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How do Filipinos celebrate New Year? Ah, maingay. Mausok. Masaya. Literally, every place would look like there’s an aftermath of war in the morning of January 1 each year. It’s because of the firecrackers lit up on New Year’s eve as part of Filipino tradition. Firecrackers and the noise from …

This Christmas holiday, another sea tragedy hit the Philippines. This time, an inter-island ferry carrying 80 people sank off Batangas waters near Isla Verde. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), in its 3:30 p.m. bulletin on the incident, said 6 casualties have been recorded after MV Baleno 9 sank in waters …

According to reports from Mindoro Post, Forty-six persons remained missing since MV Baleno sank off Isla Verde, but only 32 have been identified. They are as follows: Missing persons listed in the passenger manifest 1. Emily P. De Guzman (F) 2. Ronalie Panagsaga (F) 3. Analie Panagsaga (F) 4. Angelica …

We celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family on Sunday following Christmas Day. We all know how important the family is. It is the basic cell of the society. In fact it is one’s first community. It is the domestic church. It is where we all came from, where our …

Have more entertainment for you and the rest of the gang with MMFF movies at SM City Lipa. These MMFF movies shall run only from Dec 27 to 30, 2009. Extension of screening will be posted so don’t worry. Ang Darling kong Aswang – Cinema 1 GP Starring: Vic Sotto, …

It was a fun day at SM City Lipa last December 22 in their Longest Puto Bumbong Challenge. The following are the results of the said event. Photos taken by Ross Cortez, a shopper from San Pablo, Laguna. Champion: Taktakan sa Cathedral (won P15,000) Team members: Noimie Mendoza, Daisy Sahum, …

For Filipinos, Christmas is the most celebrated of all the celebrations marked as red day in the calendar. Some Christmas traditions here in the Philippines may be similar to those of other countries’. But what makes a traditional Pinoy Christmas? Christmas in the Philippines starts in December 16 with the …

“During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth” (Lk 1:39-40). Mary was in haste. She wasted no time to visit her cousin and come to her assistance. Let us …