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Bantay Bata 163 Children’s Village relaunched soon
Bantay Bata 163 is now focused on the much-awaited relaunch of the Children’s Village in Norzagaray, Bulacan this month after receiving overwhelming love and support from the celebrities at the ABS-CBN...
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‘Dare to Dream’ project empowers Araneta workforce
Steadfast in its commitment to education and community development, the J. Amado Araneta Foundation (JAAF) granted educational assistance to 79 high school and college students in October. In a...
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‘Varina’: Another fine Frazier symphony
ONE critic cited on the back of Charles Frazier’s latest novel writes that reading a work by the author is like listening to a fine symphony. Truly, that is the case for Frazier’s Cold Mountain (1997)....
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The reporter smiles and gives an oral Overview of what is to happen: “William Carlos William’s ‘No ideas, but in things.’” There! On the PowerPoint’s first slide—the misplaced Apostrophe, on the title...
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‘Hans Christian Andersen and Jose Rizal’: Tying 19th literary titans to our time
THE last few years have seen European diplomats in Manila increasingly turning to literature to strengthen cultural ties between the Philippines and their respective countries. Their flourishing...
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‘Mariposa Gang and Other Stories’: Fiction you won’t turn away from
DON’T you just hate it when you make the wrong turn and then realize there is no going back? There are routes in life where the only way you can get out of a tight spot is to move forward, even if it...
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Makati as the ‘Digital City of the 21st Century’
Excerpts from Mayor Abby Binay’s speech on launching the Makatizen Card: “We entered into a landmark agreement with Globe Telecom which led to the launching of the Makatizen Card in time for our 347th...
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Education Some 90,000 public school students from Kinder to Senior High School, including Special Education or SPED students, have benefited from free tuition in Makati City public schools. The...
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The difference of Abby Binay
Avery interesting book by American political analyst and Stanford visiting scholar David Timberman titled, A Changeless Land: Continuity and Change in Philippine Politics, boldly but succinctly...
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CCP to honor ‘World’s Most Famous Tenor’
AFTER the success of “Love Sings!” and “T’aint Opera!” Philippine Opera Company’s Young Artists’ Series (YAS) Season 2018 to 2019 in cooperation with the Cultural Center of the Philippines and The...
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Nick Joaquin classic parody to hit CSB stage
In celebration of the birth centenary of multi-awarded Filipino writer, historian, journalist, and National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin, “A Portrait of The Artist as a Filipino” — one of his...
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Millennial realizes dream with hard work and a little magic
Nothing can be more magical than when one achieves a goal, like owning a dream home. This was what 28-year-old Alvher Luna experienced the first time he set foot in his family’s two-bedroom condominium...
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Author Grace Chong inspires everyone to turn to The Word
CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAM The writing that I do today can be credited to my two college mentors: Ms. Yay Olmedo and Ms. Grace Chong. Ms. Grace was one of my first college professors and was the...
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New ‘role’ excites Miguel Tanfelix
Young actor is now world vision ambassador for disaster risk reduction Television celebrity Miguel Tanfelix has always been adventurous but with his designation as World Vision Philippines Ambassador...
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King raises the bar with ‘Elevation’
After more than four decades of banging out best-sellers, Stephen King still has the power to surprise his beloved “constant readers.” Consider Elevation (Scribner; 160 pages; 2018), which the book...
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Murakami on his library plan, writing, music
Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami during a press conference at Waseda University in Tokyo on November 3. (AP Photo) TOKYO: Haruki Murakami is planning to set up an archive at his Japanese alma mater...
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‘Mga Batang Poz’: ‘Courageous, artistic’ novel on HIV-hit youth
Segundo Matias Jr. speaks during the launch of his young adult novel “Mga Batang Poz” at the Precious Events Center in Quezon City on September 28. EVERY so often we hear alarming reports of the...
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Ateneo Press named year’s top publisher
THE 37th National Book Awards has named the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) Press as publisher of the year for the second straight year after it earned more prizes than any other publishing house....
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The champion that is Janine Berdin
The one reason why many people fail to succeed is because they easily lose hope and give up in the face of setbacks. Whether aware of this pitfall or not, Patricia Janine Dusaran Berdin has always led...
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Superpower through thankfulness
CARLA BIANCA RAVANES-HIGHAM Gratitude has been an enigma as of late. One minute you are posting about what you are grateful for in life and the next, you become enamored in what your life lacks in...
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