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  • Binignit trends as country marks Maundy Thursday

    Binignit trends as country marks Maundy Thursday

    Binignit, that dish of root crops cooked in coconut milk, finally broke out among the trending Google search terms for the Philippines today. Today is likely its peak.

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  • Silk underwear and deep reporting

    Silk underwear and deep reporting

    Greta Garbo stipulated in her contract that the studio had to provide her with silk underwear, said The New Yorker writer Susan Orlean. Producer Louis Mayer questioned having to spend money for that luxury when she didn’t even take her clothes off in films.

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  • In rush to score a scoop, news outfit misreports return of stolen Boljoon panels

    In rush to score a scoop, news outfit misreports return of stolen Boljoon panels

    The Facebook messages came one after the other, “is this true?” By this, those who contacted me meant a report yesterday by a local news outfit about the return of pulpit panels stolen from the heritage church of Boljoon that emerged after decades of being lost as donations to the National Museum of the Philippines.…

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  • Ambient note-taking and Jenny Odell’s art of observation

    Ambient note-taking and Jenny Odell’s art of observation

    Writing it down on paper will help you figure it out, artist and writer Jenny Odell said in her talk on “The Art of Observation” hosted by the NUS Libraries Writers’ Centre.

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  • Why are the youth drawn to the Traditional Latin Mass?

    Why are the youth drawn to the Traditional Latin Mass?

    “Ave Maria” is how Carmel Grace Alde Fulache would greet me in chat messages. That is also how she greets people in person. She is shown in this photo inside the Chapel of Holy Relics in Tabor Hill in Barangay San Jose holding the Latin Mass missal her grandmother gave her. The 21-year-old religiously attends…

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