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Sunday, March 01, 2009

 

Robin Padilla

Peace champ

 
By Rome Jorge, Lifestyle Editor
 
Both Robin Padilla and his eldest daughter Queenie have come a long way since they last appeared together in Bad Boy 2, her film debut in 1992. Back then, she was just 2 years of age. And he was his own movie character come to life.

The “bad boy of Philippine cinema” would get into fistfights with fellow actors and appear intoxicated before cameras. Constantly essaying gangster roles early in his career in movies such as Grease Gun Gang and Barumbado, the tough guy christened as Robinhood Fernando Cariño Padilla on November 23, 1967, in Manila was living up to his outlaw namesake.

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O T H E R   F E A T U R E S

 

CHAMPION

With its renewed commitment to help the Filipinos rise above the challenge of poverty and its growing initiative to preserve and conserve our water resources, Coca-Cola Foundation Philippines, Inc. (CCFPI) embarks on a new project called “Rainwater is Life.”

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Global direct selling and beauty company Avon has announced its partnership with one of the country’s most bankable and notable style icons. Former beauty queen, popular television show host and devoted mother Ruffa Gutierrez is...

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Movie and television actor Alfred Vargas joins Secretary Heherson Alvarez, the Presidential Adviser on Global Warming and Climate Change, in inspecting the materials recovery facility in Barangay Holy Spirit in Quezon City where... 

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About 150 top student leaders from the University of Makati gathered to a full-day of educational and inspiring activities during the 6th League of Extraordinary and Admired Pilipino (L.E.A.P) Leaders Congress recently.

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THE LITERARY LIFE

Conclusion

“I heard it was acacia.”

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I open my eyes at the first drop of rain to a black sky. I spring up from the ground—soon the drizzle will turn torrential—and throwing around my M-16 the piece of canvas that has served as my bedding, I sprint to the shelter of the... 

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THE SCRIBE VIBE
By Libay Linsangan Cantor

In the age of portable and mobile everything, would you convert your library to be on-the-go as well? This is where e-books come in.

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THE GREEN REVOLUTION

Tilapia, janitor fish, house rats, rice field rats and Ipil-ipil and Gmelina trees are among the species that have become common to us and have probably never crossed our minds that they are not indigenous to our country.

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PROFILE

John Angelico “Lycoh” Pinlac, a Haribon member thinks that many modern day people have forgotten that we are living in one big ecosystem and what affects one affects all.

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GAME TIME
By Ed Richelle Uy

It’s going to be a very busy weekend for gamers.

On March 7 and 8, E-Games will be holding the first big gaming events of the... 

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