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Not many people know this: I was with Jesse from the very start. The Ateneo de Naga high school followed a simplified system that seated students in alphabetical order in the classrooms and this thrust me beside Jesse. We sat side by side for a while until a relative of mine, Arnel, with the same surname came to sit between us. But this did not change the bond between Jesse and I that was forged on that fateful first day of school as high school freshmen many years ago.

The Asian Rural Women's Coalition (ARWC) in commemoration of the 100th year of the International Women's Day in March 2011 and in furthering its mission to strengthen the unity and advance the struggle of Asian rural women, invites you to submit nominations for its special award Honouring 100 women to mark 100 years of Women's Resistance in 2011. This special award honours 100 women from Asia who have displayed creativity in rural life, courage, empowerment, resistance in the face of crisis and disasters and who have tirelessly worked to improve the quality of life in rural communities.

Dearest brothers and sisters! When you receive the Holy Communion in the Mass, are you fully aware of what you are receiving? Do you clearly understand how you should worthily receive it? Do you really know when you are allowed or prohibited to take it?

The largest gathering of Bikol literary luminaries, the Fourth Pagsurat Bikolnon 2012, is set to happen again on April 29-30 at the Ateneo de Naga University, with the theme Paghurop-hurop, Paghuron-huron (Thoughts and Convergence).

Naga City - As global awareness grew for the past 5 years on the need to save our Planet Earth thru energy conservation and environment preservation, Camella Naga together with its mother company Vista Land and other Camella branches and sister companies nationwide have joined hand in hand last March 31 in support for the first time the observance of “Earth Hour+ 2012” .

With sadness we inform you of the passing away of + Jose T. Cardinal Sanchez –Cardinal Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy- this morning, March 9, 2012. He was 91 years old.

Makauyam. Makapawot. Makasupog. Pira sana gayod ini sa mga tataramon na pwedeng magtao nin deskripsyon sa estado nin dalan palaog sa Vicente Heights Subdivision na mas bisto sa ngaran na Madrigal Housing.

Every time the incidence of hunger worsened during the previous administration, the Arroyo government used to dismiss the findings of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey on hunger as subjective while boasting that the economy was doing well and its benefits would soon be felt by the people.

Enot kong nabasa an mga pigsurat ni Raffi Banzuela sa Durungan: Mga Rawitdawit, na piglagda niya kaiba si Jun Belgica. Kaidto pa, nangalas na ako sa yaman kan nilalaog asin lengwahe kan libro. Kaya pighalat ko si Albay Viejo, na osipon asin saysay naman an nakalagda. Ogmahon kan makaptan asin mabasa an saro pang treasure trove nin memorya, istorya, asin historya.

MANILA — After nine years of neglect under former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, expectations among overseas Filipino workers were high when the Aquino administration was installed.