American literary giant Philip Roth dead at 85

AFP 05/23/2018

PROLIFIC novelist Philip Roth, a dominant force in American literature throughout the latter half of the 20th century, has died at the age of 85. Roth’s death on Tuesday, first reported by the New Yorker and The…

Chinese in American-era Cebu: Some trivia

Jobers R. Bersales 02/14/2018

Kiong Hee Huat Tsai! Gong Xi Fa Cai! Kong Hei Fat Choi! However you say it, whether in Hokkien, Mandarin or Cantonese, respectively, it means one and the same. Tomorrow the entire Chinese community all over the…

Paragliding in Oslob? Why not, says American expert

Rick C. Gabuya 12/26/2017

If you think Oslob town in southern Cebu is only for watching butandings (whale sharks) and dipping at Tumalog Falls, better think again. Because starting next year, a new kind of sport will invade the town’s exciting…

American national hangs himself inside NBI jail

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/05/2017

  A few hours after he was arrested for reportedly trafficking minors in his neighborhood, an American took his own life inside the detention cell of the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) yesterday dawn.…

Detained American, facing human trafficking case, found dead inside NBI-7 cell

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/05/2017

  A 42-year-old American national, who is facing a human trafficking case, was found dead inside the detention cell of the the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) on Tuesday morning. NBI-7 Regional Director Patricio…

The Asean way

Radel Paredes 11/11/2017

In 1967, five countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines, founded an organization called the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). This was in the wake of the American involvement in the war in Vietnam…

Tobacco- related deaths

Dr. Philip S. Chua 11/06/2017

TODAY, about 1.25 billion people smoke cigarettes, and one billion deaths from tobacco-related illness are expected this century, 10  times more compared to the toll in the 20th century. The deadly habit accounts for one in five (or,…

Tropical Storm Nate kills 22 in C. America

AFP 10/06/2017

  Tropical Storm Nate has killed at least 22 people in Central America with torrential rains that forced thousands from their homes, uprooted trees, knocked out bridges and turned roads into rivers, officials said Thursday. Forecasters predicted…

New American Cuisine at The Shore

Aissa A. Dela Cruz 09/15/2017

CANANDAIGUA is a city in Ontario County on the Northern end of Canandaigua Lake, the fourth largest of the eleven wine-rich Finger Lakes Region of New York. The Iroquois (American Indian) called this “The Chosen Spot” for…

American made: Forgettable Mr. Cruise outing

Jeff Ruffolo 09/15/2017

Ever fancy being a film critic?fancy being a film critic? One of the prerequisites is that you spend a gaw awful amount of time in the dark. Well, this writer certainly does a lot of that—as well…

Memories of a pro-American childhood

Rina Jimenez-David 07/04/2017

Filipinos my age will surely agree that what we had was a “pro-American” childhood. I went to a Catholic girls’ school run by American nuns, so I suppose the bias is not unexpected. But if learning to…

American arrested on suspicion of trafficking minors

Intern 05/18/2017

POLICE arrested a 40-year-old American Navy retiree after being found in the company of two female minors at a beach resort in Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, Wednesday evening. A situation where minors in the company of a…

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