tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68928380394137870352012-03-03T18:43:00.240-08:00palomponwhatshappeningThings are moving quickly in this part of Northern Leyte. And to keep abreast of whats happening, I would keep you informed in my blog on what's moving around, good or bad.....near or far, specially achievements of Pinoys all around the globe.gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.comBlogger13061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-8468464323010411852012-03-03T18:22:00.000-08:002012-03-03T18:43:00.261-08:00Archbishop Tagle urges removal of frivolities from weddings, other rites
By Philip C. Tubeza
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle. NIÑO JESUS ORBETA
In the words of His Eminence, drop all those ka-ek-ekan (roughly translated frivolities).
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle on Saturday urged the faithful to avoid practices that embellish or depart from sacred Catholic rites, like having dogs as wedding ring gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-16494155950173890742012-03-03T17:13:00.000-08:002012-03-03T18:23:31.356-08:00Condo buyers encounter more woes in PH
By: Tessa R. Salazar
Philippne Daily Inquirer
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BUYING condo unit that’s literally a stone’s throw away from your workplace? Choose a company and agents with real estate experience and proven track record. Photo by Tessa R. Salazar
Second in a series
Condominiums are no longer the exclusive domains of the moneyed. They have also become financially attainable by the gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-67401278939160126102012-03-02T16:57:00.000-08:002012-03-02T17:00:04.366-08:00Bohol is so cool this summer
It’s the year for local travel–and to have fun in the Philippines
By: Erica Paredes
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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GET INTERACTIVE at the Loboc River Cruise.
My resolution this year is to see more of my own country. In the past, traveling abroad was the thing to do, with domestic travel reserved for those doing business or visiting their provincial hometowns.
Plus, even gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-6326585254290504692012-03-01T20:05:00.000-08:002012-03-01T20:05:00.435-08:00Big tourist bucks seen for Puerto Princesa Underground River
By Leila B. Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Puerto Princesa Underground River
PUERTO PRINCESA—With the skyrocketing popularity of the Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR)—especially after its official declaration as one of the new natural wonders of the world, visitor numbers may top 1.2 million by 2016, more than twice the number in 2011.
Scientific gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-61059239228522822772012-02-29T23:50:00.000-08:002012-02-29T23:50:00.315-08:00Visit Bislig
By JOJIE ALCANTARAScene Stealer
Tinuyan falls
MANILA, Philippines — In the olden days, before the Spanish colonizers came, legend has it that a royal couple tried to cross a gushing river and was almost swept away by the currents. They were saved by the incredible strength of a thick vine they had clung to. This forest vine, thriving along the riverbanks, was called bislig – and in gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-61843100784867364122012-02-28T23:23:00.000-08:002012-02-28T23:23:00.294-08:00Philippine economy seen heading toward high-growth path
CLSA study sees start of private investment cycle
By: Doris C. Dumlao
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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The Philippines is undergoing a renaissance that looks all set to bring the economy to a higher trend growth and power stocks to new heights, according to regional investment house CLSA Asia-Pacific.
In a research titled “The Eagle Flies Again” dated February 20, the gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-8156377413586454932012-02-27T23:16:00.003-08:002012-02-27T23:20:22.228-08:00Philippines to shine in global community soon, says finance guru Suze Orman
By: Doris C. Dumlao
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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SUZE ORMAN: Build on cash and you could never collapse. Photo by Arnold Almacen
MANILA, Philippines—Visiting personal finance guru Suze Orman sees the Philippines soon shining in the global community as an investment hub and having more of its households emancipated out of their dependence on overseas remittances.
gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-35184048901629209712012-02-26T21:12:00.000-08:002012-02-26T21:12:00.495-08:00Philippine Resorts Win Big At The Asean Green Hotel Awards
By JACKY LYNNE A. OIGA
Daluyon Beach and Mountain Resort in Puerto Princesa, Palawan (Photo Source: daluyonresort.com)
MANILA, Philippines — Vacations aren’t just more fun in the Philippines, They're greener too.
Already four years operating as a lodging establishment in Palawan, Daluyon Beach and Mountain Resort is a 16-room affair owned and managed by brothers, Ruben and Clifford gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-63499238940970631842012-02-25T21:05:00.000-08:002012-02-25T21:07:40.165-08:00An Escape To The North
By MA. GLAIZA LEE
MANILA, Philippines — Region 1 will always have a special place in my heart.
Maybe, that's because this is where both my parents were born and raised: My father hails from Bangar, La Union, while my mother was raised in San Quintin, Pangasinan. For some time, I resided in my mother’s hometown where I finished my secondary education.
But that time, I wasn’t pleased with gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-12608771561836820472012-02-25T01:53:00.000-08:002012-02-25T01:55:47.642-08:00Yet another half-Pinoy makes waves on 'Idol'
By ROWENA JOY A. SANCHEZ
Jessica Sanchez singing her soulful rendition of Celine Dion’s ‘The Prayer’ on ‘American Idol’ (Screen grab from YouTube)
MANILA, Philippines – The latest season of “American Idol” will apparently be an interesting musical spectacle especially to Filipinos as another half-Pinoy contestant made it to the Top 24 cut of the hit show.
16-year-old Filipino-Mexicangregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-67731949725507459712012-02-22T21:42:00.001-08:002012-02-22T21:42:54.872-08:00Coco Loco
Coco Loco
PH’s humble buko juice is now US’s best-selling health drink
Hollywood superstar Madonna with her favorite drink
MANILA, Philippines — Hollywood stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Courtney Cox, Sienna Miller, and supermodel Gisele Bundchen are devoted fans of Vita Coco, one of the most popular coconut water brands exported from the Philippines to the United States. Celebrity-singer gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-72656845730581030592012-02-21T21:49:00.000-08:002012-02-22T21:53:26.417-08:00Iloilo's Dinagyang
Tribu Lunok of Iloilo City National High School
MANILA, Philippines — The colorful fanfare of Iloilo province’s Dinagyang Street Dance Festival will be a major highlight of the annual CCP Pasinaya Festival on February 26 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines grounds.
