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Two sisters, Sheila Coronel and Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, broke into the news almost simultaneously last week while they were in opposite parts of the globe.
There is definitely more to Santa Rosa, Laguna than just being the much touted gateway to Calabarzon, that burgeoning industrial zone and magnet for investors that straddles the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon. Younger folk too can find much more to this town than just the giant ferris wheel of the Enchanted Kingdom.
Twelve freedom fighters who opposed Ferdinand Marcos’ martial rule will be honored as martyrs and heroes in special ceremonies at Bantayog ng mga Bayani (Monument of Heroes) in Quezon City on Thursday, the eve of Bonifacio Day.
Food and drink figure heavily in many Biblical passages. Bread and wine, the wheat in the fields, grapes on the vine, figs on the tree, oils and spices, loaves and fishes for the hungry multitude. The Last Supper became the cosmic, universal sacrament of faith for Christian believers.
“Why is Facebook so big today? “Because deep in our hearts, our most basic need, found in our DNA, written in our genetic code, is the need to belong to a community, a friendship, a network, a club, a family.
Tuluyan (from the Filipino root word tuloy, which means to come in or go forth) means a place to stay, a shelter.
Prompted by her desire to help fellow Filipinos badly hit by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan), Madonna Limcaco Uhland, a resident of Switzerland, buckled down to work to do her bit by making a Christmas card. She had not taken up brush and palette for a long time.
Hidden in the undulating edge of a hill and laid out under a leafy bower is a patch of green and quiet.
Printed stampita-size versions of a painting of EDSA People Power of 1986, with the figure of the Blessed Virgin Mary dressed in yellow, went around during that time when most Filipinos were aglow with patriotic fervor. The original painting was later presented as a gift to the then newly-installed president, Corazon C. Aquino, the widow swept into power by an almost bloodless uprising.
Helen Quach, the Australian Symphony Orchestra conductor who had graced the Philippine stage and performed with Philippine orchestras, passed away on July 31 in her home country. She was 73.
