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How I came to know about the 1972 martial law

MANILA -- Where were you when President Ferdinand Marcos began implementing Proclamation No. 1081 that placed the entire country under a state of martial law? That, in a nutshell, was the question former...

Barangay Greater Lagro hosts the Novaliches watershed

MANILA -– Do you know what makes the 21-year-old Barangay Greater Lagro in Novaliches, Quezon City very much different from the other barangays (villages) in Metro Manila, which is composed of 16...

Halal certification pushed in Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- “Halal” -- it is a sign that hangs at some beef and poultry shops as well as eateries here, in an attempt to lure Muslims to patronize stuff from...

PH used to mark Nat’l Thanksgiving Day on Sept. 21

MANILA -- Not many of the millennials today may be aware that the Philippines used to celebrate National Thanksgiving Day every Sept. 21 from 1973 to 1985. The date of such celebration differed...

How Muslim women deal with pain, trauma 5 years after Zamboanga siege

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Five years after the Zamboanga siege, majority of the displaced residents of the four barangays that comprised ground zero of the crisis are Muslims. Many of the estimated 10,000 houses...

Filipino ingenuity at its best

MANILA -- If you think the CCTV (closed-circuit television) camera is sufficient enough as a security device to protect you, you better think twice. Now, it can be told that Filipinos are really...

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