Leading the festivities is Dinagyang 2012 Ati Tribe Competition 1st Runner up Tribu Lunok of the Iloilo City gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-28772839278554972512012-02-20T21:57:00.000-08:002012-02-22T21:59:45.565-08:00Breakfast – Our Most Important Meal
By SOL VANZITimpla't Tikim
Nutritionists’ requirements for the first meal of the day: carbohydrates, protein and fiber
MANILA, Philippines — Doctors and nutrition experts advice that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and for many good reasons.
Our body has not had any food for many hours. If we miss breakfast, that's unhealthy for everyone, but especially for growing gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-10107219337557251522012-02-19T22:10:00.000-08:002012-02-22T22:23:43.470-08:00A New In Tourism
By JACKY LYNNE A. OIGA
2012 signals a bright future for tourism and travel
2012 marks a more vibrant era for Philippine tourism, says Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez, Jr. (Photos from: www.philippinetourism.us; www. wikipedia.com)
MANILA, Philippines — After the successful launch of the Department of Tourism’s people’s campaign “It’s More Fun in the Philippines”, 2012 promises to be agregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-13413979049542908512012-02-18T22:25:00.000-08:002012-02-22T22:29:22.706-08:00Save The Banaue Rice Terraces
By CECILIA S. ANGELES
Photo By Cecilia S. Angeles
MANILA, Philippines — Time travels so fast or so slowly that I personally think some traditions should not go with it in the same speed. We have observed the growth of living and non-living things. For example, some rice fields have been converted into residential areas. Man effects this change. Nature is also capable of bringing about gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-72237471939488377422012-02-17T22:42:00.000-08:002012-02-22T22:46:34.162-08:00A Miraculous Lady In Batangas
By MA. GLAIZA LEE
The fluvial parade along Pansipit River.(Photo by PINGGOT ZULUETA)
MANILA, Philippines — For fisherman Juan Maningkad, that fateful day in 1603 was just another opportunity to cast his net into the Pansipit River in Taal, Batangas and catch whatever he could for his family’s consumption. Little did he imagine that his innocent daily routine of fishing early in the gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-49702059160552505952012-02-16T15:29:00.000-08:002012-02-24T15:32:36.810-08:00Pet dog saves 2 girls, but loses her face
By Julie S. Alipala
Inquirer Mindanao
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BEAUTY OF THE BEAST. Christina Bunggal plays with a horribly disfigured but treasured family pet Kabang in Zamboanga City. JULIE ALIPALA/INQUIRER MINDANAO
ZAMBOANGA CITY—The story of Kabang is one more heartwarming take on the familiar theme of the pet dog as lifesaver.
Cousins Dina Bunggal, 11, and Princess Diansing, gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-91626083473550105092012-02-15T21:24:00.000-08:002012-02-25T21:34:26.311-08:00What You Can See And Reap From Visiting Siem Reap
By LEO O. LAPARAN II and DUANE ALLAN R. DIZON
Siem Reap is the most booming region of modern Cambodia—it is the gateway to country’s historically rich Angkor Archaeological Park and the Angkor Temple Region.
MANILA, Philippines — When Cambodia crops up in chit-chats among jet-setting and adventure-seeking peers, images of ancient temples easily come to mind, and little tales of gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-79978433445036026392012-02-12T17:21:00.000-08:002012-02-12T17:21:00.268-08:00Giant hangar sends Aquino’s dream soaring
By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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THE PRESIDENT AT PRAYER. President Aquino is silhouetted against the stained-glass image of St. Therese of the Child Jesus as he leads “the prayer of entrustment of our country and people to Mother Mary” on the occasion of the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and observation of Universal Day for the Sick. Malacañang Photo Bureau
gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-65242486757204282402012-02-11T17:33:00.000-08:002012-02-11T17:37:03.538-08:00Canadian doc awed by heroism of Guihulngan hospital staff
By Carla P. Gomez
Inquirer Visayas
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A visiting Canadian doctor is in awe at the dedication and selflessness of the medical staff at the Guihulngan District Hospital who, even as the walls and floors were rent and parts of the ceiling were falling, doggedly went on working during Monday’s devastating earthquake in Negros Oriental.
“The nurses were doing a fantastic job gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-83624676255172835692012-02-11T02:13:00.000-08:002012-02-11T02:13:10.376-08:00
Deadly but tasty combination: ‘Binagoongan Pork Adobo’
By: Vangie Baga-ReyesPhilippine Daily Inquirer
2:08 am | Thursday, February 9th, 2012
When you stew pork belly in dark soy, brown sugar, garlic, peppercorn, vinegar and bay leaf, then season it with bagoong alamang (fermented shrimp paste) and coconut cream, what do you get?
A hybrid binagoongan pork adobo!
Couple Jerry and gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-8800370946257775302012-02-11T02:05:00.000-08:002012-02-11T02:08:34.817-08:00Memories of a once-virginal Boracay
By: Raymund Isaac
Philippine Daily Inquirer
As my feet touched the Boracay sand, the aria of Grizabella from “Cats” started playing in my head as memories of old Boracay fill my weary mind. Am I getting old, or is there a new generation of tourists invading the island?
Why is it that every time I visit, I can’t stop comparing things with how it used to be? Don’t get me wrong; I gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-54164664604124452572012-02-10T02:42:00.000-08:002012-02-11T02:45:48.738-08:00Mid-Sea Express to launch Cebu-Guiuan commercial flight
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CEBU-based airline Mid-Sea Express (MSE) will be launching the Cebu-Guiuan route on February 20, the first commercial aircraft to use the Guiuan Airport in Eastern Samar since its completion two years ago.
The junior airline firm announced in its website that a 19-seater Jetstream 32 aircraft will be flying the new route twice weekly on Saturdays and Mondays.
Have something togregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-31783024658586991712012-02-08T23:58:00.000-08:002012-02-08T23:58:00.338-08:00Amazing Sablayan
Apo Reef aerial shot
MANILA, Philippines — The resort town of Sablayan in Occidental Mindoro unveils its fun side as it celebrates its 110th founding day and Dugoy Festival this month of January.
