Introducing Filipinos to the Philippines
IT’S A shame, really, that many well-traveled Filipinos know more about other countries than they do their own, making them the proverbial strangers in their own homeland.
One reason is cost, because traveling to some parts of the Philippines may indeed be more expensive than going to Hong Kong,...
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Tacky, plastic lampposts defile heritage, glorify thievery
WHEN IN 2003 then Manila Mayor Lito Atienza started street-lighting as part of his redevelopment project of making the city’s 897 barangays safe for pedestrians, no one could have foreseen it would turn into a national controversy.
Patterned after the mayor’s favorite floral design (see his shirts),...
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Arroyo claims association with guards and tricycles drivers for years
MANILA – Of course he knows security guards and tricycle drivers, according to Ang Galing Pinoy party list Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo. In fact, he told the Inquirer in a telephone interview, he began his new term in the House of Representatives on Thursday by meeting with them and discussing their...
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Preps for Bacolod’s MassKara Festival under way
BACOLOD CITY – Preparations for this year’s MassKara Festival, which is envisioned to be more colorful and vibrant, have started.
The MassKara Festival, held in Bacolod City every October, is now in its 31st year.
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New President can live in style but homey House of Dreams
IF PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENT-ELECT Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III doesn’t get his way to live in the Aquino family residence on Times Street, there are other alternative Malacañang structures which are not as stuffy as the Palace, and could be homey.
Not well-known to the public, President Macapagal-Arroyo...
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So what’s wrong with Boy Abunda?
THERE’S NOTHING WRONG with appointing a show biz celebrity to a Cabinet position, according to Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza.
Maza came to the defense of television host Boy Abunda, who had endorsed the lawmaker in her recent Senate bid, rapping critics who scoffed at the idea of an entertainer becoming...
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Nation honors OFWs
THE NATION PAYS TRIBUTE to the Overseas Filipino Worker Sunday, Migrant Worker’s Day or Araw ng Pasasalamat, with festivities honoring some 40,000 OFWs and their families in 17 regions of the country.
The event acknowledges the social and economic advancement of OFW families as well as of the country,...
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Lapu-Lapu historical office accepts Soliman as 1st Filipino freedom martyr
CEBU CITY – The Lapu-Lapu City Cultural and Historical Affairs Commission would not object to the naming of Pampanga native Tarik Soliman as the first Filipino freedom martyr.
But the commission could not accept that the Battle of Bangkusay had more historical significance than the Kadaugan...
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As Roxas awaits Visayas votes, Binay keeps lead
MANILA – Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, frontrunner in the vice presidential race, has widened the gap between himself and his rival Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas by over 11,000 more votes as election returns from nearly 500 more precincts were counted Friday.
As of the 5:31 p.m. update from the Parish...
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‘Dear Noynoy:’ Aquino gets advice on Facebook
MANILA (AP) - Filipinos have swamped a new Facebook page to offer words of advice and caution for their next president-apparent, Senator Benigno Aquino III—telling him he should choose upright Cabinet members and also quit smoking.
Aquino’s promise to wage war against rampant corruption...
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