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Transcript: Interview with NMP Director General Jeremy Barns
The following is the transcript of my interview with National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) Director General Jeremy Barns. I have decided to publish it in full to serve as reference on the issue over the Boljoon pulpit panels. The interview is too long to be contained in a single news article.
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Cebu Capitol set to file case against National Museum officials over church panels
The Cebu Provincial Government is preparing a case against officials of the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) on the issue over the four pulpit panels stolen from the heritage church of Boljoon in southern Cebu.
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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
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
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.…