First Person

One of Us – James Yap

By JB BAYLON LAST Easter Sunday I watched PBA games live, sitting for the first time in the venue called The Arena at the Mall of..

April 2, 2013

Living and Loving Chit Estella

By ROLAND SIMBULAN YOU were snatched from us "as swift as the wind" as you were on your way to meet your high school batchmates that..

June 21, 2011

An encounter with a Nobel Prize winner

By ELIZABETH LOLARGA “And in keeping with his oft-repeated philosophical belief that novels should enhance and amplify life, not merely..

October 11, 2010

Confessions of a hitman

Jesse (not his real name), a trusted henchman of the Ampatuans, narrates his role in the Nov. 23 massacre and subsequent coverup in the..

March 9, 2010

The Cory years

By CHIT ESTELLA FOR someone who had undergone much sorrow and pain, Corazon Aquino laughed easily and well. People unaccustomed to hearing..

August 1, 2009

Somalian piracy: How to keep RP seafarers safe

By NICO CARTALLA WE departed the island of Seychelles in the Indian Ocean on April 6 for a 21-day trip that would bring us back to the..

April 25, 2009

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Founded in March 2008, VERA Files is published by veteran Filipino journalists taking a deeper look into current Philippine issues. Vera is Latin for “true.”