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ARROYO’S YEAR-END STUNNER: Bombshell or Kwitis?
For real? That’s one of the very first questions asked by media when President Arroyo announced her decision not to seek re-election in 2004.

KASANGGA NG TAONG BAYAN by Teofisto Guingona Jr.
The Philippines’ vice president sounds off a call to his countrymen: “Let us go back to our popular roots. Let us work with the mass movement to secure the gains for the people. Let us seize opportunities without hesitation or timidity.”

ENGLISH IS YOUR MOTHER TONGUE/ANG INGLES AY TONGUE NG INA MO by Eric Gamalinda
The perception that English is a sign of progress and education and the native languages a sign of backwardness has been so successfully instilled in Filipinos that even today, many Filipinos are ashamed to be caught speaking their language. Part 1 Part 2

WHO IS THE SANTO NINO? by Doris Trinidad
Is it possible that our predilection for the Santo Nino is actually a manifestation of the child in us, or more exactly the Christ-Child in all of us, a Child who often feels lost and alienated here in the kind of world we created, and longs to return to His Father’s home?

FOR LITERACY’S SAKE
If you think your credit card is your best tool for survival, think again. Today’s library maintains the traditional hard-bound books, but it has also embraced the new frontier of technology.

Philippine Entertainment: MAKING SENSE OF A MESS FEST
The recently-held Metro Manila Film Fest was, by all accounts, a mess. But that didn’t stop the movie-going public from seeking out the best movies the industry had to offer.

WORRIED ABOUT DRUNK DRIVING? Live Near a Bar
Alcoholism and drunk driving are both problems, no doubt. But it’s the dangerous combination of having your senses altered and driving a couple tons of steel that makes this combination so dangerous.