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How to Detect a Wannabe Dictator?
(Some More Films to Check Out) The political election in the Philippines is still next year; but this early–or even as early as last year–many wannabes have already been campaigning either subtly or aggressively.
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Winnipeg Filipino band Velvet Blitz releases debut album
Focus on Filipino Music In the last decade, the Filipino community in Winnipeg has seen a surge in young bands that perform as frequently as they could at whatever festivals and venues became available
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Gems beneath the Sunshine Mountain
In my late elementary and especially highschool days, the genre that became my number-one favorite was New Wave, and it remains to be so. Thinking about it–what really drew me to this kind of
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Pakítang-Gílas ng Isáng Órigamísta
Kumúha ng isáng papél de paríhabâ Sukátin itupî ng húgis ay lílikhâ Ang paboríto ay bapór at eropláno Ruwéda paróla molíno at rondílyo Muntíng submarínong litáw ang periskópyo Obserbatóryong may higánteng teleskópyo Maaári ding
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Keep That Remote Control Busy
(A Couple of Recommended Netflix Series) We’re already past one full year of the pandemic, but the world is yet to achieve a considerable space of normalcy. Public places for fun are still either
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Gayák Kamandág at Banyúhay
Marikít at makúlay Maiklî ang búhay Pagá pang-gápang…gápang Hígad at salagúbang Makintáb at makínis Paglipád ay mabilís Padápu-dápo…dapò Tutubí’t paruparó Makamandág…malusóg Alakdán at bubúyog Paíkut-íkot…íkot Mga paslít ay takót Anumáng gandá’t liksí Sa láson
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There Shines the Sun Again
(On ’60s Sunshine Pop) Like any other decade that followed it, the 1960s was an exciting time for catchy, melodic, often-orchestrated, and generally positively worded Pop songs that are also steeped with rich and
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Hábang Inihehéle ng Túmba-túmba
Nakadúngaw sa bintanà nangangárap Tanáw liwánag ng mga alitaptáp May úsok na nanggagáling sa manggáhan At tunóg sa kampanáryo ng simbáhan Nalálanghap nilúlutò sa kusinà Sináing na may pandán at prítong isdâ Ang sikmurà
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Bigmouth Strikes Yet Again!
(Morrissey Set to Release New Album) Wow, Morrissey is really on a roll! He has just unleashed his last, 13th album last year–I Am Not a Dog on a Chain–and yet he is already
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And the Losers Are…
(On the Hidden Ugliness of Beauty Pageants) Tagasubaybay ka ba ng mga paligsahang pangkagandahan na gaya ng Miss Universe? Ako, hinde. I see them as a glamorized extension of female objectification. Women are being
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