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Monday, January 22, 2007 |
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Rondalla goes from
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By Rome Jorge
LISTEN to the
serenade of a multitude of strings as fingers dance, pluck and
strum. Seven days, 36 concerts, more than 20 groups from over 10
nations from Russia to Singapore come together for the Second
International Rondalla Festival: Cuerdas sa Panaghiusa (Strings of
Unity).
Dumaguete City
hosts the Cuerdas sa Panaghiusa from February 19 to 25. The event
promises 36 concerts over seven days as well as outreach
performances for such institutions as centers for orphanages, abused
women and jails. There will be workshops on technique, repertoire
and even instrument making from master craftsmen.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Today is the start
of National Bible Week 2007
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THE nation
celebrates the National Bible Week this week. This annual event,
which culminates with the National Bible Sunday on January 28, is
observed by Bible believers all over the country as a time to affirm
the importance of God’s Word in their national and individual
lives.
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Philippine
Theater’s grand dame turns 90
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NATIONAL
Artist for Theater (1999) Daisy Hontiveros-Avellana will be honored
by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Cultural
Center of the Philippines (CCP), Philstage, Albert Avellana and
Associates, St. Paul’s University Manila and Radyo Balintataw,...
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Citizen Castrillo
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BEHIND the
green gate of an unassuming studio in a Makati side street, a small
group of workers is welding pieces of what are shaping to be some
avant-garde objets d’art. Beside them are blueprints, damp from
the rainy mist of a cloudy afternoon,...
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GLOBAL
VILLAGE
By Manny
Baldemor
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A sanctuary under
the Cappadocian Rocks
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CAPPADOCIA is
an enchanting open-air museum and an unparalleled example of the
common cultural heritage of humanity. The place is a relatively
small triangular plateau approximately 150 miles southeast of
Ankara, the capital of modern Turkey. Millions of years ago,
volcanic eruptions...
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CULTURE
VULTURE
By Rome Jorge
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The Sandwoman
returns
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There is a
good reason why most of our dreams escape memory: neither prophecy
nor divine message, they are our unconfessed desires and fears. What
we dare not see, we glimpse in dreams and nightmares. What we dare
not say, we express in symbol and metaphor...
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PEOPLE
By Bob Garon
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Who are you when
no one is looking?
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WHY is that
some people do the right thing when nobody is watching and others
don’t? Why do some follow the rules when they could easily break
them and get away with it? And why do others pounce on every
opportunity to cross the line? It is mostly a matter of what social
scientists call internal controls.
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