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Graduation day

By SKETCHES | By Ana Marie Pamintuan | March 26, 2012 - 12:00am

Yesterday was graduation day in several schools, as people rushed to wrap up business before the Holy Week break.

Opinion

Labor Day should be a joyous celebration

By ROSES AND THORNS | By Alejandro R. Roces | April 29, 2006 - 12:00am

Many people are under the impression that like Santa Claus, Valentine’s Day and Halloween, Labor Day is an American holiday contribution. The truth is that we celebrate Labor Day on May 1st because that is the...

Opinion

Monday is Halloween

By ROSES AND THORNS | By Alejandro R. Roces | October 27, 2005 - 12:00am

The Americans brought two of their religious feasts to the Philippines – Saint Valentine’s Day and Halloween. Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has declared this Monday as a non-working holiday but it was not...

Opinion

Yesterday was April Fool’s

By ROSES AND THORNS | By Alejandro R. Roces | April 2, 2005 - 12:00am

Historically, the first of April is associated with two things. In 1901, General Emilio Aguinaldo took his oath of allegiance to the government of the United States on April Fool’s Day. Second, by sheer coincidence,...

Opinion

Tomorrow we celebrate the feast of love

By ROSES AND THORNS | By Alejandro R. Roces | February 13, 2003 - 12:00am

Tomorrow is Saint Valentine’s Day/All in the morning betime/ And I a maid at your window/To be your Valentine. There are two feasts that we have assimilated from the American regime: Valentine’s Day and...

Opinion