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He graduated from an architecture course, but always was curious about the soil.

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They just wanted to quit the urban jungle and, being sailors, they chose an island to settle in, so they could sail while thinking of what the next chapter might be.

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April is now known as Filipino Food Month (FFM) and though we should be celebrating it everyday, a special month centered on local cuisine helps wake people up from dismissing Filipino food as ordinary food, but looking at local ingredients in a different way.

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Many of us know of Mount Banahaw for its mystical beauty and the spiritual awakening people experience when they hike along its many trails.

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For the last eight years she has been promoting a “clean” flag, devoid of any tears or rips, and properly representing our country’s ideals.

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He went to America with his parents when he was just four years old. 

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When Instagram reels and Facebook feeds started showing me the dangers of sarcopenia or loss of muscle as we age, I started to look for a gym and a trainor to help me address these challenges of aging.

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When I met Mayor Aljun Diamante as a mentee at the DepDev Innovation awards last November, I thought he was a crazy mayor planting organic coffee in a land made of limestone.

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He graduated from an architecture course, but always was curious about the soil.

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With the advent of new discoveries in medical biotechnology, finding cures for terminal diseases and better products to control cholesterol and obesity, it is looking like people will now live longer.

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They just wanted to quit the urban jungle and, being sailors, they chose an island to settle in, so they could sail while thinking of what the next chapter might be.

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April is now known as Filipino Food Month (FFM) and though we should be celebrating it everyday, a special month centered on local cuisine helps wake people up from dismissing Filipino food as ordinary food, but looking at local ingredients in a different way.

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Many of us know of Mount Banahaw for its mystical beauty and the spiritual awakening people experience when they hike along its many trails.

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For the last eight years she has been promoting a “clean” flag, devoid of any tears or rips, and properly representing our country’s ideals.

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He went to America with his parents when he was just four years old. 

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When Instagram reels and Facebook feeds started showing me the dangers of sarcopenia or loss of muscle as we age, I started to look for a gym and a trainor to help me address these challenges of aging.

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When I met Mayor Aljun Diamante as a mentee at the DepDev Innovation awards last November, I thought he was a crazy mayor planting organic coffee in a land made of limestone.

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