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1K runners join Calamba pre-Halloween creepy race

CALAMBA CITY, Laguna - More than a thousand marathoners were running “scared” in the first-ever pre-Halloween horror fun run and party for a cause “Takbo! Takbo! May Multo! on Saturday night at...

Free caskets for Antique indigents

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The burden felt by indigent families should a family member dies gets somehow alleviated by the free casket made available for free by the local government...

Zamboanga City’s ‘addiction’ to betel nuts

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Feeling blue or tired? Chew a “mama,” get high, and feel good. The “mama” here is not one’s tough mother, but the betel nut and leaf concoction or quid that...

Doktor Karayom: The rise of an artist in ‘hiding’

MANILA — It was rush hour one recent Thursday night and for that time on a weekday, traffic was unbelievably light. I was on my way to the Cultural Center of the...

Why horror films click during ‘Undas’ holidays

MANILA — Some Filipinos' commemoration of All Saints and All Souls days will not be complete without watching the usual bloody and hair-raising horror films designed to scare the wits out of...

Novaliches a burial center in northern Metro Manila

MANILA — Believe it or not, Novaliches—a former town removed from the country’s map over a century ago because of inadequate population and income—is now literally serving as a burial center in...

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