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Petron Lakbay Alalay, the longest-running roadside assistance program celebrates its 30 years of giving every Filipino motorist worthy-free and safe travels. Lakbay Alalay celebrates this milestone by feating its brand partners and media supporters. On its 30th year, Lakbay Alalay is encouraging its partners, the media and the general public to go beyond the …
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I am writing this on the evening of Good Friday. They say that Filipinos have one of the most intriguing celebration of the Holy Week -- often timed deep-rooted in tradition, mixed with centuries' old mysticism and a benevolence and penance that can only be interpreted as both masochistic and deeply, truly religious. In the …
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I. Of Ashes For us Catholics, yesterday marked the beginning of Lent through the celebration of Ash Wednesday. It's a big deal here in my country, where majority of the population are practicing Catholics, steeped in tradition and reverence. It marks the beginning of this 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting or abstinence, leading …
We are not allowed to go anywhere when it's Holy Week and we commemorate the Passion and Death of Christ. A few years ago, my siblings and my then-boyfriend (now the hubby), had the gall to book tickets to Boracay, choosing to stay on the island for three days. When we came back on Easter …
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