Situated on the western coast of the biodiversity-rich Mindoro island, the town takes pride in Apo Reef Natural Park, a Unesco World Heritage Site and the second largest contiguous atoll-likegregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-35817896424699404062012-02-07T23:52:00.000-08:002012-02-07T23:52:00.512-08:00Lanao Del Norte: Beyond Motocross
Lanao Del Norte: Beyond Motocross
By ROBBIE PANGILINAN
Maria Cristina Falls (www.conchparadise.com)
MANILA, Philippines — There is much more to Lanao del Norte than just being the Motocross Capital of the Philippines.
True, it prides itself in being the prime location for the extreme sport, with its world-class and expansive dirt track at the Mindanao Civic Center (MCC). Viewers aregregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-64584915546764206112012-02-07T23:43:00.000-08:002012-02-07T23:43:00.773-08:00Inampulungan: Hidden Treasure Of Guimaras
By EMMIE V. ABADILLAMy World in a Flashpack
Above: Beach Us-Usan Island; Right: Costa Aguada Beach
MANILA, Philippines — Over the shimmering emerald expanse of Panay Gulf, Inampulugan, “Mother of All Islands”, uncoiled like a crocodile lugging three mountains on her back.
It was the biggest chunk broken off Guimaras, the Mango Country, tucked away to the Southeast of Iloilo City, gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-7485861503524777622012-02-06T23:48:00.000-08:002012-02-06T23:48:00.350-08:00Mt. Hamiguitan, Range Wildlife Sanctuary
Mt. Hamiguitan, Range Wildlife Sanctuary
Scene Stealer
By JOJIE ALCANTARA
Philippine Eagle (Jojie Alcantara)
MANILA, Philippines — Imagine a spectacular range of mountains covering a 6,834-hectare of total surface area of several forest-type characteristics harboring endemic, threatened, rare and economically important species of flora and fauna.
Visualize that within 225 gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-50302672957422788842012-02-06T22:01:00.000-08:002012-02-04T22:05:09.211-08:00Kantican Island is a government pearl experimental farm
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GUIUAN, Eastern Samar -- Thirty minutes boat ride from the mainland of this town is Kantican Island, a site developed as a government’s pearl experimental farm but for visitors, it has been more considered as a tourist destination.
Known as Pearl Island, the tiny place is becoming famous for snorkeling and scuba diving with its rich marine life along the 52 hectares fish gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-39063920854457408322012-02-05T23:29:00.000-08:002012-02-05T23:30:57.891-08:00CEB Bares 50% Fare Reduction
MANILA, Philippines — Cebu Pacific (CEB) holds a 50% off system-wide seat sale from February 7 to 9, 2012 or until seats last, in honor of its 500,000 Facebook fans. This is for travel from March 1 to May 31, 2012.
CEB first posted on its official Facebook Fan Page (www.facebook.com/cebupacificair) last February 1, 2012 that a surprise awaits its passengers once its page acquires 500,000 gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-57493452369842638042012-02-05T21:16:00.000-08:002012-02-05T21:16:00.561-08:00An over the top Valentine trip
By: Kara Santos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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TASTEFUL AND TASTY SOUVENIRS: Intricate beadwork by T'boli women and assorted tilapia dishes (Photo by Kara Santos)
The town of Lake Sebu in South Cotabato is one of the Philippines’ hidden travel gems. Culture, nature and adventure-Lake Sebu has it all. Though it may not be the easiest place to get to, the town is rapidly gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-35669006661813591172012-02-05T20:23:00.000-08:002012-02-05T20:23:00.185-08:00Girl lost everything but has more to give
By: Martin Nanawa
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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‘SENDONG’ SURVIVORS. Cramped in an evacuation center in Cagayan de Oro City, survivors struggle to live and deal with the trauma of losing loves ones and properties. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines—“Please, just take my sister,” 15-year-old Apple pleaded in the vernacular.
She was sure the woman perched above them gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-17296671061189180392012-02-04T19:35:00.000-08:002012-02-04T19:38:43.588-08:00Negrense conductor debuts at NY’s Carnegie Hall
By Lydia V. Solis
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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NOVÉ DEYPALAN, former student of Philippine music maestro Ryan Cayabyab, went on to get a Master of Music degree (magna cum laude) from the University of Southern California.
NEW YORK—Negros-born Nové Deypalan, alumnus of the University of the Philippines (UP) College ofMusic, made his conducting debut at storied Carnegie gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-30165168649743079812012-02-04T03:53:00.000-08:002012-02-04T03:55:15.872-08:00Boost Your WiFi Signal Using Only a Beer Can
Boost Your WiFi Signal Using Only a Beer Can
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I love a good hack, especially one that requires me to throw back a cold one before hand (or during). Thissimple wifi boost has actually been shown to increase signal strength bygregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-43287587059981769102012-02-01T00:19:00.000-08:002012-02-01T00:22:04.523-08:00100% Made in the Philippines
By: Eric S. Caruncho
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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You can go home again.
With his trademark Mohawk hairdo, and pimped out in an all black outfit and black, knee-high biker boots, Black Eyed Pea apl.de.ap a.k.a. Allan Pineda Lindo Jr. stands out in a sea of white barongs.
The cream of corporate Makati, mostly bank executives and their staff, have gathered together in a gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-65437742595327041422012-01-31T22:06:00.001-08:002012-01-31T22:09:22.029-08:00Fil-Am architect designing 2,000-seat Cebu Church–something that’s never been seen
Carlos Arnaiz, who’s also designing the Boracay airport, uses fresh eyes to keep from repeating himself
By: Alex Y. Vergara
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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NEW YORK-BASED Filipino architect Carlos Arnaiz JOSEPH AGCAOILI
Style is one word Carlos Arnaiz, a Filipino-American architect based in New York, tends to avoid when asked to describe what sets him apart from fellow gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-73190329410914214302012-01-30T22:46:00.000-08:002012-01-31T22:51:27.720-08:00Danilo Casimiro–one of the world’s top vaccine developers, and a Filipino
The UP graduate is the only Filipino scientist in Merck’s vaccine discovery department, which produced the world’s leading vaccine against HPV
By: Alex Y. Vergara
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Danilo Casimiro, the only Filipino scientist who was part of the team that worked on Gardasil, the world’s leading vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV), is now busy workinggregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-80757743014299326252012-01-27T00:47:00.000-08:002012-01-27T00:50:07.160-08:00Amazing Sablayan
January 24, 2012, 4:47pm
Apo Reef aerial shot
MANILA, Philippines — The resort town of Sablayan in Occidental Mindoro unveils its fun side as it celebrates its 110th founding day and Dugoy Festival this month of January.
