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Worlds Apart – Hometown Musing

I am a Filipino. I was born in Argao. The place has yet to be swayed by civilization and advancement or exploitation perhaps. In that southern part of Cebu, Philippines, houses are situated beneath green slopes, mostly concealed under a lush shade that seems to have existed long before my…

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Society, Technology

SMS spamming abused by mobile service providers

“You are qualified to win the daily lotto, to join please text back……” I suspect that the number of text messages sent daily is growing very rapidly anywhere around the world. As per estimate, the sent rate is hundreds of billions per annum. With its wide coverage, text messaging has…

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Society

Nicole’s true confessions revealed

My column for the March 4 issue of this paper entitled “One too many beers changed this life forever” spawned quite a frenzy from readers who thought I was glorifying a rapist. To those who commented and reacted, thank you for raising the questions that I obviously failed to answer…

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Places, Travel

Bohol Philippines is an Island Paradise

Here is a tale of my last Philippine island-hopping trip before I took the big leap to the USA.I wasn’t alone the last time I went to Bohol, Philippines. The boyfriend of my sister from the U.S. arrived and my younger brother who works in Manila managed to squeeze in…

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