CAVITE CITY, Philippines (CNN) – At 16, Rhandolf Fajardo reflects on his former life as a gang member.
Efren Peñaflorida’s Dynamic Teen Company offers Filipino youth an alternative to gangs through education.
“My gang mates were the most influential thing in my life,” says Fajardo, who joined a gang when he was in sixth grade. “We were […]
[Guido found this column by Hilarion M. Henares Jr., Make My Day, in Google Search. I didn’t realize it had been so long ago–23 years ago, when my world was young, fresh, and still full of exciting possibilities. Anyway, I post it here in Den’s website, in case anyone else is reading it except Den’s family, just […]
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She was 2nd runner-up in the Ms PSA (Philippine Society of Anesthesiologists) Category.
Our congratulations to the other winners too!
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And such are we—
Unreasoning, sanguine, visionary—
That I can hope
Health, love, friends, scope
In full for thee; can dream thou’lt find
Joys seldom yet attained by humankind!
[Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), British novelist, poet. To an Unborn Pauper Child (l. 31-36). . . The Complete Poems of Thomas Hardy. James Gibson, ed. (1978) Macmillan.]
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By DON BABWIN,Associated Press Writer - Friday, November 13
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CHICAGO – Henry Ford would have hated 2009, and not just because it’s been a tough year to sell cars.
Ford, as the story goes, refused to do business on Friday the 13th, and this week marks the third time this year that the 13th will fall […]
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(To my brother, the namesake. Giving pride to the name that they shared. )
http://www2.thu.edu.tw/~tpsoa2009/en/speaker.htm
http://www2.thu.edu.tw/~tpsoa2009/information/program.pdf
Invited Speakers
Carlene P. Arceo (University of the Philippines-Diliman)
Jose Maria P. Balmaceda (University of the Philippines-Diliman)
Kristine Joy Carpio (De La Salle University - Manila)
Edith Carreon-Jose (University of the Philippines – Los Banos)
Richell O. Celeste (University of the Philippines-Diliman)
Fredegusto Guido David (University of […]
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[I’m posting this article because, first, of its title; second, my husband and I also shared 45 years of married life, and, third and perhaps most importantly, I have also encountered persons who have uttered such tasteless comments that were better unsaid. I’m also sure such people meant well–they want to console me for my loss, […]