Situated on the western coast of the biodiversity-rich Mindoro island, the town takes pride in Apo Reef Natural Park, a Unesco World Heritage Site and the second gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-46037565954855817312012-01-26T00:34:00.000-08:002012-01-26T00:42:21.161-08:00Before Costa Concordia, a tragedy portrayed the Filipino as humane seafarer
By Benjamin Pimentel
INQUIRER
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SAN FRANCISCO—Media coverage of the Costa Concordia tragedy has been focused mainly on the clueless captain accused of having a romantic dinner as his ship was sinking and then abandoning his crew and passengers to save himself.
Fortunately, however, the spotlight has also turned to the doomed ship’s Filipino crew members.
When calamity gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-61046533718043656592012-01-24T17:16:00.000-08:002012-01-24T17:16:00.188-08:00BI promotes indefinite stay to foreign investors employing Filipinos
By Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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MANILA, Philippines—The Bureau of Immigration has called on foreigners with businesses here to employ Filipino workers so they could avail of a visa that would enable them to stay indefinitely in the country.
Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. issued the appeal after the bureau resumed implementation of the special gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-75024067789943128072012-01-23T17:03:00.000-08:002012-01-23T17:05:58.895-08:00A matter of honor
By: Conrado de Quiros
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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I saw Magtanggol Gatdula, the NBI director, and his lawyer, Abraham Espejo, on TV last week. Gatdula was tearful. It was all he could do to talk as he choked on his emotions. When he did manage to say something, he said that all his life he had tried to keep a good name, and now this. It was a bitter pill to swallow.
Itgregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-81532744647931801372012-01-22T00:14:00.000-08:002012-01-22T00:14:00.090-08:00Making memories in Boracay
By: Karla Vizcarra
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BLUE as ever. Photo by Karla Vizcarra
The first time I ever went to Boracay was just after my senior year in high school. My twin sister, an older sister plus her friend, and I filled a giant duffel bag with canned goods and flew to the island, planning to bunk in with our aunt, who was staying at a little cottage gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-16978331361085391782012-01-21T23:49:00.000-08:002012-01-21T23:49:00.717-08:00New craze in town: Tonkatsu
By: Pam Pastor, Tatin Yang
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Move over, milk tea. There’s a new craze in town.
CRAZY Katsu’s Tonkatsu
Tonkatsu has been around for ages but today there seems to be a growing urge to search for the authentic experience. Not all breaded pork cutlets are created equally—the difference lies in the meat, the breading and the sauce.
Lifestyle gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-90757012670970000482012-01-20T23:41:00.000-08:002012-01-20T23:41:00.173-08:00Eating: ‘It’s More Fun in the Philippines!’
By: Margaux Salcedo
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Congratulation to Tourism Secretary Mon Jimenez on the successful launch of the new tourism tagline for thePhilippines, “It’s More Fun in the Philippines!” Both mainstream and social media were abuzz about the launch. My favorite of all the twists and spreads on the slogan is the one of a lechon (spit-roasted pig) lyinggregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-91232619557518929242012-01-19T23:36:00.000-08:002012-01-19T23:38:30.863-08:00Adobo sa Gata
By: Norma O. Chikiamco
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ADOBO sa Gata
I was pleasantly surprised when I walked into Dusit Hotel’s Basix Restaurant recently. The lunch buffet not only offers more choices now, there are also cooking stations that serve dishes to order. One station cooks pasta with your choice of sauces, another station serves either roast pork or roast gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-31971701339421596332012-01-18T23:30:00.000-08:002012-01-19T23:33:32.306-08:00With wild mushroom, gizzards, oregano–it’s ‘adobong’ Caviteño!
By: Vangie Baga-Reyes
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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BERT Torrijos, a true-blue Caviteño PHOTO BY ANDREW TADALAN
Adobo is one of those dishes that can be either really spectacular or mediocre. But, this hand-me-down recipe becomes extra special due to a few interesting twists and tricks.
The use of wild mushrooms and gizzards (not liver), enhances the classic gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-73243656277857081732012-01-17T17:42:00.000-08:002012-01-17T17:45:23.301-08:00Controlled chaos’ on Palawan islet
By Redempto D. Anda
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‘BLESSES ISLAND’ Mangsee is a 23-hectare islet in the Sulu Sea that’s part of Balabac, Palawan. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
MANGSEE ISLAND, Balabac, Palawan—It will take just about the time to smoke a stick of cigarette to get into Malaysian waters on a twin-engine speed boat. Given less than a pack, and it will get you to gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-35170533176025554082012-01-16T20:07:00.000-08:002012-01-16T20:07:01.137-08:00The Nest
By LUCCI C. CORAL
Wander Woman
A boatman anchors in the middle of Bacuit bay for the group's fish feeding activity
MANILA, Philippines — I have a collection of previous misconceptions about some Philippine destinations—like I could run up and down the Chocolate Hills as I once did with piled gravel, bathe under Maria Cristina Falls and remain alive and that El Nido is just a resort gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-14560650308072325512012-01-15T18:47:00.000-08:002012-01-15T18:47:00.104-08:00Fil-Am thinks he can dance… and boy, he definitely can
By: Angela V. Ignacio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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MARKO Germar
New year, new season, new talent… and some old familiar screeching from the judging panel. “So You Think You Can Dance,” the Emmy-winning danceshow with the longest name ever to fill up primetime slots, is back on AXN Asia with its eighth installment. Joining leggy blond host Cat Deeley are resident judgesgregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-80011896054663157682012-01-14T19:22:00.000-08:002012-01-14T19:25:23.093-08:00DENR-Eastern Visayas chosen as pilot site for greening program
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THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional office in Eastern Visayas has been selected as pilot site for 2012’s implementation under the National Greening Program (NGP).
