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rod · rod

Filipino Healing Arts A number of healing traditions exists in the Philipines. Among them are the herbalist (abularyo, tambalan, etc.), the massage therapist (manghihilot), and various types of spirit healers (babaylans, etc.).

rod · rod

Dualism, though, did not involve only the struggle between good and evil. The interplay between dark and light, male and female, etc., is equally a dual phenomena. In China, this was known as the interaction of yin and yang; in India as siva-sakti. In the Philippines, natural dualism is best symbol...

rod · rod

Indigenous Religious Beliefs and Cosmology of the Filipino Introduction Any simple attempt at describing the belief systems native to the Filipino is likely to be inadequate. The religious beliefs were as varied as the languages of the country. However, there were certain areas of...

diosa · diosa

John Lennon - Happy Christmas (War Is Over) video So this is Christmas And what have you done Another year over And a new one just begun Ans so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear one The old and the young A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fe...

luna · luna

Japanese scientists have unveiled the most human-looking robot yet. This is the article.

mia · mia

Sting VideoIf I caught the world in a bottle And everything was still beneath the moon Without your love would it shine for me? If I was smart as Aristotle And understood the rings around the moon What would it all matter if you loved me? Here in your arms where the world is impossibly still With a million...

mia · mia

Orishas - Represent, Cuba I just wanted to share with everyone this cool video. I thought the movie sucked, but the dance moves were not bad and music fantastic.

mia · mia

I keep hearing well-to-do friends and acquaintances complain of how ashamed they are of the dispersal all over the world of Filipinas as maids (also euphemistically called "domestic workers"). Their overseas junkets are spiced with incidents of foreigners mistaking them for maids a...

luna · luna

ColdPlay: Yellow Look at the stars, Look how they shine for you, And everything you do, Yeah, they were all yellow. I came along, I wrote a song for you, And all the things you do, And it was called "Yellow". So then I took my turn, Oh what a thing to have done, And it was all "Yellow." Y...

fred · fred

Military historian, Alfred McCoy, cites 3,257 extrajudicial killings, 35,000 torture victims and 70,000 incarcerated during the Marcos years. Thousand of Filipinos also fled overseas, mostly to the U.S. and Canada. Martial Law: Torture & the Torturers There can be no talk of martial law wi...

fred · fred

Edgardo Gil Edjop Mirasol Jopson (1948-1982) Born into an upper-class family, Edjop was an unlikely activist and revolutionary. He was the valedictorian of Ateneo High School class 66 and a consistent honor student until his graduation from the Ateneo de Manila University. In the late 1960s, he w...

diwata

A new Philippine eagle chick has hatched in a breeding center, researchers said Wednesday, boosting efforts to preserve one of the world's most endangered birds. This is the article.

tony · tony

Remembrance To what can our life on earth be likened? To a flock of geese, alighting on the snow. Sometimes leaving a trace of their passage Su Shi (Su Dongpo) __________________________________ Abraham "Ditto" Pascual Sarmiento Jr. (1950-1977) was a law student and editor-in-chief...

marlon · marlon

SENATE President Manny Villar is pushing for the conferment of the National Artist Award on the King of Comedy to Dolphy in recognition of his outstanding achievement and artistic endeavors in the entertainment industry. Dolphy is a living legend. He is ancient and so big in the Filipino entertain...

