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Why is that, we ask our guide, when in our country the caballero only flowers magnificently in May and June. Must be the volcanic soil, he says. But our islands bob and weave right on the Ring of Fire, too. No, it must be your latitudinal placement, the way your 13,000-strong archipelago straddles the equator. You sure they bloom that way the whole year ’round? He nods, smiling. 


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Earthquake? We're not ready for the big one!

By Bobit S. Avila | September 4, 2012 - 12:00am

When he was alive, I would usually go to Manila at this time because it is the birthday of my dear friend and mentor, the late Sir Max Soliven, publisher of The Philippine Star lest he’d get sore at me...

Freeman Opinion

The flame trees of Jakarta, Lombok, Bali

By Alfred A. Yuson | December 19, 2004 - 12:00am

The first noticeable difference between Manila and Jakarta, apart from the latter’s more sweltering heat and humidity even at yearend, is the presence of flame trees yet in bloom. Why is that, we ask our guide,...

Travel and Tourism