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by Anjenelle Amante After a three-day, tranquil experience in the land of pines where the weather is pleasingly cold, tourists who crave for the sugary taste of peanut brittles, strawberries and other native treats flock and echoes of a historic past linger softly in the present, I am back to …

A gripping story that draws readers into an exceptional world with unnervingly close echoes of our own, the Giver delineated a community in which every individual and his or her experience was precisely the same. Competition was eliminated in favor of a community where everyone worked for the common good– …

“Dreams are born in the heart and mind and only there can these ever die.” I’ve been holding on to this belief since time immemorial. Such is the core reason for my rather pensive nature – I’ve never stopped dreaming. And if truth be told, the feeling of having a …

  “Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.” For several years, scientific researches have always been in contrast with spiritual convictions. While some scientists proliferate weapons of mass destruction and clone living creatures, religious advocates beg them to use restraint and likewise consider …

Last year, an estimated 50 to 100 million people around the world switched off their lights for Earth Hour.  Global landmarks including the Golden Gate Bridge, Rome’s Colosseum, the Coke billboard in Times Square and Jumeirah Hotel in Dubai also took part and darkened for one hour. For this year, …

The following poem is an all time favorite of mine. It talks about a man who lost his beloved. The best line in here for me is; “Love is so short, forgetting is so long” which I think is so true especially for us Batanguenos (sweeping generalization huh?). As I …

The essence of being a real journalist is achieved when you start working in the actual field, in the main stream. This thought alarmed me when our adviser and teacher in Management and Production of a Community Newspaper (DEVC116) announced that our class would be having a 50-hour On-The-Job-Training in …

In this fast paced world, we can’t help but become victims of obesity which can be blame on the mushrooming of fast food chains and instant everything that they offer. We say Oh my Gulay! with the veggies and fruits which seldom land on our tables. And take our supposedly …