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It’s the 15th anniversary of the Philippine Opera Company (POC), headed by soprano Karla Gutierrez, and they’re bringing back not something artsy like La Boheme but the delightful Ang Bagong Harana: A mélange of Sylvia la Torre songs, tribal chants, traditional songs, dances and games; kundiman, old standards and contemporary OPM.

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It was an evening of elegance and sophistication as the Johann Strauss Society of the Philippines (JSSP) recently held its annual gala night at the well-appointed lobby lounge of the Makati Shangri-La Hotel.

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Cortez bagged the second prize for his entry "Eating Time (Scavengers)." A cash prize of P15,000 went with the award.

Baguio City photographer Dave Leproza Jr. topped the photo contest, with a P25,000 cash prize, for his entry "Harvesting Rice in Sadanga, Mt. Province."

Third-placer was Reynaldo Mondez of Manila for his entry "Magtanim ay Di Biro." His cash prize was P10,000.
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When the going gets tough, the tough guy sings the blues away.

Amid below-zero popularity ratings and pressing peace and order problems in Mindanao, President Estrada took to the microphone yesterday with his own version of the farmer's ditty Magtanim ay 'Di Biro (Planting Rice is Never Fun).

While the original song is a lament of the farmer's travails on the ricefield, the President's version was upbeat.

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It was an evening of elegance and sophistication as the Johann Strauss Society of the Philippines (JSSP) recently held its annual gala night at the well-appointed lobby lounge of the Makati Shangri-La Hotel.

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Baguio City photographer Dave Leproza Jr. topped the photo contest, with a P25,000 cash prize, for his entry "Harvesting Rice in Sadanga, Mt. Province."

Third-placer was Reynaldo Mondez of Manila for his entry "Magtanim ay Di Biro." His cash prize was P10,000.
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When the going gets tough, the tough guy sings the blues away.

Amid below-zero popularity ratings and pressing peace and order problems in Mindanao, President Estrada took to the microphone yesterday with his own version of the farmer's ditty Magtanim ay 'Di Biro (Planting Rice is Never Fun).

While the original song is a lament of the farmer's travails on the ricefield, the President's version was upbeat.

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