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Bureau of Customs or Bureau of Corruption?
I’ve been suffering from writer’s block for a long time already. So for the meantime, my seventeen-year-old niece Helenna Beatrice Órgano y Alas, an engineering student from the country’s oldest...
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The AlDub phenomenon, and why Filipinos have gone crazy over it
No matter how much we complain or give praise about it, it is a fact that stares us hard right in the face: our country is fixated with showbiz. It has become part of our culture — Filipino pop...
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But Jon Royeca still has to CATEGORICALLY define what a Filipino is
Before I begin, I would like to apologize to Jon Royeca for not having responded immediately to his blogpost last September 13 which was his reply to my “Clarifying a misconception on the definition...
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Happy Birthday, Lord Jesus Christ!
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. ~Luke 2:14~ Image courtesy of xcntrc mind.Filed under: Christianity, Culture, Current Events, Spanish Language
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Happy 2016, folks!
Learn from past mistakes in order to build a better future. Let us make 2016 a meaningful one. Happy New Year! And may God bless and guide us all!Filed under: Current Events
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Happy eighth anniversary, TOF!
Ivan Man Dy, myself, Karl Ace, Paula O, and Traveler On Foot (photo taken by Traveler’s son Joaquín). Click here for more photos of our celebration! I said it before, and I’ll say it again:...
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Battle For Manila: we will never forget
“It was Yank and Jap together that razed Intramuros. A dual crime.” —Nick Joaquín— A US battle tank gratuitously bores a hole through the gates of Fuerte de Santiago, Intramuros during the closing days...
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Captain Remo: The Young Hero (Anatomy of Abelardo Remoquillo, the pride of...
CAPTAIN REMO: THE YOUNG HERO Anatomy of Abelardo Remoquillo, the pride of San Pedro Tunasán, La Laguna ¿Dónde está la juventud que ha de consagrar sus rosadas horas, sus ilusiones y entusiasmo al bien...
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PiliQUEla: the first Quezon Province Film Festival!
It’s coming next weekend, folks! See you there! Filed under: Announcements, Celebrities, Cinema, Current Events, Lucena, Provincia de Tayabas
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Easter 2016
Today we commemorate the most important day in all of Christendom… Happy Easter!Filed under: Christianity, Current Events
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Simplicity, honesty, and Mayor Vicente del Mundo
Election day is just around the corner. So I might as well blog about this. My wife Yeyette had a public servant for a great grandfather. He was Don Vicente del Mundo, former mayor of Abra de Ilog,...
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¿Paano gumauá ng pastillas? Simple lang…
They say that you’re not a Filipino if you have not tried pastillas de leche, the milk-based candy that has captured the sweet tooth of our countrymen from Luzón in the north all the way down to...
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Who really deserves to be mayor of San Pedro Tunasán, La Laguna?
For the past several months, I’ve been itching on writing a blogpost against Eugenio Ynión, Jr., the gentleman who threatened to kill me two summers ago. “What better time than now,” I thought,...
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Happy 1K to my Facebook page!
I thought this day would never happen. After 333 years of idleness, my Facebook page has finally received its 1,000th like yesterday! And to think that I was mulling of shutting down this blog and that...
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Meet our presidential runners-up
During the aftermath of presidential elections, most especially when the oath-taking of a new president has taken place, we seldom hear from the runners-up ever again, unless they opt to remain active...
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End of the road
For scribblers like me, this is the perfect time to blog because Filipinas is entering a scary but exciting new phase of governmental leadership. Unfortunately, I couldn’t. No, nobody’s preventing me...
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