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11th Jamboree Boy Scouts remembered

MANILA -- Sam Santos, 11, is one of the members of Roberto Castor Rover Scouts-Circle 11, who visited on All Saints' Day the Boy Scout Cenotaph inside the Manila North Cemetery to...

Daw-es: Igorots’ cleansing ritual for dead, living

BAGUIO CITY -- In the mountains of Cordillera, up in northern Philippines, the indigenous tribes of Igorots still practice the "Daw-es," an ancient ritual passed on from generation to generation, even in...

Top 3 killer diseases in PH

MANILA -- All Saints’ Day and All Souls' Day – the season to think not only of the dead but also of dying. Based on a popular myth, death and sickness came out...

Moving on through art

MANILA — "Undas" serves as a time for Filipinos to remember and visit their departed loved ones. Every person has his or her own way of dealing with the pain and going...

Quijano de Manila – “Soul of Filipino”

By Mary Clarince David - PTV News “The identity of the Filipino today is of a person asking what is his identity.” Nicomedes "Nick" Márquez Joaquín (May 4, 1917 – April 29, 2004) Identity is...

Grave ‘branding’: Unique way of honoring the dead

LEGAZPI CITY -- Most of us Filipinos, particularly Catholics, remember our departed loved ones on All Saints' or All Souls' Day by cleaning their graves, painting it white, placing fresh flowers on...

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