elisabeth baumgart inkblots FOR the past weeks, the streets of Manila were painted yellow. Yellow ribbons of all shapes and sizes were tied around streetlights, fences, trees, posts, side view mirrors and antennas of cars, and bridges and walkways. When news spread that former President Corazon “Cory†Aquino has passed on, people came out in [...]
For Tita Cory
Yellow Revolution
Kara Mae Muga Noveda I was days old when the Missis of a national hero became the first female president in Asia. Cory, to me, belonged to a golden, however distant past—the decade of shoulder pads and big glasses, grainy documentaries and poignantly, just a three-paragraph mention in my history textbook. She, of the landed [...]
Boys over Flowers
(fantasy vs reality) Mary Wyvren Veloso “Pinoys are very much fond of luck or swerte,†a psychology teacher said of Koreanovelas taking over prime time slots. Who does not know Goo Jun Pyo? Well, for those who want to have an idea, here are some insights and psychological views on why Boys over Flowers (BOF) [...]
Old photo-op
elisabeth baumgart inkblots POSTING old grade school pictures on the World Wide Web, for the whole wide world to see should be a crime. The act should be punishable by law. A lifetime of ugly pictures and poorly developed self-portraits should be the punishment. Legislators should definitely look into that, instead of deciding what streets [...]
Bound by music
Karl Aries Emerson F. Cabilao “We all love good music, good company and Love God above all things. We never start or end a gig without praying. I guess it’s the force which makes us stronger as a band and that’s how we will stay bonded,†says Michael Allen Pio Catubay, vocalist of Mic.Express. Truly, [...]
Sex education ‘is not anti-God’
WANTING to educate the youth about sex does not make one “anti-God,†said Rep. Benhur Salimbangon (Cebu, 4th district) in reacting strongly against name-calling by critics of the proposed reproductive health bill. Salimbangon is one of the 34 signatories of the proposed “Act Providing for a National Policy on Reproductive Health, Responsible Parenthood and Population [...]