Category: Feature Story
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Metro Feature: Former senator Revilla Sr. laid to rest in hometown Imus
The remains of national icon Ramon B. Revilla Sr. were laid to rest on Thursday afternoon (July 2) at a cemetery in his hometown Imus after a funeral cortege, led by Senator Ramon B. Revilla Jr. and other family members, processed from the historical Our Lady of the Pillar-Imus Cathedral, where they held a solemn last-night vigil for their beloved patriarch.
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Kin prays for safe return of 14 missing Liberty 5 crew
The families of 12 fishermen and two other individuals who have gone missing when their fishing vessel capsized after colliding with a foreign cargo vessel in Occidental Mindoro Sunday are not letting promises and memories drift away with them.
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Defining the ‘craft’ in the local craft beer scene
Craft beers include the several dozen other styles in existence along with a continuously expanding list of sub-styles. From the dark and boozy Imperial Stout to the bitter and citrusy West Coast IPA, ales offer a far wider spectrum of flavors, smells, and experiences.
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‘I’m dying’: Relatives await answers in smuggling case
DO THANH, Vietnam — One family received a final text from their daughter saying she couldn't breathe and was dying.
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How dismissed, rogue cops find themselves back into police service
On the night of September 2 this year, Patrolman Leo Valdez was arrested for selling a sachet of shabu to police poseur-buyer in Muntinlupa City. Days before his arrest, there were at least two surveillance videos showing him engaged in a pot session with his friends.
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Interactive border wall mural tells stories of deported
TIJUANA, Mexico— Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana returned Friday to the Mexican beach where her father entered the US illegally before she was born, this time to put final touches on a mural of adults who came to the US illegally as young children and were deported. Visitors who hold up their phones to the painted faces are taken to a website that voices first-person narratives.
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Our national language today
Every year, the Philippines dedicates an entire month to celebrate Filipino, our national language, as stipulated in Proclamation 1041 extending the observance from a weeklong occasion, from Aug. 13 to 19, coinciding with the birthday of former President Manuel L. Quezon, “Ama ng Wikang Pambansa,” to all of August, all month long.