Former president Corazon Aquino is “doing very well” after undergoing the first series of chemotherapy sessions in her battle against colon cancer, her family said Sunday. Jiggy Aquino-Cruz, the former president’s eldest grandson, said his grandmother’s health is improving.
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1,289 pass bar exams; 4 from Ateneo, 3 from UP are on top
MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court on Saturday announced that out of the 5,626 law graduates who took the Bar examinations last year only 1,289 or 22.91 percent passed. Four of the 10 topnotchers are from the Ateneo de Manila University, while three are from the University of the Philippines. Read more »
World going nuts over ‘Papaya Dance’
BY REYMA BUAN-DEVEZA – Filipinos have another item to addm to their list of unique accomplishments. Filipino choreographer Mel Feliciano together with actor and gameshow host Edu Manzano took an old gay-disco-funk hit from the 1970s, “Papaya”, by Polish jazz vocalist Urszula Dudziack and turned it into a global dance Read more »
Cory Aquino Diagnosed With Cancer
By CARLOS H. CONDE MANILA — Corazon C. Aquino, the former Philippine president who played a major role in the ouster of two of the country’s presidents, has colon cancer, her family announced Monday. The cancer was discovered after Mrs. Aquino, 75, underwent a series of medical tests because of Read more »
The Eraserheads saga: The making and unmaking of a rock n’ roll dream
Bong Godinez – Marooned comfortably on a couch inside a science lab turned dressing room, Eraserheads frontman Ely Buendia downplayed the news that the band’s current single “Julie Tear Jerky,” lifted from the band’s Asian album Aloha Milky Way had gone number 1 in Indonesia.
Fil-Ams excited over Pope’s April visit
By RODNEY J. JALECO SILVER SPRING, Maryland – They raised and shook palm fronds, a ritual repeated throughout the Catholic world. It ushered the start of Christendom’s holiest week that culminates with the observance of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday. But Fil-Ams here already have one eye on a much-awaited Read more »
