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Text, photos, and video by VINCENT GO
Ibon-Ebun, which means "bird and egg," marks the start of the exodus of migratory birds from the swamplands of Candaba. These birds arrive in October and stay up to February to escape the winter chill in other countries.

Text, photos and video by VINCENT GO
A CULTURAL regeneration program held recently at Manabayukan Village in Capas, Tarlac brought together Aeta communities from several villages in the province to strengthen their cultural bonds and preserve their identity and indigenous way of life.

Text, photos and video by VINCENT GO
On the first day of the Year of the Water Dragon, Binondo, Manila became the scene of a huge party filled with street performers and lion dancers and dragons of all shapes, colors and sizes gyrating to the beat of drummers.

By AMER R. AMOR
AT the height of the Sinulog Festival's street dancing competition in Cebu City on Jan. 15, young women, dubbed as “Festival Queens,” carried the Santo Nino and led thousands of dancers and spectators as the city celebrated the feast of the Holy Child Jesus. Far from the madding crowd, just outside the Basilica del Sto. Nino, another group of women sans make-up and colorful costumes danced as well as they offered prayers of gratitude, repentance and supplication to the Holy Child Jesus

Text, photos and video by Vincent Go.
BARELY a week after the Feast of the Black Nazarene, thousands of devotees flocked to the Sto. Niño de Tondo Parish, bearing images of the Child Jesus to have them blessed.

By PATRICK KING PASCUAL
TOMORROW, January 15, the main streets of Cebu City will be closed for the most awaited grand parade of the Sinulog festival. The Sinulog festival is one of the grandest, most distinguished and most awaited event in Southern part of the Philippines that is held annually in the city of Cebu. The celebration pays tribute to the Cebuano's acceptance of Roman Catholicism and to honor the Santo Niño.

By AMER R. AMOR
WHEN world-renowned violinist Joshua Bell played at the Washington DC Metro Station in 2007 as part of The Washington Post’s social experiment on how people perceive and appreciate art and beauty, very few noticed and applauded. But when a 63-year-old man played the piano at the LRT 2 Cubao Station on Jan. 12, Filipino commuters stopped, paid attention, took videos, applauded, and at some point, swayed and sang along with his music.

WITH th the onslaught of disasters around the world, many have committed to saving the environment in their own creative way. As the country celebrates Earth Day, VERA Files reports on four environment advocacies that form part of this year’s theme, “A Billion Acts of Green.”
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THE  University of the Philippines holds its 100th commencement exercise on April 17, with one of its top graduates very much in the news: 19-year-old Mathematics Summa cum laude John Gabriel Pelias who will be delivering the valedictory for this year’s batch. Pelias, an orphaned and impoverished student, is making history by graduating with a general

By YVONNE T. CHUA
ROY Mendoza remembers Feb. 14, 2005 only too well. He and his wife had to scrap plans of celebrating Valentine’s Day after her boss asked her to work overtime to pore over documents stored in nine boxes. There would be other Valentine's Days, the boss explained, and the work at hand was truly urgent.

NEWS that former Defense Secretary and Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Angelo Reyes on Tuesday committed suicide shocked the nation. His death comes even as Filipinos are still reeling from revelations that some of the country’s top military officials have been pocketing hundreds of millions of pesos in funds.
In this multimedia presentation, photojournalists Luis Liwanag and Mario Ignacio followed the news trail and documented scenes from today's events.

THE University of the Philippines marked the last day of classes for 2010 with its Lantern Parade, an annual ritual marking the end of the year for the country’s premier state university.
Students of broadcast journalism teacher and VERA Files trustee Luz Rimban covered the various Christmas activities in the run-up to the parade.