Update: This has been extensively forwarded via e-mail as an article supposedly written by Ateneo de Manila University Professor Eduardo Calasanz.  However, it turns out that the article is a chapter from a book, as Prof. Calasanz himself has clarified.  Let me thank our reader Czari for bringing this to my attention.  The details of […]

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We are only human after all, and we lose energy and motivation from time to time. We momentarily lose our drive to work with passion. We lose of zest for the many good things that life has to offer.
Speaking from experience, nothing beats the power of prayer — the power of faith. […]

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I am horrendously appalled. I am sickened to the stomach. I am almost at a loss for words. These, after hearing the news that pesticides have been discovered in the ill-fated M/V Princess of the Stars of Sulpicio Lines, which sank last week at the height of typhoon Frank.
Simply, it is the […]

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These cheesy acronyms kept people at the office laughing this morning. Has anyone told you any of these lines as an expression of love?
THAILAND
Totally Happy. Always In Love And Never Dull.
HOLLAND
Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies.
 
ITALY
I Trust And Love You.
 
CHINA
Come Here?.. I Need Affection.
 
BURMA
Between Us, Remember Me Always.
 
FRANCE
Friendships Remain And Never Can […]

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After the brouhaha about Ces Drilon, all eyes are now on relief and recovery operations following the wrath of typhoon Frank, which left an estimated 200+ dead, and at least 700 missing, after Sulpicio Lines’ M/V Princess of the Stars, sank near Romblon.
Expectedly, the public is again witness to the finger pointing of government officials […]

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Like other Sundays, I had originally planned to do quite a number of outdoor activities today. But thanks to typhoon Frank, which hit Metro Manila early today, all my affairs had been postponed. Not content with just lounging around the house, I took advantage of the opportunity to do something I haven’t done […]

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If there’s one thing I had looked forward to all week, it was the opportunity to watch Urduja, the first full-length animation feature to be producedvoiced in Filipino. I certainly agree with all the hype that yes, this is certainly a milestone for the country.
I have always been a fan of disney classics, and […]

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