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This year, I made a promise to myself to climb at least one mountain in Cebu every month. I am a “rebel returnee” of the outdoors. I parked my hiking shoes 10 years ago to give way…
It was not the place I wanted to be in on a Wednesday morning, January 4, 2012. I was still on a vacation from my job in a non-government organization and I very much wanted to spend…
I decided to go back to trekking and mountain climbing this year to escape the city’s horrible traffic situation. I live in Liloan town so instead of heading to Cebu City — passing by the long, chaotic…
When Dulce “Mama Bebie” Retulla Gamotan confessed that she left her job to be really present at home as her three sons were growing up, I told myself: “Here’s a woman I could never become; so selfless,…
Children learn even the bad stuff in school. Nicholas, 5, came home one day with an aggressive look on his face. “Mom, I want a toy car. If you do not buy me toy, I will punch…
BASEY, Samar — I can feel the love even without checking the people behind me. We were inside the white van that crossed the iconic San Juanico bridge from Leyte to Samar on a sunny Friday afternoon.…
When you want the juiciest tidbits of information, ask the taxi driver, the hairdresser and the manicurista/pedicurista. That role is relegated to the bartenders in countries like the US but here in the Pearl of the Orient…
PILAR, SORSOGON — In the ferry from Masbate City to the port here, I met a 14-year-old girl, who was kind enough to give me a rubber band. The rubber band rescued my hair from total damnation…
There are talented and devoted individuals behind every colorful contingent that regales Sinulog Festival audience with moving dance rituals highlighted by festive customes and multi-colored props. They are known behind the technical titles of choreographers and dance…
My children love the Cebu Daily News newsroom. They refer to it as “the newspaper,” which to their young minds is a vast playground and a rich source of food. “Can we go to the newspaper today,…
Did you know that when making party spaghetti adding banana ketchup actually cuts the acidity of pre-made sweet-style sauce, which thereby renders the finished product a legitimate bestseller in a class composed of five-year-old children? I wrote…
Bangkok — The immigration officer stared at my arrival card, looked at me and said, “You too?” “Excuse me?” I responded. “All Philippine people coming to Bangkok for Miss Universe. So many,” was her reply. She was…
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