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Snider, Sad Songs and Rowling
(A Review of Three Books) After I have dropped off Inna at the hospital where she is working now, I decided to go to Chapters Bookstore at Polo Park to check out new books
Read More »Playing the Six-String with Twelve Fingers
(On Johnny Marr, formerly of The Smiths) Among the countless brilliant musicians in the New Wave / Postpunk genre, Johnny Marr remains to be on the list of my favorites. Marr began his career
Read More »Three Champions, Two Super Fights, One Legend
UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva stood with his back against the cage, hands down, taking punch after punch from “American Psycho” Stephan Bonnar. On Saturday, October 13, 2012, Anderson Silva went up a weight
Read More »Road to peace in Bangsamoro
The historic signing of the “Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro” was accomplished on October 15, 2012 at the Malacañang Palace. It was not the final peace accord that the parties wished for but it
Read More »A Seven-Year Itch
Seven is often referred to as the complete number, biblically and colloquially. In the bible, God completed His creation in seven days. There are seven days in a week. There are seven continents and
Read More »Alam Mo Ba Na…?
• In August 25, 2012, Manitoba held its first-ever Filipino Street Festival , at Garden City Shopping Centre’s premises (www.cbc.ca) • Sam Katz earns $126,000 a year as the mayor of Winnipeg (Winnipeg Free
Read More »Catholic bishops supportive of Mindanao peace accord
Retired Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz said the country’s Catholic bishops, particularly those in Mindanao, support the creation of a Bangsamoro homeland for Muslim Filipinos and were positive about the “Framework Agreement” signed by the
Read More »Court allows hospital arrest for Arroyo
The Sandiganbayan First Division has allowed the detention of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on hospital arrest. According to the resolution, the Pampanga lawmaker will shoulder her hospital expenses while detained at the government-owned Veterans
Read More »Lucy Liu apologizes, says she was taken out of context
Hollywood actress Lucy Liu of “Charlie’s Angels” fame has issued an apology for a controversial comment she made on “The Late Show with David Letterman.” on October 11. When the TV host asked Liu
Read More »Makati remains richest LGU
The city of Makati posted a total of P9.38 billion revenue collection from January to September of this year thus maintaining its status as the richest local government unit (LGU) in the country. The
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