THE FACEBOOK POST THAT GAVE NEW HOPE
By KC M. Abalos When we post the highlights of our days online, we are informing the whole world. Yes, the whole world. Such is the power of the internet. So when Jay Jaboneta posted a status on the most popular social networking site, Facebook, about a story which tugged at his heart, the whole world [...]
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A YEAR ON, PNOY STRAINING UNDER WEIGHT OF OWN PROMISES
By Jason Gutierrez Agence France-Presse Benigno Aquino III won the Philippine presidency on a battle cry to crush corruption and ease deep poverty, but a year into his term he is seen by many to be straining under the weight of his own promises. At a creek-side slum in the outskirts of Manila’s financial district where [...]
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12 SIGHTS IN BATANES YOU SHOULDN’T MISS
By Carmela G. Lapeña Everywhere in Batanes is a pretty picture. Everyone who visits the northernmost part of the Philippines is prepared with a camera; it doesn’t matter much what you’ve got, because Batanes is that beautiful. Here are twelve sights you’d be sorry to miss. READ FULL STORY
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MY LIFE AS AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT
By Jose Antonio Vargas Over the past 14 years, I’ve graduated from high school and college and built a career as a journalist, interviewing some of the most famous people in the country. On the surface, I’ve created a good life. I’ve lived the American dream. But I am still an undocumented immigrant. READ FULL STORY
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DESTINATION WEDDING BOOSTS PH TOURISM
By KC M. Abalos The recipe for the perfect wedding—warm weather, a lovely sunset, and really good food—where to find these? According to a study by the Department of Tourism, within the period of 2007 and 2008, there was a 14% growth rate for foreign nationals choosing to get married here in the Philippines. And based on [...]
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THIS PARADISE CALLED TUBBATAHA
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park is one of the five UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the Philippines and the only pure marine World Heritage Site in Southeast Asia. Most of us know it as a unique paradise for divers. But it has more to offer: it contains two small islets situated on the rim of atolls, [...]
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THE SOCIAL EFFECTS OF MANNY PACQUIAO
In recent years, one of the most interesting phenomena ever to emerge from Philippine media is the Manny Pacquiao phenomenon. There has never been anything quite like it before. READ FULL STORY
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MAKE WAY FOR THE E-JEEPNEY
By Pepper Marcelo With rising oil prices and worsening air pollution, Filipinos are looking into clean and green technology as the only viable option for the country’s transport industry. This is gladly manifested in the people’s growing fascination with and acceptance of the electric jeepney, or e-jeepney, that environmentally-friendly version of the iconic, World War II-era [...]
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GMA EMBRACES HOUSEWIFE ROLE
By Nathalie Tomada The Freeman Former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is nicely adjusting to a less stressful and hurried life even as she embraces the housewife role she said she never had before. In her first media interview since leaving the presidency last June, the congresswoman of Pampanga’s second district looked relaxed in a light [...]
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AFTER COLLEGE, NOW WHAT?
By Pepper Marcelo It’s graduation time again. In a country where one’s worth is often measured by his educational attainment, finishing college is one of the highly anticipated milestones. Never mind that the graduate is at the bottom of the class or that he came from one of those diploma mills. What matters most to many [...]
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