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The sound and fury of UAAP cheer
If the UAAP was a warzone, then the annual Cheerdance Competition would be the equivalent of armies chanting battle cries before beating each other senseless.
By David Dizon, abs-cbnNEWS.com 09/08/2008 10:05 PM
Review: One rocking night with Avril
Usual Wednesday morning. Workday. I really had nothing exciting to look forward to. Not until my officemate told me as soon as I arrive at the office that she has 2 tickets for the Avril Lavigne concert.
Mark Vincent D. Telan, abs-cbnNEWS.com 09/04/2008 8:06 PM
After Katrina, Gustav: caught up in the cone of uncertainty
August 25 was supposed to be a usual Monday morning. I normally wake up at 5:30 a.m. for my morning devotion. While making coffee, I watch the weather channel. The chief meteorologist was explaining the projected path of hurricane Gustav and there was New Orleans right in the middle of the cone. All the memories of Katrina and the challenge of rebuilding the past three years flashed back in my mind.
By Edna Lee Merthens 09/04/2008 12:11 PM
Unerasable: Life and love in the eternal circus of rocking youth
That this unexpected turn was a bitter disappointment to some quarters of the crowd would be quite an understatement; yes, the event organizers did outwardly announce that Buendia's life was in danger even while fans were salivating for the concluding portion of the show, but this was totally lost on some inflamed youths, who shouted vitriolic epithets to the effect that Ely Buendia should pay the ultimate price for forsaking his duty to the concert goers and should just...well, expire would be the kindest word for it.
By Reggie Gulle, Special to abs-cbnNEWS.com 08/31/2008 10:30 PM
Richard Gutierrez wants to do another Star Cinema movie
After the jam-packed premiere of For The First Time last August 26, KC Concepcion, Richard Gutierrez, and the rest of the crew flocked to Florabel's restaurant at The Podium for the after party. Spotted at this late-night gathering were other members of the cast which included the scene-stealing Candy Pangilinan, Phillip Salvador, TJ Trinidad, Carla Humphries, Denise Laurel, and Pinoy Big Brother alumni Gee-Ann Abraham and Bea Saw.
MJ FELIPE, abs-cbnNEWS.com 08/29/2008 11:20 PM
A piece of Ninoy in me
Twenty-five years ago, as the country was under the iron hands of a dictator, when activists and opposition leaders were detained or joined the ranks of the disappeared, a man in white suit said, "The Filipinos are worth dying for."
Lilita Balane, abs-cbnNEWS.com 08/29/2008 11:05 AM
Maltreated OFW back home from Dubai
A 32-year-old overseas Filipino worker is back home after enduring a year of physical abuse from her cruel employer in Dubai.
abs-cbnNEWS.com 08/27/2008 12:21 AM
Study: Pinoys cut spending as purchasing power weakens
Filipinos are using various cost-cutting measures to cope with rising food and fuel prices including scrimping on food purchases, reducing power consumption and spending less on entertainment, according to a study by market research firm TNS Philippines.
abs-cbnNEWS.com 08/26/2008 11:20 AM
The Gates to Heroism: Defining a Filipino Hero
The essence of the word “hero” is past declining, today one need not to die or do such gallant act to be given the noble title or that some just won a boxing match. Time has really evolved and so does our standard in defining a Filipino hero. Will our forefathers who gave their lives for freedom feel insulted for this? Are these the Filipinos we’ll look up to for guidance through the times, aren’t our children losing the true meaning of heroism by our doings? All these things we should ask ourselves before giving the title “hero” to anyone.
Diana A. Galang, National Historical Insitute 08/25/2008 12:21 AM
North Cotabato refugees frightened to return home as new crisis erupts in Lanao Norte
In this Muslim-dominated region that has seen four wars since the late 1990s, thousands of homes in isolated villages await the return of their owners. For the moment at least, though fighting has flared up to the north of the region in Lanao Del Norte, the guns of war have fallen silent here.
Bong Sarmiento, Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project 08/24/2008 12:22 AM