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May
is the favorite month of our Boholano professional
"fiesta-goer."
Every day, there is a fiesta - |
in
one of these 46 towns, celebrating the day of the town's
patron saint with pomp, gaiety and overloading tables
with food goodies. The foreigner is quick to blame Juan
de la Cruz' "fiesta mentality" that he sacrifices
his lone pig or cow or else go in debt, just so his house
will not be "bungol" during fiesta time.
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DAN LIM, JOE
TORRALBA
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Just
Before Deadline
Mock
polls junk TU
MANILA.-- Overseas Filipino
workers (OFWs) and their families practically junked
the whole administration senatorial ticket in mock polls
conducted in seven countries.
The
internationally coordinated mock elections, organized
by Migrante and dubbed "Pulso ng OFWs, Pulso ng
Pamilya [Pulse of the OFWs, Pulse of the Family]: 2007
Mock Senatorial Elections," were held between April
8 and 15 in Canada, Australia, The Netherlands, Taiwan,
Hong Kong, South Korea, and the Philippines and involved
2,145 OFWs.
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