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MWSS officials address Laiban project

by Ed Lingao

MWSS officials address the apparent haste in the tender of the Laiban dam project.

Read more... | Posted Thursday, July 16th, 2009
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Sweat of the Sierra Madre

by Ed Lingao

The Lematin River forms the western arm of the proposed Laiban Dam watershed and reservoir. This river supports seven of the eight barangays that will be submerged when the dam project finally pushes through.

Read more... | Posted Sunday, July 12th, 2009
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Tech, security issues abound in automation project

by Ed Lingao

Barbados-registered Smartmatic International and local counterpart Total Information Management Corporation (TIM) have yet to tie down many loose ends in their winning bid to automate the 2010 elections. Chief among the concerns are security issues now being raised by computer experts, nongovernmental groups, and even members of the Commission on Elections Advisory Council (CAC) that [...]

Read more... | Posted Friday, July 3rd, 2009

The business of making music

by Prime Sarmiento

JAL TAGUIBAO has a very simple way of telling just when a song can be called a hit. “When your song is being played in jeepneys,” he says, “that’s when it’s gone big time.

Taguibao should know. As the bass player of the popular pop-rock trio Sugarfree, he has shared in the success of chart-toppers such as “Mariposa (Butterfly),” “Telepono (Telephone),” and “Hari ng Sablay (King of Mishaps).” His five-year-old band has sold thousands of CDs, with its second venture, the album “Dramachine,” even turning gold.

Read more... | Posted Thursday, April 17th, 2008
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The season of protest songs

by Jaileen F. Jimeno

“BAYAN KO” is in vogue again, being sung by demonstrators on both sides of the political fence.

Out of the current political turmoil, the positive thing singer-songwriter Noel Cabangon expects is a healthier harvest of patriotic song. He says composers often become profound and prolific during these times.

Read more... | Posted Friday, March 14th, 2008
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Gambling nation

by Alecks P. Pabico

ARE Filipinos natural-born gamblers? Marvin Castell and Joel Tanchuco, economics professors at the De La Salle University, posed this question in a paper they wrote in 2004 on what they described as a “habitual and pervasive social activity” among Pinoys.

Read more... | Posted Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
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Toxic city

by Avigail M. Olarte and Isa Lorenzo

FILMED over a five-hour period from the hills of Antipolo, you can see the gradual encroachment of smog choking Metro Manila in this time-lapse video.

Smog is a combination of smoke and fog. The smoke is caused by nitrogen dioxide and hydrocarbons emitted by motor vehicles. When this is warmed by the sun’s rays, a photochemical reaction occurs and smog forms.

Read more... | Posted Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
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Ang tipo kong babae

by Lala Ordenes-Cascolan

WHAT’S in the Filipino male’s mind? What is he looking for in a partner? Wonder no more.
We found out that the Filipino male likes his woman mabait, which is the generic term for kind, which really means agreeable. Or quiet? Timid? Pinoys also like their women “maganda (beautiful),” which means “maputi (fair-skinned),” “matangkad (tall),” and “payat (slim).”

Read more... | Posted Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
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Headhunter country

THE story of the Bugkalot, the last of the Philippine headhunting tribes, is a chronicle of loss. Like many indigenous peoples in many parts of the world, they have been dispossessed of their land, their culture destroyed, and the forests from which they derive sustenance exploited by outsiders.

Read more... | Posted Sunday, July 29th, 2007
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What is your favorite book?

by Lala Ordenes-CascolanWhat is your favorite book?

SUCH a wonderful time to be a kid — a kid who reads, that is.

Now bookstores offer an enclave for children’s books, where children of all ages can lounge and browse their favorite books for free. And the selections are as varied as the kids who drop by.

Read more... | Posted Friday, June 29th, 2007

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