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Pinaakan

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Unable to bear Flora’s silence after sending her unsigned love letters, Mario reveals himself and receives a bite for an answer.

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Panumpa ni Cecilia

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Cecilia promises Tonyo, her dying husband not to look for another man when he is gone. Before the end of the mourning period. A friend sees her with a Spanish mestizo.

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Panalagna ni Pari Bindo

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A priest foretells the kind of men Apok, Gunday and Duding would marry.

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Mrs. Casta

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Tells about a Filipina widow’s marriage to an American.

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Gugma sa Inahan

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Married to a rich family, a son neglects his poor old mother. She consoles him when his wife deserts him after he contacted leprosy.

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Gaba

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Refusing to heed his mother’s advise, Hinyo continues going with his friend Tongloy from whom he learns his vices. He unds up with a lifetime in jail.

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Baye ug babaye

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A comparison between a marriage to a Filipina and to an American girl.

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Naghikog?

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A jilted man kills the girl with the knife she gave him as a souvenir.

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Panimalus sa amahan

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An old man is convicted for the murder of the town’s first lawyer — the father of his daughter’s illegitimate child.

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Gipatay kay amamaliw

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Incestious relationship between a girl and her uncle.

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Sayop

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A slight error in his entry almost costs a cashier’s life.

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Pako ni Iya Sisa

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An old woman’s search for her lost child ends one Christmas Day when she learns that her daughter has been adopted by a rich but childless couple.

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