By Ala Paredes – I was going to pass up writing an article for this Sunday. I am still exhausted, physically and mentally, from the APO concert at the Big Dome last Sunday and the opening of my photo exhibit in Megamall last Tuesday. (more…)

by ARIES RUFO – The government should rethink its policy of promoting labor migration as a way of generating employment opportunity, as it strikes adversely into the very foundation of society, which is the family. (more…)

PROFESSIONALS leaving the Philippines to work overseas sent back US$13 billion ($18 billion), more than 10 per cent of its gross domestic product, in 2006. The downside of this brain drain? (more…)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation on Tuesday to reward belatedly more than 18,000 Filipinos for their service with U.S. forces in the Philippines during World War II. (more…)

Rolling Stone – Two minutes before Journey kicked off their world tour in February, with new singer Arnel Pineda, the whole thing nearly fell apart. “I told them I wanted to back out,” says the 41-year-old Filipino vocalist, whom the band discovered on YouTube. “[Journey guitarist] Neal Schon told me, ‘It’s too late now.’ He pushed me a little and said, ‘Go. Go sing for us.’” (more…)

by Cynthia de Castro – The “ber” months have started and with September comes that special holiday feeling. In the Philippines, which is known to have the longest celebration of Christmas, malls and department stores have already started playing Christmas songs and selling holiday decors and gifts. (more…)

More than four million young Filipinos have already engaged in sexual practices, a recent study by the University of the Philippines Population Institute shows. In her report in GMA News’ 24 Oras, Kara David said that based on Young Adult Fertility Survey 3, a total of 4.32 Filipinos aged 15 to 24 years are already sexually active. (more…)