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	Filipino Healing Arts (Preview) Filipino Healing Arts A number of healing traditions exists in the Philipines. Among them are the herbalist (abularyo, tambalan, etc.), the massage therapist (manghihilot), and various types of spirit healers (babaylans, etc.).	rod	0	2779	Jul 11, 2008 by rod
	Dualism in the World of the Anito (Preview) Dualism, though, did not involve only the struggle between good and evil. The interplay between dark and light, male and female, etc., is equally a dual phenomena. In China, this was known as the interaction of yin and yang; in India as siva-sakti. In the Philippines, natural dualism is best symbol...	rod	0	3450	Jul 11, 2008 by rod
	Indigenous Religious Beliefs and Cosmology of the Filipino (Preview) Indigenous Religious Beliefs and Cosmology of the Filipino Introduction Any simple attempt at describing the belief systems native to the Filipino is likely to be inadequate. The religious beliefs were as varied as the languages of the country. However, there were certain areas of...	rod	0	5331	Jul 11, 2008 by rod
	John Lennon - Happy Christmas (War Is Over) lyrics (Preview) John Lennon - Happy Christmas (War Is Over) video So this is Christmas And what have you done Another year over And a new one just begun Ans so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear one The old and the young A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fe...	diosa	0	3030	Jan 3, 2008 by diosa
	Androids? (Preview) Japanese scientists have unveiled the most human-looking robot yet. This is the article.	luna	0	2584	Dec 21, 2007 by luna
	Sting - Until (Preview) Sting VideoIf I caught the world in a bottle And everything was still beneath the moon Without your love would it shine for me? If I was smart as Aristotle And understood the rings around the moon What would it all matter if you loved me? Here in your arms where the world is impossibly still With a million...	mia	0	2545	Dec 20, 2007 by mia
	Orishas - Represent, Cuba (Preview) Orishas - Represent, Cuba I just wanted to share with everyone this cool video. I thought the movie sucked, but the dance moves were not bad and music fantastic.	mia	0	3105	Dec 20, 2007 by mia
	The OFW as Domestics (Preview) I keep hearing well-to-do friends and acquaintances complain of how ashamed they are of the dispersal all over the world of Filipinas as maids (also euphemistically called "domestic workers"). Their overseas junkets are spiced with incidents of foreigners mistaking them for maids a...	mia	0	2666	Dec 20, 2007 by mia
	ColdPlay: Yellow (Preview) ColdPlay: Yellow Look at the stars, Look how they shine for you, And everything you do, Yeah, they were all yellow. I came along, I wrote a song for you, And all the things you do, And it was called "Yellow". So then I took my turn, Oh what a thing to have done, And it was all "Yellow." Y...	luna	0	2569	Dec 19, 2007 by luna
	Martial Law: Torture & the Torturers (Preview) Military historian, Alfred McCoy, cites 3,257 extrajudicial killings, 35,000 torture victims and 70,000 incarcerated during the Marcos years. Thousand of Filipinos also fled overseas, mostly to the U.S. and Canada. Martial Law: Torture & the Torturers There can be no talk of martial law wi...	fred	0	2803	Dec 16, 2007 by fred
	Another Martial Law Hero: Edjop & the Battle of Mendiola (Preview) Edgardo Gil Edjop Mirasol Jopson (1948-1982) Born into an upper-class family, Edjop was an unlikely activist and revolutionary. He was the valedictorian of Ateneo High School class 66 and a consistent honor student until his graduation from the Ateneo de Manila University. In the late 1960s, he w...	fred	0	4305	Dec 16, 2007 by fred
	Endangered Philippine eagle hatches in captivity (Preview) A new Philippine eagle chick has hatched in a breeding center, researchers said Wednesday, boosting efforts to preserve one of the world's most endangered birds. This is the article.	diwata	0	2829	Dec 13, 2007 by diwata
	Kung hindi tayo kikilos, sino ang kikilos? (Preview) Remembrance To what can our life on earth be likened? To a flock of geese, alighting on the snow. Sometimes leaving a trace of their passage Su Shi (Su Dongpo) __________________________________ Abraham "Ditto" Pascual Sarmiento Jr. (1950-1977) was a law student and editor-in-chief...	tony	1	9058	Dec 11, 2007 by Marcelo
	Dolphy nominated for National Artist Award (Preview) SENATE President Manny Villar is pushing for the conferment of the National Artist Award on the King of Comedy to Dolphy in recognition of his outstanding achievement and artistic endeavors in the entertainment industry. Dolphy is a living legend. He is ancient and so big in the Filipino entertain...	marlon	0	2694	Dec 10, 2007 by marlon
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