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We visit the small town in southern Tarlac, right on the border with Pampanga, which is now at the center of a firestorm involving controversial mayor Alice Guo.
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Nearly two months after the viral incident involving the Filipino cultural icon and actor Piolo Pascual, the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples has issued a “validation report” and recommendations regarding the groping issue.
Poul Tiongco first heard about Apo Whang Od around 2005 after he saw a documentary program on TV about tribal tattoo artists. Having gotten tattoos since he was 14, Tiongco was intrigued and wanted to go see Apo Whang-Od himself.At ...
The Vice President answers adorable questions from kids in this online class.
It all started when the Vice President secretly sat in one of the History classes hosted by Joey Fernandez, aka "Mr. F," for his third-grade students. The online classes, which are meant for kids, also attract a crowd of adults searching ...
The late Senator Eva Kalaw was a Plaza Miranda Survivor. 
Eva Kalaw was a force of nature when she was still alive. After surviving the Plaza Miranda bombings, she went on to survive the worst of what the Marcos regime could throw at her: political persecution, being jailed twice, and then the ...
I've lived in California my entire life, and have never, ever seen fires like this.
Wildfires are good. They are necessary for new growth of trees and for the health of ecosystems. We need fire, but not like this.I walked outside my home in Oakland to get a coffee and heard a cacophony of echoes from ...
Lola Loring was a dauntless saboteur during World War II.
Loring May Ebersole, later known as Florence Finch, was just like a typical grandmother who busied herself with things most typical grandmothers would do. She doted on grandkids, cooked wonderful meals, and watched old soap operas. But when Loring died at the ...
The Monkey and the Turtle is the first children's tale in the Philippines.
July 21 is National Children's Book Day in the Philippines. It also marks the date when Jose Rizal published in English the tale of The Monkey and the Turtle in the July 1889 issue of Trübner's Oriental Record in ...
Even TV reporters are not spared from network-transfer controversies.
TV news anchors and reporters are as much prone to network transfers as showbiz celebrities.Their reasons for making the move also run in the same vein: on the one hand, career growth and better offer elsewhere; on the other, dissatisfaction with ...
He once claimed Filipinos have no moral anchor because they are not Hindus or Buddhists.
At 96 years old, F. Sionil Jose has lived through 15 Philippine presidents including Manuel Quezon. He also survived World War II, two revolutions, and numerous epidemics. He has seen much and is considered an authoritative voice by way of his age, ...
The show brought joy to millions, but a number of its cast have experienced unimaginable tragedies.
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Filipinos know struggle.
Filipinos know struggle. They know the conflict, war, violence, and suffering. They know what it's like to be colonized, ostracized, and discriminated. So it should come as no surprise that when other nations cast out their unwanted citizens, Filipinos opened their ...
One remedy has instructions for people bitten by rabid dogs.
The UST Heritage Library is a depository of 30,000 ancient books dating back from the 15th to the 19th century. When we visited its holdings in May 2019, there was one book that caught our attention because of its peculiar contents: ...
It's a textbook example of how to handle pandemics.
Smallpox today is an obscure disease, but one which has a terrifying reputation that wiped out entire civilizations. In the 16th century, the Spaniards purposely introduced smallpox to the Americas to wipe out the native populations. The disease destroyed the might Aztec, ...
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