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Tausug event organizers bring wedding dreams to life

By Rey-Luis Banagudos/PNA ZAMBOANGA CITY – As more young Muslim Filipinos become mainstream professionals or entrepreneurs, many of them would prefer having big and glamorous weddings with their hard-earned money. This makes events coordinating...

‘Videoke’ highlights Pinoy Yuletide bonding

By Priam Nepomuceno - PNA MANILA -- For most Filipinos, Yuletide specialty foods like "lechon" (roasted pig), "halayang ube" (purple yam), leche flan, "puto" (rice cake" and "pansit" of various flavors, and the...

Simbang Gabi: An enduring Filipino Christmas tradition

By Aerol John Pateña with reports from Catherine Datiles, OJT/PNA MANILA -- Attending "Simbang Gabi" or Misa de Gallo (dawn mass) for nine consecutive days is one of the most distinctive traditions of...

Paskong Pinoy: Of Merriment and Reverence

By Mary Clarince David - PTV “Wherever there are people giving gifts, exchanging cards, I believe that Christmas is truly in their hearts.” It's that time of year again. December has come and with...

HIV patient strives to make life normal

By Ma. Teresa Montemayor/PNA MANILA -- Twenty-nine-year-old call center agent Kiko (not his real name) has been battling human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) for two years now. While he has experienced difficult times...

How this Tausug artist was forged in the crucible of war

By Rey-Luis Banagudos/PNA ZAMBOANGA CITY -- In February 1974, the proud town of Jolo was totally burned down and bombed to oblivion. On the eighth day of that month, hordes of Moro rebels...

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