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IF you went to the wake of the late broadcaster, host and DJ Boyet Sison at the Funeraria Paz in Sucat, Parañaque, while there were some tears, it was actually more of a party. There was music from a DJ set, standees of Boyet that were as tall as he…

I JUST lost my oldest friend in the world… Boyet Sison. For most, he was a sports broadcaster and a disc jockey. Me? He was more than that. As a kid, the first-ever place we lived was at the apartment complex Boyet’s family owned along Calbayog Street in Mandaluyong—just across…

Courtesy Paolo Garcia Paolo Garcia had a rough 2020, even by COVID standards. Around this time last year, Taal Volcano erupted, blanketing the Filipino musician’s Laguna home in thick ashfall. Days after the volcanic fury, his father died. And two months later, the pandemic broke out. His work didn’t fare much better, either: the lockdowns cancelled virtually all his live gigs, shrunk his time with collaborators, and drove him out of sound studios and back to the corners of his home. ...