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Like a post-apocalyptic Hollywood movie
By verafiles
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Nov 17, 2013
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Text and photos by LUIS LIWANAG NATURAL disasters and extreme weather phenomena have become so routine lately that to hear the impending landfall of another supertyphoon failed to whet my appetite for another adrenaline-charged news coverage. Spending time with family and keeping my word on commitments to friends were at the top of my list

One of Us – James Yap
By verafiles
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Apr 2, 2013
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By JB BAYLON LAST Easter Sunday I watched PBA games live, sitting for the first time in the venue called The Arena at the Mall of Asia. I was transfixed – it was as if I had been transported to a city in the United States, or China even, as the venue was truly

Living and Loving Chit Estella
By verafiles
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Jun 21, 2011
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By ROLAND SIMBULAN
YOU were snatched from us "as swift as the wind" as you were on your way to meet your high school batchmates that fateful evening of May 13, 2011. Your life and character, as eulogized by so many, personified you as "gentle as a forest, fierce as fire, firm as a mountain," to borrow from Sun Tzu.
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