Category: Lifestyle Columnists
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Bulakan with a K
This is a town that gave its name to an entire province in the same way that the municipalities of Cavite and Batangas became the names of their respective provinces.
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What price convenience?
ANGEL THOUGHTS: Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul; and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant.
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There’s more to Capiz than its famous shell
The luster of Capiz shells is reflected in the way the native Capiznon would readily greet his neighbors or engage in casual banter with ordinary folks such as peddlers, hawkers, and tricycle drivers.
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Cecilia Muñoz Palma’s legacy lives on
When we speak of strong women leaders in this country, there is one who stands out as “Most Outstanding” and who would have been 109 years old last Nov. 22.
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Baguio: Blooming of a creative city
There’s something new and exciting that is blooming in Baguio. It is taking on a new moniker as the 'creative city.'
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Let go and let God in this pandemic, says Fr. Jerry Orbos
The bigger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Bacolod City: Civilization gone with the wind
When people speak of Bacolod, my mind conjures images of the old pre-civil war South in America. Like America’s old south, old Bacolod used to be the home of aristocratic hacienderos with vast sugar plantations, employing thousands of peasants to work in sugar plantations and azucareras.
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The Vera-Perez sisters as the Swan and Pollyana
This is the tale of two princesses of the royal family of Filipino movies, two well-loved sisters, who each carved their own constellations in the universe of local stars and film productions.
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Antique: A destination less traveled
I was also delighted to discover that Antique did not get its name from the word antique, meaning old or vintage, but rather from Hantík-hantik, the local name for the large black ants found on the island. It used to be spelled Hantique with a French twang and silent H by Spanish chroniclers. In the Kinaray-a dialect, it is pronounced as “Antique” (än-ti-ké).