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Baby Catáquiz vs Norvic Solidum: the Battle for San Pedro!
Despite the lack of conclusive and official judgment, it is already common knowledge that the late actor and Filipino cultural icon Fernando Poe, Jr. was cheated during the 2004 presidential,...
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Did social media affect 2013 Philippine polls?
Did social media affect PH 2013 polls? By Kathlyn dela Cruz and Ivy Jean Vibar, ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at 05/15/2013 10:29 AM | Updated as of 05/15/2013 10:29 AM MANILA, Philippines – The 2013...
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Father’s Day today?
They say it’s Father’s Day today. I say, “no way”. For us Filipinos, the real Father’s Day (Día del Padre) should be commemorated every March 19th. Our forefathers knew this. It was the US...
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Happy 442nd birthday, Filipinas!
Today we should celebrate not only Manila’s foundation date; today is also the 442nd birthday of our country! Because Manila was founded as the CAPITAL city on 24 June 1571. Take note that I put...
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The mysterious Lang Dulay
It’s not everyday that you get to meet a National Living Treasure Awardee. Here I have the rare opportunity to meet Lang Dulay, the famed T’boli “dreamweaver” of the colorful T’nalak cloth. The...
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Nuestra Patria / Bayan Ko
DID YOU KNOW? The famous patriotic song “Bayan Ko” was originally written in Spanish by General José Alejandrino, a close associate of General Antonio Luna. The original title was “Nuestra Patria“. The...
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Happy 442nd birthday to La Laguna, my beloved adoptive province!
Soon after my discovery of La Laguna province’s long-lost foundation date last year, ordinance #44 , s. 2012 was drafted by then provincial board member Neil Nocon who also chaired the committee on...
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Tropical storm Maring pummels San Pedro, La Laguna
Habagat and tropical storm Maring. A terrible combination. This is probably the worst flooding I’ve ever witnessed in the Sampaguita Capital of Filipinas since we moved here in 2004. So when the...
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Hispanity Day
To my fellow Filipinos: be aware, be PROUD, of who and what you really are. “To accuse the Spanish, over and over again, of having brought us all sorts of things, mostly evil, among which we can...
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The Filipino Spirit vs. Yolanda and the Bojol tremors: brief thoughts from a...
Before 1565, we were a disunited bunch. Filipinas as we know it today (as Luzón, Visayas, and Mindanáo) did not exist yet during that time. And it is with certainty that Taclobanons back then were...
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Happy Birthday, Lord Jesus Christ!
A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Truly, not even the largest birthday cake in the world would be able to hold all the birthday candles that you have accumulated since your...
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2014 for the win!
At the start of every year we always ask ourselves, “what’s in store for me this year?” I’m sure many of you asked poor 2014 about it when it has not even lasted a full day yet. But didn’t it even...
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Three Kings 2014
It’s that time of the year again, for gift giving. And since it’s the first day of school this year, we just had fast food early this morning. Healthy. Here’s hoping that this Filipino tradition —the...
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Expansionist Red China vs Imperialist Uncle Sam
Red China vs the US WASPs? Yes. I hate sounding like a warmonger here, but it is bound to happen. It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when. No two empires in history ever existed at the same...
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NCCA’s “Bloggers’ Hour”: Philippine Arts Festival 2014 — Art on the Edge
It’s all systems go for this year’s National Arts Month! In preparation for the upcoming Philippine Arts Festival (PAF), the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) held its second...
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RH Law must win
Not many people today know that hundreds of years ago, at a time when banking was still in its infancy, the Catholic Church fought the concept of interest. It lost that battle. Since then, poverty and...
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A belated “Muchas Gracias” to Vibal Publishing House
June 12 no longer reminds me of Philippine Independence Day. It reminds me more of my daughter Krystal’s textbook, Vibal Publishing House’s “Language in Literature” which she and her batchmates used...
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Rizal wrote a patriotic letter to Blumentritt on his 26th birthday
I wonder: if the Sandiganbayan did not issue a hold departure order against Senator Jinggoy Estrada, would the latter have left the country to escape allegations of his involvement in the telenovela...
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Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day
Today, June 30, we celebrate Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day, which coincides with the 115th anniversary of the Siege of Baler — a lengthy military operation of Filipino forces against the final...
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There would be no INC without the Holy Mother Church
The below information has been going the rounds on Facebook for days in light of the coming centennial of the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s registration (yes, you read that right: registration, not foundation)....
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