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When Nature lashes back
Just like any other rain shower that manifested in recent months, it reportedly started as an ordinary tropical depression, which was just expected to breeze through the metro.
By Anne de Jesus Portugal 10/03/2009 3:08 PM
Alaala ni Ondoy - Reyma Buan-Deveza
Hindi ko alam kung paano sisimulan
Alalahanin ang maulang Sabadong sa bansa ay gumulantang
Sa simula akala ko ordinaryong ulan lang
Pagsapit ng alas nuebe iba na ang aking pakiramdam
ni Reyma Buan-Deveza 10/01/2009 5:46 PM
SE Asia gains climate clout after typhoon
BANGKOK - A deadly typhoon that scythed through Southeast Asia has underscored the area's vulnerability to climate change -- but it may have also finally given regional nations a voice at crucial environment talks.
Agence France-Presse 10/01/2009 2:25 PM
Unhappy when it rains - Ma. Rosanna Mina
MANILA – I used to like rainy days (without flooding) until “Ondoy” came.
by Ma. Rosanna Mina, abs-cbnNEWS.com 09/30/2009 6:29 PM
Marcos allies prosper in RP long after his death
MANILA - Twenty years after dictator Ferdinand Marcos died, some of his former allies remain the richest men in the Philippines while those who have sought to bring them to justice are angry and frustrated.
Agence France-Presse 09/27/2009 10:58 PM
Twenty years on, a family's pain under Marcos endures
MANILA - Decades of pain in his ribs and damaged hearing are daily reminders of the punishments torture victim Francisco Luneta endured in the struggle against Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Agence France-Presse 09/27/2009 9:50 PM
Iconic Philippine cultural center a Marcos legacy
MANILA - The Cultural Center of the Philippines no longer echoes to applause for the likes of the Bolshoi Ballet, Frank Sinatra and Placido Domingo.
Agence France-Presse 09/24/2009 12:14 PM
'One year of hell' for Mindanao conflict's displaced
DATU PIANG - Sweat covers the sinewy arms of Salik Usman as he patiently weaves palm fronds to patch a leaking tent that has served as his family's home for more than a year.
Agence France-Presse 09/18/2009 2:05 PM
Cojuangco Family Tree
Some of the Philippines' high profile personalities in business and politics came from the Cojuangco family. On May 2010, cousins Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III and Gilbert Teodoro Jr. will be vying to be the country's next president.
abs-cbnNEWS.com 09/17/2009 6:21 AM
(Sample) Teach Lola the Internet
Most grandparents long for better relationships with their apos and vice versa. But in this fast-paced world where everything happens so fast and tasks have to be juggled simultaneously, the weekend lunches with lolos and lolas seem to be happening fewer and far-between, and even the occasional phone call gets buried under a barrage of to-dos.
Bayan Telecommunications 09/14/2009 4:20 PM