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Our Lady of Penafrancia Assured of a Shrine In Chicago

By JOSEPH G. LARIOSA (© 2011 Journal Group Link International) CHICAGO (jGLi) – The celebration of the miraculous Our Lady of Penafrancia has been observed in the Chicago, Illinois for the last 22 years. Last Saturday, Sept. 17, the Rev. John J. Sanaghan, pastor … Continue reading

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The Loving Eye For Detail

   A 19th-century burgher records the faces of his people (originally published in the 1975 edition of the Archipelago magazine)  by Santiago A. Pilar     Perhaps the most satirical of witticisms expressed about the Philippines during the Spanish times … Continue reading

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The Noodle In Asuncions’ Soup

 by jun asuncion                                       Clarifying some confusions.                 I’ve tried to know whether our patriarch Mariano Kagalitan was originally a  native Muslim. He was for sure not a mestizo of any kind or a Spaniard for he also had to change his … Continue reading

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The Asuncions In Politics, Arts And Sciences

by  jun asuncion   Part I: The Search Begins   This post is my reply to this comment from Jeffrey, an Asuncion. This made me take out my copy of our Family Tree which I got from my sister Menchu. The … Continue reading

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Yasmin Busran-LAO: Walking Her Talk By Running

By Elena Masilungan   Yasmin Buran-Lao, peace activist, women’s rights advocate, community organizer, is walking her talk by running — that is, running for senator in this year’s election as a candidate of the Liberal party. The 48-year old Lao … Continue reading

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The Benefit Concert Was A Cultural Success

by jun asuncion  The piano concert last Thursday, December 10, was a success in as much as it has shown the cultured face of the Filipinos here in Europe. It was therefore much of a cultural success, less of a … Continue reading

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The Bulan Town Fiesta

(Bulan Observer Quick Press)  by: jun asuncion The people of Bulan have just celebrated their Fiesta from May 30-31. A town Fiesta functions as a bonding mechanism for it stresses the cultural traditions we have as one people, highlighted by events such … Continue reading

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The Way To Bulan Eco-Park

By: jun asuncion +* LGU- Bulan Mayor Helen De Castro and Tony Boy Gilana   We have taken all these photos by ourselves on that sultry summer morning last April 2009.  As I was sorting out the photos for this documentary article, … Continue reading

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A Lesson From The Shamans, Witches And Magicians

Or, Education in Finland by jun asuncion   What do I know about Finland aside from my nokia handy and the outstanding PISA ranking? I digged down and remembered Alvar Aalto, (February 3, 1898 – May 11, 1976)  a celebrated Finnish architect … Continue reading

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Mayor’s 2007 Report to the People of Bulan

Office of the Mayor, Bulan Sorsogon July 29, 2008 at 8:30 am · Edit Note to readers: Published hereunder is the Mayor’s 2007 Report to the People of Bulan. To follow after this will be the Mayor’s First Semestral Report, … Continue reading

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When Money Is Not Everything

By: Dora The Mouse   When I was a child growing up, I’ve seen poverty and misery at a very young age. I experienced hunger and deprivation like everybody else around my neighborhood.  Those were the years when one can … Continue reading

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Poignant Memories of the Distant Past

Our Land Of Paradise By: Tiger Of Serengeti                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Once upon a time, many decades ago, there were these beautiful islands sitting in the middle of the vast blue ocean on the other side of the world undisturbed of its … Continue reading

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HONOR THY FATHER & THY MOTHER!

Or, Belated Happy Mother’s Day. by : attybenji Honor thy Father and thy Mother – is the best and everlasting presents that child can give to the his/her parents, specially the mother (free of charge), when we all celebrated the … Continue reading

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CNH (Central Nautical Highway) – An Opportunity (And A Challenge…)

  by rudy bellen   Attached is an excerpt from a news article of Manila Bulletin last April 29, 2008 during the launching of the Central Nautical Highway by no less than Pres. Gloria Arroyo seeing off roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro) … Continue reading

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Feel Free, Come In With Your Friends!

  “A free press can be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom a press will never be anything but bad. ” ~Albert Camus   Good or Bad Bulan Observer? Well, it’s for you to judge- for we respect your … Continue reading

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Response To Timothy- or The Pillar Of Truth

  It was the result of my observations that led me to question the role of Roman Catholic Church in nation building, recognizing the fact that Religion and the Church plays a crucial factor in character building of the individual. But … Continue reading

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Adonis Asuncion

 by jun asuncion (written Dec. 3, 2007 to the reader prodebate4 in sorsogonnews’s weblog) Prodebate4, yes I am one of Adonis’ grandsons, and I am very proud of him for as a mayor he placed the people of Bulan first before … Continue reading

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You are the Town

  The idea is not to make a 1:1 comparison between past and present leaders of Bulan, nor overrate the past for there were also corrupt leaders before, but rather to remind us always (Remember, “Those who do not remember… are … Continue reading

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