We have all seen the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda in the Visayas region. Every day since the typhoon left the Philippine area of responsibility, we see the heartbreaking damages and losses brought by the strongest typhoon in history. Last night, President Noynoy Aquino had declared the Philippines under state …
Read More »Paalam, ‘Yolanda’, Babangon na ang Pilipinas
Buong mundo na ang nagpahatid ng dasal, pag-aalala, at pagmamahal para sa mga Pilipino. Nakaalis na ng Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) ang pinakamalakas na bagyong naitala sa kasaysayan ng buong mundo. Umalis na si ‘Yolanda’. Ngayon, babangon na ang Pilipinas. Thousands of Filipinos try to bounce back from the …
Read More »‘Undras’: Tradition, Reunion for Filipinos
Apart from Christmas and Holy Week, ‘Undas’ (All Souls Day / Day of the Dead) is one event Filipinos look forward to each year. These three events reunite family members and give them the chance to catch up on the lost times and commemorate something of tradition. All Saints Day …
Read More »The Etymologies of the Names of Batangas Towns and Cities [Part 1]
Yesterday, we posted on our Facebook page how Lipa City got its name. Then people started thanking us for the tidbit of knowledge and sharing “ah kaya pala” comments on the thread. Then followed questions on the etymologies of Calaca and Lian. So, to help answer these questions, we thought …
Read More »A Tribute to Classroom Heroes on World Teacher’s Day
Teachers, second parents, classroom heroes. If not for them, there won’t be doctors, engineers, soldiers, business tycoons, and other professionals who build our workforce and the community. Aside from our parents, they are the ones who exert the most efforts in teaching us what we have to learn in academics …
Read More »Rainy Day Fashion Guide: Paano Pumorma Kapag Maulan
In case you haven’t noticed, we often experience bipolar weather these days. One moment the sun is up, the next moment, the sky is grey. Pormang-porma ka pa namang umalis ng bahay eh bago ka pa makarating sa pupuntahan mo, disaster na ang inabot ng suot mo! Before trying to …
Read More »The Making of a Hero
Today is National Heroes’ Day. Most of the heroes this holiday was dedicated for had long been gone on earth like Apolinario Mabini, a Batangueño and one of the country’s national heroes. But there are still a lot of them living and breathing on the same space with us. They …
Read More »Himayin ang Pork: The Search for Janet Lim Napoles and the Truth Behind the Scam
This is not your fave primetime teleserye that we’ll be talking about. But if you’ve been following the series of exposé about the latest pork barrel scam, you’d most likely think that this story so big belongs to the big screen. Unfortunately, there are no cameras rolling. This is real …
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