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More Love for Cory
There's no stopping the outpouring of love for democracy's icon even days after her burial. According to a broadsheet, around 1000 people still pay their last respects at Cory's tomb in Manila Memorial on a daily basis.As for Times Street, there was ...
Still For the Love of Cory
As if the stories on TV were not enough, I, two days after Cory was laid to rest, still heard two personal accounts of humble little sacrifices made as final acts of thanksgiving for the leader we lost.My sister's bestfriend came with her siblings al...
The Way to Cory
"Five hours, man!"So I overheard an apparently very tired female twenty-something obviously referring to the long wait at Cory's wake in La Salle Greenhills which was exactly where we were headed. But my husband Nubs and I were not intimidated.From t...
Yellow Fever
Never did yellow make such a strong comeback than yesterday when Cory Aquino, symbol of democracy, quietly passed away, leaving a divided nation united in grief. It was in 1986 when yellow became in vogue, the color of choice of the widow who became ...
Kids on PacMom
My ten-year old niece Yanna, whose TV viewing habit is limited to Disney Channel and MTV, caught sight of a dancing Dionesia Pacquiao on a magazine and blurted out: “Mama, she’s creepy!” Of course, my sister Odie couldn’t help but burst out ...
Separation Anxiety
On her third week (though technically fourth day) of pre-schooling, Indie suddenly developed an aversion to school."My school is am baho (Indie's broken Tagalog for stinky)!""My classroom is not nice!""The floor is dirty!""I have too many classmates!...

