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State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Benigno Aquino III

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:10:00 -0600

July 26, 2010, Batasan Pambansa Complex, Quezon City

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Vice President Jejomar Binay; Chief Justice Renato Corona; Former Presidents Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada; members of the House of Representatives and the Senate; distinguished members of the diplomatic corps; my fellow workers in government;

FOLKSINGER WITH A HEART FULFILLS HOMECOMING WISHES

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:30:00 -0600

by ramon dacawi

BAGUIO FOLKSINGER Conrad Marzan was on his way back to Northern California Tuesday evening with a checklist of wishes fulfilled in his month-long visit home. He had planted coffee seedlings and sang nursery rhymes for and with kids. He reunited with fellow musicians in two concerts-for-a-cause and shared shot glasses with them.

THE VANISHING ARTS AND LORES OF THE NORTH PART 3 SITTING THE DEAD

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:10:00 -0600

By: Glo Abaeo Tuazon
Email: twilight_glo@yahoo.com

In the north, the practice of sitting the dead is on its way to extinction too. This is the practice of fixing and arranging the remains of a person in a sitting position, on a chair or a chair-like contraption, sometimes ladderlike while the remains are up for the traditional wake.

SUMMARY OF THE VANISHING ANCIENT ART AND LORES OF THE NORTH PART 2 (ART OF MUMMIFICATION)

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:40:00 -0600

By: Glo Abaeo Tuazon
Email: twilight_glo@yahoo.com

The northern tribes of the Philippine Islands are composed of clans and tribes of different inclinations. Though some of their olden beliefs dominates most the reasons of their lifestyles, it is evident that with the passing of time and the evolution of cultures, most of these tribes have intermingled and adapted to the changes of the developing world. For now the rich and diverse cultures are on a big percentage depreciating, to the point that some of the ancient ways have gone extinct or is on its way there. For one, the lores and practices of the olden days in the Benguet, as in the ancient art of mummification have all but gone. Recent recordings and a few files are all that remains of it.

SUMMARY OF THE VANISHING ANCIENT ART AND LORES OF THE NORTH (PART 1 - TATTOOES)

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0600

By: Glo Abaeo Tuazon
Email: twilight_glo@yahoo.com

ART WE say is in the eye of the beholder. It is described as an expression of ones creativity and imagination embodied in a physical form for various interpretations or abstract manner as in a practice of some sort. Lifted from the Latin word artis it usually connotes skills and crafts. The word itself has meaning beyond simple description. It is sometimes contained or broad in scope, sometimes simple and yet very complicated. Lores on the other hand are seen to be accumulated knowledge over spans of time on certain subjects or matters, or traditional beliefs.

A MIRACLE NAMED NINO JOSHUA (conclusion)

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:20:00 -0600

by ramon dacawi

The countryside, like the sugar hacienda in La Carlota, Negros that Maria Paz Datsu Infante-Molintas left in her youth, offers the therapy she and her ailing son Nino Joshua perhaps needed.

Such thought prompted Datsus maternal aunt, the late nationalist Maria Feria, to buy her niece a few square meters of a rectangular piece of untilled farm lot in Tubao, La Union.

A MIRACLE NAMED NINO JOSHUA

Mon, 31 May 2010 05:00:00 -0600

(1st of 2 parts)
by ramon dacawi

A FEW DAYS BEFORE Nino Joshua Molintas blew his candle last Tuesday, his mother texted a few relatives and friends to come help celebrate. 23 na yong binata ko (my young man is now 23), she noted.

To Maria Paz Datsu Infante-Molintas, the double figure is simply magical. As the previous ones were. How simple the fare may be barbecue, grilled tilapia, adobo, and always with pansit , marking each year of her youngest is always a blessing, a celebration of answered family prayers since Nino was born.

THE GRAINS OF LIFE

Sun, 23 May 2010 22:50:00 -0600

By: Glo Abaeo Tuazon
Email: twilight_glo@yahoo.com

THE FRESH, green fields are slowly coming to life wherever one goes in the agricultural areas. After the daunting months of drought the El Nino phenomenon brought, the farmers are happy again that the rains finally fell on the parched lands. Better late than never, they say amidst the growing anticipation of cropping the fields. The lands that the drought left has grown barren for awhile, with luck and constant rains they will regain fertility and bear the grains of life again.

10 Things I've learned from Gibo Teodoro

Tue, 11 May 2010 22:00:00 -0600

by Angela Celdran Dela Calzada

As I write this, I am holding back tears. It is not because I don't like Noynoy Aquino, nor because I think Erap being allowed to run again and now come second in this race is a joke, but because about 90% of my voting countrymen allowed a good thing slip through their fingers... yet again.

PRB goes into alternative campaigning

Sat, 08 May 2010 01:50:00 -0600

He is still the Mayor of Baguio until June 30, 2010. As such, he has to continue doing his job as the chief executive even at the height of the campaign period when all the candidates are doing their rounds.