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Friday, October 10, 2008 |
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Batanes: A timeless world
where culture tames nature |
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Where the Pacific Ocean unites with the South China Sea is a
paradise called Batanes. It is a unique place associated with
peculiarity.
The island’s isolation has preserved its
enchanting charm. Laying 860 kilometers from Manila, Batanes is
bounded by the Bashi Channel on the north, by the Pacific Ocean on
the east, by the South China Sea on the west, and by the Balintang
Channel on the south.
The smallest among all the provinces in the
country, Batanes has a total population of about 16,000 strewn over
a land area of 230 square kilometers. It has six municipalities, 29
barangays and one congressional district.
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THE SCRIBE VIBE
By Libay Linsangan Cantor
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QC spaces as literary hubs
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With literary readings becoming a popular event here in the metro,
especially in Quezon City, more and more establishments have been
adjusting to fit this need.
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PEOPLE
By Bob Garon
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The journey
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Life is many things, but mainly, it is a journey. Where it leads us,
we can never know. We can control it up to a point, but, most often,
we find ourselves having to deal with the cards that life deals us.
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HI!
SOCIETY
BY Becky Garcia
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Who were Manila’s original
400?
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Hi Society has been barraged by requests from friends to come up
with a list of the original old families that compromised Manila
Society. What a dilemma. Whom do I ask, where do I research, how
does one get such a list? A moment of...
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