Surgeon dies in Pasay City car crash

By Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 13:12:00 11/21/2008
MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) A surgeon died after the car he was driving crashed into a lamppost as he tried to avoid a warning sign on Edsa-Roxas Boulevard flyover in Pasay City early Friday morning.
Dr. Jose Javier Suntay, 51, a resident of 59 Dacca Street, BF Homes Northwest, Parañaque City, [...]

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BBC apologizes for anti-Pinay comedy sketch

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has issued an apology for airing a comedy sketch that portrayed a Filipino woman in a very demeaning manner.
“Firstly, we’re sorry if you were in any way offended by the program as this wasn’t our intention,” the BBC’s Complaints Division stated.
The complaints division of the network described ‘Harry & Paul’ [...]

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Barack Obama through Filipino-American Eyes

by Benjamin Pimented
from Starweek Magazine
When Barack Obama was born in 1961, many blacks still could not vote in many parts of the United States. For many of them, being lynched, or hanged by an angry white mob, was still a threat. Filipino Americans, mostly farm workers, were still pretty much viewed as outsiders, and many [...]

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