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The Heart of Urban Marawi City
“Even most MSU students don’t dare to go to ‘town,’” a Maranao friend of mine once said. Marawi City has been hampered with so much negative publicity in the Philippine mainstream that for the people of the lowlands, the only thing that makes them go there would be enrolling or visiting ...
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Guide on Philippine Airports on Budget Public Transport
The growth of Philippine aviation was brought by the concept of low-cost or budget carriers. Ever since its advent sometime in the last decade (2000s), there was a spike of passengers taking the skies as a means to travel in this archipelago nation. No longer the air is ruled by ...
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Mindanao Saga: Return to the Land of Promise
Mindanao—the second largest island in, down south of the republic…very far yet so close to my heart. For most of the urbanites, it is a place that most should avoid because of adjectives associated with it: war-torn, poverty-stricken and home of the “terrorists.” Indeed, the notion of the island has ...
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Comida Zamboangueña
We already know about Pampanga’s exquisite yet exotic cuisine, the Ilonggo’s love affair with seafood and broth-based food, and Bicolanos’ penchant for anything chili and coconut milk or gata. However, there is one city in the Philippines that may have been overlooked (or perhaps evaded out of “fear of Mindanao”) ...
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An Ode to Bonifacio: Monumento of Caloocan City
Monumento, one of the few places in Metro Manila that earned its name as a hub and a bustling commercial center. Lagi nating dinadaanan ang Monumento ni Gat Andres Bonifacio pero di natin napapansin na isa ito sa mga pinakadakilang monumento sa ating republika. For most of us, Monumento in ...
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Simbang Gabi the Kapampangan Way: Bacolor Pampanga

By Berniemack Arellano, on December 25th, 2009%

Bacolor Church at Simbang Gabi, Pampanga, Philippines

It was a surprise visit, really. I never knew that we would go back to Bagong Pag-asa! It was just last Palm Sunday when we visited Bacolor, Pampanga for my visita iglesia. It’s the usual sightseeing and appreciation of our ancestor’s legacy to our country. This was no ordinary visita iglesia this time. For the longest time, I would like to see and listen to different misas del gallo in different provinces of the country…and Bro heard my prayers. For the first time, I’ve heard mass in vernacular…Kapampangan!