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Posts Tagged ‘Visitor-Contributed’

Growing up with Christmas

By • Dec 15th, 2007 • Category: Features

It now all seem too long ago. Christmas just isnt what it was to me before. Maybe I’ve outgrown the thrill of staying up till late at night trying to get a glimpse of Santa once he drops by. Maybe I’ve lost the feel that candy-filled Christmas stockings bring. Maybe the value of Ninong’s Christmas [...]



Pangudtuhan

By • Oct 17th, 2007 • Category: Arts

Pangudtuhan, pangudtuhan Katutnga-an han sirak han adlaw ha kalibutan Mamingaw an kadalanan



The Face of the Filipino in Diaspora

By • Oct 17th, 2007 • Category: Features

by Karl Gaspar, CSsR Much has been written about the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and as the number approaches 10 million (and counting), more write-ups will appear everywhere. What I want to write about comes from a reflexive view of a Pinoy-in-pilgrimage who has encountered hundreds of them at every stage of my sojourn in [...]



An Tunok

By • Oct 15th, 2007 • Category: Arts

(by emerson nicart)



The 106th Balangiga Encounter Celebration

By • Sep 28th, 2007 • Category: Events

This post is courtesy of Kenneth Gales, a native of Balangiga. This was originally posted on the Friendster Bulletins. Some minor editions were made here.



4th Eastern Samar Surfing Crown 2007 ( Odyssey Waves Surfing Competition)

By • Sep 22nd, 2007 • Category: Events

4th Eastern Samar Surfing Crown 2007 Oct. 8-10 , ABCD Beach, Calicoan Island, Guiuan, Eastern Samar Surfriders Club of Eastern Samar Inc. (SCES) Provincial Goverment of E. Samar LGU Guiuan DOT region 8



Tarsier Sighting in Eastern Samar

By • Aug 13th, 2007 • Category: Features

Here are some pictures of a tarsier contributed by one of our readers, Ronald Doxi. According to Ronald, this and other two tarsiers were caught in Sabang, Borongan City last year. The two were freed while this one died after being caught using a slingshot. Ronald Doxi and the tarsier found in Sabang, Borongan City [...]