Ang Kape Ni LaTtEX

Manila Times columnist Rome Jorge, a colleague and good friend, wrote a wonderful editorial published on the Times last Sunday.
To quote:
At its finest, the Church embraces science and reason. It tolerates differences of opinion. It nurtures debate, criticism and reflection. It can even simply enjoy a book or a movie. Such sobriety comes with maturity.
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I’ve just finished Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons (AAD) yesterday, two days after I started reading it in earnest. It’s been a year since I bought and read The Da Vinci Code(TDVC), and I’ve hesitated to buy this book. I borrowed one instead.
The reason I hesitated buying AAD was, ironically, because of an earlier Dan [...]

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A debate has been raging in the United States the past week over the announcement of several Hispanic artists and a recording studio of their intention to record the Star Spangled Banner in Spanish.
Of course a lot of people aren’t happy about it.
Michelle Malkin sums it up in one nice question: Who’s anthem, who’s flag, [...]

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One of the most valuable things that I learned during my Ang Pahayagang Plaridel days is that there are more than two sides to a story. Most of the time, if you’re only aware of two sides, you still haven’t delved deep enough into the story to have an objective “take” at it. While in [...]

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Late last December, Connie Veneracion aka the Sassy Lawyer wrote in her Manila Standard column of the same name about how media’s use of game shows and charitable foundations breed a culture of dependence.
In the local game show/variety show scene, ABS-CBN’s Wowowee is currently the hottest item, enjoying high ratings and viewership not only [...]

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Eumir Deodato is a Brazilian-born musician that became an icon of jazz from the 70s to the 80s. I grew up listening to his funk and jazz, owing to my mother who loves his stuff. When his name was announced while we were having coffee at Greenbelt 3, my mother literally jumped off of her [...]

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The Big Good News today is of course, Manny Pacquiao’s 10th round KO over Erik Morales. El Terible can finally be honest about the power of the Pacman Punch: something he refused to give credence to in their March 2005 fight.
I wouldn’t call Morales a complete loser however; at least he’s not a sore one. [...]

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About a year before I got married, one of my former officemates was telling about how much her son loves Barney. He liked it so bad that during evenings my officemate would just play Barney VCDs until he fell asleep. My other officemates likewise profess their own children’s undying love for the purple dinosaur.
While they [...]

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A few months ago I watched a program on the National Geographic Channel about the origins of man. In a study conducted by geneticist/anthropologist Spencer Wells, he was able to trace the tribe of the descendants of our earliest ancestors: a group of people who have absolutely not migrated for the past 60,000 years. He [...]

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I thought yesterday’s post would be the last time I’d blog about this issue, but a statement jumped right out of Inquirer Entertainment’s article on Orange and Lemons this morning, almost making me spit the coffee I was drinking:
“We have no malicious intent,” says vocalist and guitarist Clem Castro. “In fact, we’re not even aware [...]

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