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Archive for October 2007

October 31st, 2007

All roads lead to the cemeteries on The Day of the Dead

For two days in November, cemeteries around the Philippines will be packed with people - both living and dead. Nope, it’s not a belated Halloween celebration.
November 1 and 2 mark All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days, when the nation gets a mandatory non-working holiday to remember the day of the dead, in festive, Thanksgiving-like family […]

By Grace -- 1 comment

October 30th, 2007

Latest News about Sharon Cuneta

Filipina Soul would like to congratulate the mega-star Ms. Sharon Cuneta! Her show “Sharon” won as best entertainment program at the 2007 Catholic Mass Media Awards held last October 25, 2007.

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Sharon also appears on the cover of Metro this month. In her interview with Ramil Gulle, which you can read on her blog, […]

By Maricar -- 2 comments

October 29th, 2007

Mga Bugtong (Filipino Riddles) Set 12

Can you guess these correctly?
1. Hugis ay bituin, papel na nagniningning. (Star-shaped paper that shines.)
2. Binatak ko ang isa, tatlo pa ang sumama. (I pulled one, three others came with it.)
3. Walang ulo, walang isip parang isda kung sumisid; gayong wala ni palikpik, kay haba ng naliligid. (It has no head. It has no […]

By Maricar -- 10 comments

October 26th, 2007

Estrada’s Plunder and You

This will be my last post about the Estrada pardon. I am tired and emotionally drained. I’m still unable to fathom the decision to pardon a convicted plunderer of millions. The news that thousands of Erap’s supporters welcomed him home saddened me. These are the same people that Erap stole from.
Consider this :
Social Security System […]

By Maricar -- 0 comments

October 26th, 2007

The Headline Says It All

This headline by the Philippine Daily Inquirer may explain it:

Arroyo was finally acknowledged by Erap that she is THE president, not him.
The irony of it all is that, after accepting the presidential pardon, Erap still insisted that he is innocent.

“I may have committed mistakes in my career in public service, but I assure you corruption […]

By Maricar -- 4 comments

October 26th, 2007

What People have to Say about the Arroyo Pardon

Former President Fidel Ramos:

“a terrible, terrible calamity to the great, great, great majority of the Filipino people who have suffered from the plunder.”

Sen. Richard Gordon:

“I am revolted by the whole scenario … I am not questioning her right to pardon but I am questioning her responsibility.”

Senate Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan:

“It is highly questionable and inappropriate […]

By Maricar -- 1 comment

October 25th, 2007

Estrada’s Pardon a Shame!!!!

In all my time writing here at Filipina Soul, nothing, and I mean NOTHING!, has made my blood boil as this news of Estrada’s pardon. It is an embarrassment! A mockery! A !?!@?!?@@! There are not enough words for it!
Just weeks after his conviction, President Arroyo does the unthinkable and sets this thief free. In […]

By Maricar -- 5 comments

October 25th, 2007

TIME Magazine honors Filipino environmentalist

As “Heroes of the Environment”, he is in the same list as Al Gore, Prince Charles and Mikhail Gorbachev.

VON HERNANDEZ - former literature professor, activist, environmentalist, and Greenpeace campaign director for Southeast Asia.
Hernandez is one of Asia’s leading activists against waste incineration. Instead he advocates the effective, polluatant-free technology that is recyling and recomposting of […]

By Grace -- 2 comments

October 24th, 2007

Estrada to be granted Presidential pardon?!

You have got to be kidding me!!!
ABS-CBN/Agence France Presse just reported that former President Joseph Estrada may just be granted a Presidential pardon by Friday. A unnamed source from Erap’s camp disclosed this today, October 25.
So just wait a minute here. What was all that hoopla that the Sandiganbayan went through for six long years?! […]

By Grace -- 8 comments

October 24th, 2007

Lea Salonga Says Goodbye to Fantine

Lea Salonga’s run as Fantine in Broadway’s production of Les Miserables has ended. With the last show, Lea has said goodbye to the part she has called “the role of a lifetime”. We’d like to congratulate Lea for her successful time as Fantine! You can read her sentiments on her blog.
Lea did this interview with […]

By Maricar -- 0 comments