DENR Regional Public Affairs Officer Purificacion Daloos said this recognition was made after the region exceeded its targeted number of hectares with tree seedlings planted sincegregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-8178329151251799242012-01-14T18:34:00.000-08:002012-01-14T18:44:15.869-08:00A spectacular island getaway–hunk not included, unfortunately
By: Tessa Prieto-Valdes
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SPECTACULAR island of Balesin on the eastern coast of Luzon
I’m a genuine sea lover and I dream of having my own secluded, private island getaway, where I can stay in luxurious splendor living next to white sand and blue waters. My dream even includes a gorgeous six-packed hunk serving me a fruit cocktail as he gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-55798918410812155182012-01-13T20:01:00.000-08:002012-01-14T20:05:13.058-08:00The illustrious Roces ancestral house
By BIBSY M. CARBALLO
What was once the ancestral house of the illustrious Roces clan is now an elegant commercial building that houses a coffee shop and an art gallery.
MANILA, Philippines — We had always wondered about Peachy Roces Prieto, a friend we had lost touch with. She lived in Paris for a while, and in Baguio where she operated a restaurant called Café Amapola. The place was gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-58624949386325909082012-01-13T17:41:00.000-08:002012-01-14T17:44:37.542-08:00‘Hidden’ Sto. Niño for 300 years to rise
By Jocelyn R. Uy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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STO. NIÑO’S GILDED GLORY. The Boy King reigns amid the gold-leafed altar designed by interior designer Tony Adriano at the Sto. Niño Chapel on E. Rodriguez Avenue in Quezon City. The chapel is a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Butchie Violago to the Congregacion del Santisimo Nombre del Niño Jesus, founded by designer Ben Farrales. gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-80154043216527649632012-01-12T17:10:00.000-08:002012-01-14T17:18:09.591-08:00Corona assets worth P200M’
19 properties allegedly undeclared
By Cynthia D. Balana, Juliet Labog-Javellana
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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UNIT 31B THE COLUMNS, Ayala Avenue cor. Buendia 48 sq m, P6,000,000. NIÑO JESUS ORBETA
Land titles show a spate of acquisitions of prime real estate by Chief Justice Renato Corona and his family as late as 2010.
Documents of the Land Registration gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-37208600179457508012012-01-11T01:14:00.000-08:002012-01-11T01:16:33.896-08:00They’re raising a three-year-old painting prodigy —with encouragement and appreciation
Arianna Ramos is having her first solo exhibit of acrylic and pastel paintings, with all proceeds going to the PGH pediatric ward
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ARIANNA’S WORKS. She uses pastel paper and regular sketch pads, acrylic paint, poster paint and Craypas.
On a typical morning in the home of Rommel and Catrina “Cat” Ramos at Mahogany Village in Taguig, Rizal, a gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-81376239800003910712012-01-10T01:38:00.000-08:002012-01-11T01:41:12.123-08:00Manila Archbishop Luis Tagle: Filipino Most Likely to Become Pope
By: Jesselynn G. de la Cruz
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SUITING UP: Imus Bishop Tagle being transformed from His Simpleness to His Eminence (Noli Yamsuan Jr., RCAM/AOC)
One thing Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle will discover as he moves to Manila is that doors will be opened to him.
Well he did receive, on his first day in office and from no less than the mayors gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-89538556935454236312012-01-09T17:47:00.000-08:002012-01-09T17:55:03.966-08:00How to be your own boss—and have more time with the family
What made these entrepreneurs quit their day jobs? Here’s how and why they made the big move
By: Jemps Gallegos Yuvienco
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Many cubicle denizens dream of becoming their own boss. But before you take the plunge, do you have what it takes to quit your day job?
These young entrepreneurs share how their paths led them to running their own gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-52392653625529529612012-01-09T00:47:00.000-08:002012-01-11T00:51:02.749-08:00Tourism big winner in ‘Worlds’ debate
By Tarra Quismundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Some sampled balut and other Filipino street food. Others took the chance to find holiday bargains in the various shopping malls. Many extended their stay to see the country’s beaches and other attractions.
No hometown team won in this year’s World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC), but the huge turnout of gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-7426975108496694982012-01-08T17:33:00.000-08:002012-01-09T17:35:24.838-08:00
New Year discoveries: Vanilla tea cake and ‘no-lansa’ smoked salmon
By: Reggie AspirasPhilippine Daily Inquirer
11:07 pm | Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
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Two of my biggest Christmas discoveries are Chipi Davila’s Vanilla Tea Cake and Mida Food’s SmokedSalmon.
Davila has always loved baking. A two-year stint in New York prodded her to take up baking at the Institute of gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-20715767106517477002012-01-08T17:11:00.000-08:002012-01-09T17:18:12.136-08:00How Bettina Osmeña healed her hyperacidity
With friend Isabel Gonzales Quiros, she decided to bring in aloe vera, the new cure-all for digestive problems. It even improved her complexion
By: Marge C. Enriquez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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BETTINA Osmeña and Bingbing Quiros PHOTO BY NELSON MATAWARAN
Without her coffee in the morning, culinary artist Pia Lim-Castillo would get a headache. However, it came to a gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-8664033774861038772012-01-07T20:38:00.000-08:002012-01-07T20:38:00.230-08:0011 awe inspiring people of 2011
By: Ivanna Aguiling
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Amid the storms we had to weather in 2011, certain characters stood out, gleaming with calidad humana (human quality)—they were strong in their conviction, generous with their gifts and persevering in their passion. We, the youth, can definitely learn from these heroes.
1. Who could be more deserving of recognition than the 17-year-old Visayangregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-7802167298036307312012-01-07T17:21:00.000-08:002012-01-09T17:27:44.594-08:00Wellness twins–apple cider vinegar and virgin coconut oil
By: Cory Quirino
Philippine Daily Inquirer
12:11 am | Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
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I have been receiving a lot of questions on how to practice a healthy lifestyle. Here are three wellness aids to incorporate into your life. Since testimonials from individuals are the most convincing, let me share some with you.
