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Central School Pupils Win Campus Writing Derby

Beside the gate of the public Calabanga central division pilot school is its massive, proud, yet paint-fading marker signage.…

March 21, 2010 / 15 Comments / Read More

People Watch At The Bay

People watching people at the bay. Many times I do engage in people watching just for the joy of it. But how do I know I am not the…

March 19, 2010 / 16 Comments / Read More

Easter Beer Plaza Fund Raising at the Octagon

The "Octagon" is a squat building that occupies the municipal lot which used to be an open space with a basketball court. It was there we watched various village…

March 12, 2010 / 21 Comments / Read More

High Poverty Level Prevails in Rural Areas

The great divide between the poor and the rich in the country is nowhere more clear than when one goes to the rural areas. In the seaside village of Sabang,…

March 9, 2010 / 11 Comments / Read More

Bicolana Wins Premier Beauty Pageant

Twenty one year old Bicol lass Maria Venus Raj from the town of Bato here in the province of Camarines Sur, bested twenty three other beauty contestants.…

March 7, 2010 / 17 Comments / Read More

Quitting Time at the Public Market

At 6:28 in the evening, stalls at the only public market in the town start turning off lights one by one. …

March 5, 2010 / 34 Comments / Read More

The Humble and Resilient Nipa

The nipa (pronounced neepa, as in long e) palm or nypa fruticans is an unusual tree that thrives abundantly on the creek at the back of our house. Obviously…

February 28, 2010 / 16 Comments / Read More

Gate To Palace of Archbishop of Caceres

The gate opens up and lead to the Archbishop’s Palace, the official residence of the archbishop of (Nueva) Caceres in Elias Angeles street in the city of Naga.…

February 23, 2010 / 8 Comments / Read More