Fhen Em

Fhen Em won the weekly poetry contest on DYVL radio station on May 2, 2026, with his Waray poem "Bara ha Kasingkasing." On April 26, 2026, he appeared on DYNF 91.3 Radyo Kauswagan Teleradyo to discuss his writing journey. Earlier that year, on February 7, 2026, he spoke with Bombo Radyo Tacloban about literature and poetry. He remembers "Basuni" as one of the songs that often played on his grandmother's radio. A melancholic tune, it filled their home with gentle notes. In Waray, "basuni" means a splinter lodged deep in the heart; an ache the song captures with quiet, lasting intensity.