Apple cider vinegar
The best way to be convinced gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-51070206559143887732012-01-06T23:28:00.000-08:002012-01-06T23:28:00.196-08:00Shocking revelations in 2 dissenting opinions
Shocking revelations in 2 dissenting opinions
By: Neal H. CruzPhilippine Daily Inquirer
9:57 pm | Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
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The defense in the impeachment case against Chief Justice Renato Corona is using the entire Judiciary as its shield, saying that the impeachment is an attack by the Executive on the independence of the Judiciary. But as the House prosecutors said gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-49132451453267526552012-01-06T19:56:00.000-08:002012-01-06T19:56:00.142-08:00The Filipino as world-class managers
President Benigno Aquino III led the awarding of the country’s outstanding overseas Filipino workers early this month in fitting ceremonies in Malacañan Palace. The Bagong Bayani Awards pay tribute to the country’s outstanding Overseas Filipino Workers as the new heroes of our time. Among the 2011 awardees, one proves that working abroad can be a career choice for Filipinos and not just gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-59633269908984620692012-01-05T19:23:00.000-08:002012-01-05T19:23:01.257-08:00Abortion Clinic House of Horrors Leads to Murder Charges
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by Matthew Archbold
Two Maryland abortionists have reportedly been charged with murder by a grand jury in the case where a police search of the clinic revealed a house of horrors where authorities discovered a freezer full of dead babies, the victims of late term abortions.
This, of course, is reminiscent of the Gosnell clinic in Philadelphia where police found babies crammed gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-29755832132475672152012-01-05T18:08:00.000-08:002012-01-05T18:08:00.665-08:00Second-class citizens
By: Oscar Franklin Tan
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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THIS Christmas season, thousands of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will have had their constitutional rights violated at the world’s worst airport.
I met Marc one Sunday evening at NAIA 1. He skipped dinner with his family, not wanting to risk a long Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) desk queue gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-3393504147461684652012-01-04T17:37:00.000-08:002012-01-04T17:37:00.299-08:00Blessings and thanks
By: Artemio V. Panganiban
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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AS the New Year dawns, I think we should all count our blessings and thank the Lord for every new day. As for me, when I retired from the Supreme Court in December 2006, I thought that my workdays were over and that I would just pursue my “APOStolate” tending my 10 wonderful grandchildren. Little did I know that gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-4014270439341554172012-01-04T17:22:00.000-08:002012-01-04T17:22:00.172-08:00The good, bad of PH as world social networking capital
By: Dennis Clemente Contributor
Philippine Daily Inquirer
9:44 pm | Saturday, December 31st, 2011
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NEW YORK—In the United States the media hailed her as an “American hero.” In the Philippines, Robin Lim is a “Filipino-American hero” who grew up in the Philippines with a Filipino mother and American father. On December 11, she was honored as CNN’s 2011 Hero of the Yeargregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-38281624973180479842012-01-03T16:51:00.000-08:002012-01-03T16:51:00.405-08:00Meet Pinay cook who won NY acting trophy
By: Bayani San Diego Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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LIZA Diño, right, with flamencomaster Clara Ramona
SHE DICES and dances, stews and stomps, to conquer.
Unknown to many, actress Liza Diño is a professional flamenco dancer and now works as line cook for famous chef Wolfgang Puck’s resto, Spago, in Beverly Hills. She’s assigned to the Garde Manger line, whipping gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-13920035929539621492012-01-03T15:55:00.000-08:002011-12-30T16:00:24.638-08:00Music highlights of 2011
By: Niño Mark M. Sablan Contributor
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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BEYONCE
Overall, the year 2011 wasn’t that exciting. Sure, there were some breakout acts that had us singing along to their songs for a while, but that was it. There were still music trends and big hits and recording artists that made a huge impact in 2011, but those who held successful concerts, gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-67219239238477662512012-01-02T15:49:00.000-08:002012-01-02T15:49:00.932-08:00House commends two Fil-Am Papal Benemerenti Award honorees
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Nellie Hizon (right) and Titus Versoza show copies of House Resolution 171 commending their feat as papal awardees. Photo courtesy of the Philippine ConsulateGeneral in San Francisco
MANILA, Philippines—The House of Representatives commended two Filipino-Americans who are Papal Benemerenti Award honorees, the PhilippineConsulate General in San gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-74398600693539553862012-01-02T15:27:00.000-08:002012-01-02T15:27:00.626-08:00Church revises Roman Missal
By Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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While Roman Catholics in the United States will be using a revised missal at the start of the Christmas season on Sunday, Catholics in the Philippines will have to wait another year to do so.
Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez said the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) already had an English version gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-53457469825203560302012-01-01T21:42:00.000-08:002012-01-01T21:42:02.005-08:00New Jersey Congressman Urges Vigilance at Hospital that Wanted Nurses to Assist at Abortions
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Rep. Chris Smith speaks during a press conference with nurses in the background who were suing the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey hospital Nov. 14.
– CNA
NEWARK, N.J. — Last week, a New Jersey hospital settled with a group of nurses, who charged that they were forced to participate in abortions, in violation ofgregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-68907509442598537672012-01-01T19:05:00.000-08:002012-01-01T19:05:00.394-08:00Where they live is how they die
By: Jose Ma. Montelibano
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If there is a God, then He will bring disaster after disaster to the Philippines. He will have little choice but to do it. It remains the gentler way through which He can trigger change, much kinder than war and violence for the same purpose.
I accompanied the Gawad Kalinga leadership to Cagayan de Oro and iligan gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-71253355469523954262011-12-31T18:55:00.000-08:002011-12-31T18:55:00.602-08:002012 seen as banner year for tourism, hotel sectors
By: Tessa R. Salazar
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(Second in a series)
What would be on the up-and-up the coming year? Inquirer Property continues the fearless forecast of the real estate industry for 2012:
Ø Emerging trends will spring up from various sources in 2012, fueled in great part by Internet marketing. Property analysts also see pocket developments in new gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-82660027631867787852011-12-31T18:37:00.000-08:002011-12-31T18:37:00.521-08:00Cathay may soon fly out of Clark
Carrier wants direct flights to HK, China
By: Paolo G. Montecillo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific, one of the world’s largest airlines, may start flying out of the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) in Clark Freeport, Pampanga.
Clark Development Corp. president and CEO Felipe Remollo said officials from the Chinese airline were in gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-82015419180131985322011-12-30T18:22:00.000-08:002011-12-30T18:22:00.563-08:00Philippines’ first world-class science museum to open
By: Theresa S. Samaniego
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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GUESTS view the Universe Gallery at the Mind Museum exhibit.
