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Hillary Clinton danced the moro-moro with Gloria Arroyo

[Manila, Philippines] Moro-moro is a unique Filipino theater genre for the show battles between Moors and Christians. It also perfectly describes the show staged last week between Gloria Arroyo and Hillary Clinton.

The Ghost of FPJ: Beware the Liberal Party?

THE ghost of Fernando Poe Jr., or FPJ for short, was reportedly seen by his grave at the Manila North Cemetery on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. The 'apparition' witness asks why FPJ chose to show himself to her.

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Memoir: Why Elections And Colds Don't Mix (At Least For This Election Worker)

There are some things that don't mix like chocolate and bacon, cough drops and iced tea (learned that the hard way last night) and, colds and elections. I learned that all day Tuesday.

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An Open Letter To The Molester Of My Son

To: Inmate Brian Michael Lane, Florida Department of Corrections, DC# C02830 As the 1st year of our living hell comes around, I find myself thinking of you.

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Writing Down the Bones Topic: Cold and Flu

I have a nasty cold today so i'm going to make cold and flu my topic. Take it in a direction you want. The rules here are pretty basic: I, or someone else, picks the topic. You write about it for 10 minutes and then must stop. The time must be spent writing, not editing.

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When was the last time you applied for a job and did you get it?

Some people find it easy to apply for jobs while some dread the experience totally. In any recession, when jobs are much harder to find, applying for a job becomes worse because far more people are competing for scare positions.

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Happy Birthday, Mom

Yesterday, Wednesday October 28, my family gathered over dinner in NYC to celebrate my mother's 77th birthday. Harlem-born and raised, my mother spent some three decades in the Bronx before finally returning to Manhattan and Harlem in 2001.

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What Really Matters. What would you do?

Ever have a dream that seemed so real that you didn't know you where dreaming? One so life like that in it you woke up to start your day.

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Joseph Estrada's renewed bid for the Presidency: Can he overcome the media bias?

DEFAMED and deposed former Philippine President Joseph Ejercito "Erap" Estrada recently announced his bid to seek anew the country's top elective post.

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Amid Escalating Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines: Why is the EU Channeling Funds to Arroyo's Gov't?

[Manila, Philippines] Buried under the news of the devastation caused by two storms Ondoy and Pepeng is an equally alarming development — the killing of a parish priest the Reverend Cecilio Lucero in Northern Samar.

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