We beg to differ.
So Metro Manilans, I hear, are stuck in traffic and floods this weekend. Again. And what’s this I hear? Oh, outrage. But where was that outrage when the problem was not this big yet and all there was were mere signs of problems brewing? I’ll tell you where that outrage was. There was none. In…
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I’m in that age group where many of my friends are either already married or about to get married. Last count, I’ve been to five weddings in the last two years and, by the looks of the way a few more of my friends are going, I’m probably looking at another couple more in the…
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I finally checked out Iya-J’s recent article Carlos Celdran is a bad influence to the Filipino people after seeing it appear on my newsfeed more than a few times over the last couple of days. Obviously it took that long for it to finally arouse my curiosity. I wouldn’t really have known who this Carlos…
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Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) Secretary General Renato Reyes Jr says it like it’s a bad thing — that the United States possibly intends to renew its use of key military bases in the Philippines in its bid to “rebalance” troop deployment towards the region. This follows a recently-concluded meeting between Philippine President Benigno “BS” Aquino…
“THE MOST INTERESTING THING ABOUT KING CHARLES I IS THAT HE WAS 5’6″ TALL AT THE START OF HIS REIGN, BUT ONLY 4’8″ AT THE END OF IT… BECAUSE OF… Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protecteur of England PURITAN-…… “ Monty Python If I was in charge (thank God I am not) , I would have…
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The archdiocese of New York City (NYC) recently implemented a ruling that puts an end to a 26-year tradition of the Filipino community in that city of celebrating their Simbang Gabi pre-Christmas late night masses at the Philippine Center in Fifth Avenue. Last December 2011, NYC Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan had allowed the masses to…
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Filipino Cosplay Queen Alodia Gosiengfiao was recently listed by Mashable among its list of 7 Cosplayers to Follow on Social Media feature. Gosiengfiao is a noted personality in the eclectic cosplay community in the Philippines and has broken into mainstream media trying her hand in TV hosting and appears in a supporting role in the…
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He was humble, simple, and funny — three things that endeared him to the Filipino and made him the cultural icon that, specially in death, secured his place in Philippine history. In a country of celebrities-turned-politicians and divinely-anointed officials Dolphy was most famous for his seminal response to calls for him to run for office:…
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