In the United States, customers are expected to add an extra 10 to 20 percent to their tab at the end of a meal – but increasingly restaurants are forgoing these tips.
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Betis Church in Guagua, Pampanga, is set to implement measures to prevent illicit traffic of its movable properties, following the theft of the centuries-old ivory image of the Child Jesus last January, around the feast day of the Santo Niño.
Art historian Clarissa Delgado, 30, left the careerist path overseas to help uplift the poor state of public schools in the Philippines. Likewise, Patricia Feria, 28, gave up a lucrative job in investment banking and hedge funds in the US East Coast to support the same cause of transforming people’s lives through public education.
Quiet America is a hotbed of seething secrets and people you don’t know at all. At least that’s what one gathers after reading novels set in seemingly bucolic locales. All it needs is one unexpected thing to break the surface, and it all comes gushing out.
The local government of Baliuag, Bulacan, will be restoring its old municipal hall building for its importance as a heritage structure.
By singing the role of the Lamp Lighter in Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” at the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus accompanied by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO), Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu virtually made his debut under the eminent conductor Sir Simon Rattle.
In Cavite on May 10, 1897, Andres Bonifacio, founder of the Katipunan and our second greatest hero, met a cruel, painful death at the hands of Emilio Aguinaldo’s Magdalo partisans. Also killed were his brothers Procopio and Ciriaco.
To usher in the summer travel season, cultural dancers recently performed the Filipino folk dance “pandanggo sa ilaw” as part of Oriental Mindoro’s Pandang Gitab Festival.
The Sigma Delta Phi Alumnae Association’s (SDPAA) Cavite and Batangas Heritage Tour is the best bet for immersion in culture and history while shopping for local finds and sumptuous treats.
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