So far, being typecast as a “hot Korean babe” has been working out incredibly well for Jinri Park. The 24-year-old model, radio disc jockey and now multimedia celebrity first made a splash posing in a bikini for FHM magazine a couple of years back.
The powerful spikes used to echo in the gym. It’s a sound he remembers well, says coach Ramil de Jesus of this season’s champions, the La Salle women’s volleyball team. On many occasions, he had to deal with the loneliness of a quiet court.
The Air Malta flight from Rome, the closest major gateway to this speck of a state in the midst of the Mediterranean, arrives a little after 10 p.m. into the international airport in Luqa.
When my friend, Lory Paredes Tangonan, invited me to her beach house in El Nido, all I could think of were blue skies and the cool azure waters of Palawan.
Someone is watching you. Look up—a little over to the left or right. On street corners and doorways. Sometimes from lampposts and walls. See those innocent-looking boxes, that glint of glass? They are closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras and they are everywhere.
Sandwich frontman Raymund Marasigan is a busy man. Apart from being the lead vocalist of Sandwich, he also plays bass synth for Pedicab, bass guitar for Gaijin and drums for Cambio and Barrio Radyo. There’s also the occasional reunion concert with Eraserheads. The guys had just finished touring the United States last year.
During one of their early outreach programs to this sleepy town in Iloilo, Karla Gutierrez, artistic managing director of the Philippine Opera Company (POC), recalled how surprised she was at the crowd turnout for that night’s performance.
On their own, radio and books represent traditionally powerful forms of media for Filipinos. Put them together, and you have a potent mix indeed.
It’s an inspiring time for the Catholic Church as Pope Francis brings a fresh energy to the faith, making disillusioned members do a double take on an institution that has been severely suffering from the disconnect between the congregation and the clergy.
The remains of Chilean Nobel prize winning poet Pablo Neruda will be exhumed Monday to determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned, according to the judge on the case.
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