Believing that a strong science education in this country can help propel the growth of its economy, the Bonifacio Art Foundation Inc. (Bafi) has recently unveiled the country’s first world-class science museum.
Dubbed as The Mind Museum, this gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-4714211564731830152011-12-30T17:45:00.000-08:002011-12-30T17:45:02.261-08:00‘Mom’s my idol’
By: Marinel R. Cruz
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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“I don’t normally wear dresses, but I like this one.”
Young singer Gabrielle Marie “Garie” Concepcion considers her mom her best friend, mentor and idol. She tells Living Stars: “I look up to her. It couldn’t have been easy to raise me all by herself. She was just 23 when I was born.”
Garie’s parents, businesswoman gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-56690567002847118142011-12-29T17:03:00.000-08:002011-12-29T17:40:03.539-08:00Top Lifestyle stories 2011
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“Grayground”
Editor’s Note: In 2011, Lifestyle wasn’t so much about style as critical, controversial issues, starting with an art exhibit that was deemed sacrilegious.
By Lito Zulueta, Gibbs Cadiz, Cheche V. Moral, Vangie Baga-Reyes, Alya Honasan
1. Ronald Ventura becomes biggest-selling Southeast Asian ‘new’ artist
Emerging Filipino gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-8238281236939112142011-12-29T16:39:00.001-08:002011-12-29T16:43:32.041-08:00Teen mom quits cancer treatment to save baby
Teen mom quits cancer treatment to save baby
Associated Press
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JENNI’S JOURNEY Jennifer Lake cuddles her baby, Chad Michael. She decided to forego cancer treatment to ensure her baby lives. Photo from Jenni’s Journey Facebook account
POCATELLO, Idaho—Jenni Lake gave birth to a baby boy the month before her 18th birthday, though she was not destined to gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-63607982297341044302011-12-28T17:36:00.001-08:002011-12-28T17:37:23.046-08:00Intramuros turns a new leaf
Intramuros turns a new leaf
The Bay Leaf Hotel breathes new life into the Walled City
By JACKY LYNNE A. OIGA
(Photo courtesy of The Bay Leaf)
MANILA, Philippines — Towering above the historic Walled City of Intramuros, the Bay Leaf hotel is easily a destination in itself. A stone’s throw away from historical gems like the San Agustin Church, Manila Cathedral and Fort Santiago, the gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-31067963455421136102011-12-28T17:31:00.000-08:002011-12-28T17:33:40.584-08:00Iguazu Falls: New 7 Natural Wonder
By EDWIN YAPTANGCO
(Photo from www.sxc.hu)
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ very own Puerto Princesa Underground River is in good company, in very good company. I know since my wife and I had seen two of the provisional ‘New 7 Wonders of Nature’ up close and personal — Iguazu Falls and the Amazon Rainforest — both in Brazil.
When planning for our Brazilian escapade, we only had gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-60597011147261125852011-12-27T01:32:00.000-08:002011-12-27T01:34:05.681-08:00New prayer book from Philippines on Mark Wahlberg’s wish list for the yearend
By: Ruben V. Nepales
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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MARK Wahlberg, a devout Catholic, tries to hear Mass every day. RUBEN NEPALES
Merry Christmas, dear readers (it’s Christmas Day in my corner of the world)! May this season’s spirit of giving inspire us all to help, in whatever way we can, in the relief drive for Tropical Storm “Sendong” victims.
Mark Wahlberg gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-57418947388462226772011-12-27T01:09:00.001-08:002011-12-27T01:13:04.830-08:00How Marilou Diaz-Abaya found health and healing in diving
By: Bibsy M. Carballo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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As writer, director, teacher and diver, Marilou Diaz-Abaya has never failed to astound. On every occasion where we have had the privilege to observe her, she has always revealed something new in her persona. We come home from the book launch of her latest project, “Reefs of Paradise, a Divine Gallery,” feeling blessed, gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-57257994692853448352011-12-26T02:01:00.000-08:002011-12-27T02:04:03.138-08:00Designing Tibet
By: Ino Manalo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Rummaging through the bins of a second-hand store in Makati, I came upon a volume with a curious title: ” Imagining Tibet.” That’s when it struck me that, indeed, the Land at the Roof of the World is a place that exists not only on this planet but in our minds. The 1957 book by Peter Goullart, “Forgotten Kingdom,” and the moregregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-54680266511517215792011-12-26T01:19:00.000-08:002011-12-27T01:22:34.568-08:00Art Expo Malaysia provides overview of region’s talents and trends
By: Salvador Zulueta
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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The recent Art Expo Malaysia 2011 boasted the participation of 65 exhibitors with 400 artists from 23 countries. Its total of 2,000 art pieces made up paintings and sculptures ranging from the traditional to the digital, from realism to contemporary.
Art Expo is Malaysia’s best-known international art event. Galleries gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-59638675040954581742011-12-25T03:49:00.000-08:002011-12-25T03:49:00.258-08:00Bohol: Cradle of Caves, Corals
By EMMIE V. ABADILLAMy World in a Flashpack
Hinagdanan cave interior
MANILA, Philippines — My ears thrummed in the silence as I crouched inside the maw of Panglao’s forbidden cave and shone my headlamp in its dark abyss.
Water glistened on the dripstones above and I smelled the wet chill breath of the giant fissure where the karst parted reluctantly, like a convoluted shell. I thrust gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-11683361271675713102011-12-25T03:43:00.000-08:002011-12-23T03:47:20.608-08:00The City in the Forest
By JOJIE ALCANTARAScene Stealer
MANILA, Philippines — Puerto Princesa, the capital and only city of Palawan, was historically named by Spanish colonizers after Princess Eulalia who was born in 1864 to the reigning Queen Isabel II and Dr. Francisco de Asis of Spain. After the princess died, the city was changed to Puerto de la Princesa, and eventually, Puerto Princesa as it is known gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-27645435353378966422011-12-24T03:36:00.000-08:002011-12-24T03:36:00.546-08:00More Americans are moving abroad
By FLORO M. MERCENE
MANILA, Philippines — Are you one of those itching to go to the United States to work or relocate permanently to the so-called land of milk and honey?
