Alcoholics in the Philippines

Aug 05, 06 Alcoholics in the Philippines

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To get the meetings all over the Philippines Contact this number CONTACT NUMBERS OF ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS PHILIPPINES A lot of contact names and numbers and meeting times and places have changed since 2006. Here’s the link of the yahoo group of AA Philippines: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AAPhilippines If anyone is...

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Nicole, not just a rape victim

Updated- Read the latest development at Nicole, Subic Rape Victim Doubts the Rape I am disappointed at some of the public opinions regarding ‘Nicole’, the rape victim (read Subic Rape case). Reading this ‘Nicole Tells her Story news article on Nicole shows how judgemental some bloggers can be. Yes some bloggers...

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Child Abuse Advocacy

May 11, 06 Child Abuse Advocacy

Posted by in Filipino Culture, Parents & Children

I am not surprised that after the mashing incident in Greenbelt 3, a smiliar incident will happen again. A friend in her mid twenties emailed me about a child abuse incident in Shoemart (SM) Baguio. The father, Angelico Mercader is the Head of Communications at the Office of the Secretary in the Department of Education and a...

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The Coños and their Taglish

My friend Emma showed me the article of her beloved son, Ariel Llanto who passed away last December, 9 2005. Ariel had hepatosplenic gamma delta T-cell lymphoma, a rare and particularly aggressive disease and lived barely one month after the diagnosis. His April 27 article on the Inquirer’s Young Blood was about Leaving...

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Holy Week and My Son’s Death premonition

We started the Sunday by having an early mass. The week we now call [tag]Holy Week[/tag], starts with Palm Sunday. The streets were already lined up with enterprising vendors selling palm leaves. The Holy Week holds a special meaning in my heart as it’s during this time that my precious son talked about eternal life. How...

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Manila Traffic Sights

Apr 08, 06 Manila Traffic Sights

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It’s common knowledge that driving around in Manila is stressful. Usually I play my CD of religious songs to keep me sane. I discovered that if I paid close attention to the traffic sights in Manila, it distracts me and even keeps me amused. Taking pictures added to the fun. So yesterday I took some pics using my [tag]Nokia...

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Shopping & the Balikbayan Box

Apr 02, 06 Shopping  & the Balikbayan Box

Posted by in Filipino Culture, Parents & Children

My daughter’s [tag]balikbayan box[/tag] which she left last summer in San Francisco arrived today. She went on a shopping frenzy after I praised her for her thriftiness and being a wise shopper. But I think she went overboard with the expense on her last week. haha. Inside the box, I discovered several crotchet books,...

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Cellphone Thieves and Honest Filipinos

Some of you might know Zach Escudero, a 19 year-old boy who got killed as he fought it out with cellphone thieves. His parents were mutual friends and because of his death, we started a signature campaign to pressure the Senate to act on the prevalence of cellular phone theft . Even the IMEI marking initiated by the National...

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Cats are friend or food?

Should cat-loving countries impose their cultural values on cat-eating societies? I just watched an exclusive report on ABS CBN on how cats are being purchased for cat meat or cat fur trade. Apparently, a Vietnamese boat is docked at the Cebu pier for over 2 weeks now. The boat is here to unload rice imports but they have...

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