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Sunday, July 05, 2009 |
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Creating a better future to help others |
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By Remedios V. Lucio Photos by
Angelo C. Cantera
In a world full of illnesses and poverty, curing the sick is one of
the most expensive things in the world. And besides the financial
drain a family can experience, the emotional burden they endure is
even a bigger pain. Juris Umali-Soliman, president of the First
Gentleman Foundation, Inc. (FG Foundation), is one who witnesses
such things and goes all out of her way to help those in need. FG
Foundation primarily deals with medical assistance but it also
caters to out of school youth, addresses global warming, advocates
sports development, and provides legal and disaster assistance.
Soliman has always been someone
who stands for what is right. “You don’t pay goodness. It feels
good to help,” she declares. She joined rallies against Martial
Law in the 1970s while she was studying in St. Scholastica as one of
the student leaders without her family knowing. She was very
passionate in what she believed.
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O T H E R F E A T U R E S
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THE FILIPINO CHAMPION
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The giving heart knows no bounds
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Do you know why some people are more generous than others? Let’s
take a look at what one has to be considered as generous. Good
intentions. Love. Compassion.
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Caring for the
orphaned and abandoned
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A stone’s throw away from the
posh communities of Ayala Alabang and Alabang Hills lies the Elsie
Gaches Village (EGV)—a community dedicated to the care of many
“children” ranging in age from birth to geriatric,...
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Advocating
preventative dental medicine
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With nine out of 10 Filipino
children suffering from dental caries, the old adage “prevention
is better than cure” has surely been ignored by many.
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THE LITERARY LIFE
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The Housemaid
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Cirila was 16 when, one morning,
she arrived home to find a jeep parked in the yard. Her two brothers
were vying with each other for time at the driver’s seat, twisting
the wheel this way and that...
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The Master of the
FragFest
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They joke with me that I have to find that girl
who’ll play Halo 2 with me, and I’ll be set for life.
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THE GREEN REVOLUTION
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It works
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I never doubted it even once.
Fish sanctuaries do work if managed properly. After eight years of
rehabilitation activities and close monitoring of the changes, the
reef at San Pablo, Batangas,..
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THE SCRIBE VIBE
By Ay Linsangan Cantor
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Rewriting culture
with the King of Pop
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I’m sure the people of my
generation—and the other generations that Michael Jackson
influenced—are all mourning and grieving his death. The King of
Pop is dead.
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GAME TIME
By Richelle Uy
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MJ’s next
album a videogame?
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It seems there really was some
truth about Michael Jackson’s plans for a new videogame after all.
Famed game maker Dave Perry who posted a story on his website
dperry.com confirmed this.
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