Give your urges a second thought.
The unthinkable is happening. America, the top place on earth where people from many parts of the world would like to immigrate, is fleeing from itself.
This is the gloomy message of gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-24179997424382320202011-12-24T03:14:00.000-08:002011-12-24T03:14:00.395-08:00Stop illegal loggers and charcoal-makers
By: Neal H. Cruz
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Pictures don’t lie. Pictures of the flood-devastated areas in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan show many cut logs scattered on the wasteland. The logs were washed down the mountain by the torrents of water. Most likely, they crashed into the houses, causing the houses to collapse and get carried away by the floodwaters.
That can gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-58285714289257608512011-12-23T23:06:00.000-08:002011-12-23T23:06:00.767-08:00Dog dies after saving drowning girl in CDO flashflood
By Dennis Jay Santos, Inquirer Mindanao
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Jennylou Yecyec, 7 and mother Marilou at the evacuation center in Cagayan De Oro City. Photo by Dennis Jay Santos, Inquirer Mindanao
CAGAYAN DE ORO—A dog, indeed, is man’s best friend.
This is what 7-year-old Jennylou Yecyec found out during the devastating flood that swept her and countlessgregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-60385323039349867412011-12-23T18:10:00.000-08:002011-12-23T18:10:01.509-08:00Siblings Harmonize in Song
Fannin Eleven Sing on NBC and Shine as Catholic Witness
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by EDDIE O'NEILL 12/21/2011 Comment
– Fannin Eleven Facebook
They have been compared to the Von Trapp family of Sound of Music fame, as well as the Partridge and Osmond families.
They’re the Fannin family — known as the Fannin Eleven — from Hortonville, Wis.
This past fall they were in the national spotlight as gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-18933639003176580482011-12-22T18:35:00.000-08:002011-12-20T18:38:10.252-08:00Manny’s Pac-Van A sneak peek at Pacquiao’s customized Hyundai County
By: Alvin Uy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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A MINIBUS for one of the sports world’s biggest names. Photo by Robert Reyes
How do you knock out the world’s best pound-for-pound boxer? It seems only the wife knows.
When Manny Pacquiao celebrated his 33rd birthday last December 17, his lovely wife, Jinkee, had one big surprise: she gave him a highly modified Hyundai County.
gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-77453585647147682742011-12-22T17:46:00.000-08:002011-12-22T17:46:00.348-08:00Cebuano martyr closer to sainthood
Cebuano martyr closer to sainthood
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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The Catholic Church has recognized a miracle that should soon lead to the canonization of a second Filipino saint, Cebuano martyr Pedro Calungsod, the Vatican said Tuesday.
According to a report from the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI met last December 19 with Angelo Cardinal Amato SDB, prefect of the gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-24939894607339453182011-12-21T18:08:00.000-08:002011-12-21T18:08:00.040-08:00Two wrongs don’t make a right
Two wrongs don’t make a right
By: Solita Collas-MonsodPhilippine Daily Inquirer
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I do not only understand but also have tremendous sympathy for those who feel that judicial reform, starting with the Supreme Court, is long overdue.
The reader may recall that two months ago, in a speech before the Philippine Judges Association, Chief Justice Renato Corona launched a gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-53275641713262199132011-12-21T17:51:00.000-08:002011-12-21T17:51:00.130-08:00Filipino ingenuity results in low-cost technologies
By Queena N. Lee-Chua
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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The Filipino talent for innovation was highlighted recently at the Bayanihan Center, United Laboratories Inc., in Mandaluyong City, where start-up companies were honored at the Second Filipinnovation Award.
The winners, who got cash prizes and gift packs, produced creative and economical technologies that would benefit gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-56103484675195012212011-12-20T21:47:00.000-08:002011-12-20T21:47:01.017-08:00Caviteño doc is worldclass innovator
By Candice Yvette Palenzuela-Dalizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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OUTSTANDING INNOVATOR Dr. Melvin A. Sarayba (second from left) receiving the Oustanding Innovator award for his work in eye laser technology. Cheering him are top officials of The Medical City (from left): Professional Staff Development Office head Dr. Blesilda E. Concepcion, Medical Services Group gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-7603065166758695062011-12-20T17:35:00.000-08:002011-12-20T17:35:00.748-08:00Filipino immigrant spared deportation by US Supreme Court
By Lourdes Santos Tancinco
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Joel was eight years old when he entered the United States. At age 22, he had trouble with the law. A victim was shot and killed. Although Joel was not the principal accused in the crime, he was charged and convicted as an accessory to manslaughter.
The criminal court gave him a suspended sentence of six years gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-11561640082649412232011-12-19T21:34:00.000-08:002011-12-19T21:34:01.830-08:00Buy only labelled gifts, shoppers advised
Buy only labelled gifts, shoppers advised
By: Leila B. SalaverriaPhilippine Daily Inquirer
5:34 am | Sunday, December 18th, 2011
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MANILA, Philippines—Environment Secretary Ramon Paje reminded shoppers not to buy toys and other gift items that were not properly labelled as they may contain toxic or other hazardous chemicals.
Paje said shoppers should check the labels of the gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-10706451241303136202011-12-19T21:28:00.000-08:002011-12-19T21:28:02.203-08:00Improving lolo’s recipe for La Paz batchoy noodles
By: Madonna Virola
Inquirer Southern Luzon
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DR. Mailyn and Duane Delicana with their fresh miki mami noodles by JKarlo in Calapan City.
CITY OF CALAPAN – He was jobless, when along with his wife, he migrated to Calapan City from Iloilo in 1990.
Duane Delicana, however, was fearless and undaunted by the challenges that routinely faced newcomers like him to the gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892838039413787035.post-36105401524937152222011-12-18T21:05:00.000-08:002011-12-18T21:05:01.053-08:00An insult to our physicians
By Philip Chua
Cebu Daily News
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GLORIA Macapagal-Arroyo has shown vicious contempt and grave disrespect for the Filipino physicians and the healthcare in the Philippines when she and her husband decided the quality of medical care in the Philippines was not good enough for her, the implied reason why they were attempting to go abroad for treatment.
Apparently, gregmelephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16948425128919238592noreply@blogger.com0