective fields? An unfortunate set accident took the life of veteran actor and director Eddie Garcia last June 20, 2019. The 90-year-old “Manoy”, as he was fondly called, was set to star in Rosang Agimat, his supposed comeback show in television network GMA. During his wake, countless friends from the industry shared…

Filipino

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Filipino

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Jul 24, 2020

Returns of investment: Filipino children and the ‘utang na loob’ burden

Manila, Philippines — Cornered by a disreputable perspective of the love for kin, John and Marie — two freshman college students of different career paths — do not consider academic workload and pressure as the heaviest burdens they would have to endure after obtaining their degrees. John, not his real name, is the youngest of five children. Since his older sisters already have families of their own, no one can commit fully to focusing on his educational needs alone. …

Favor

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Favor

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Franco L. Babasa

Franco L. Babasa

22 · Multimedia Artist from Bulacan, PHL

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