The Ayta communities of Porac, Pampanga are in the midst of an unfolding crisis. On the 22nd of April 2019, a massive 6.1 magnitude earthquake caused landslides that displaced more than 700 Ayta families in Porac, Pampanga. Today, nearly two months later, these families are still struggling to recover from their displacement. They have no […]
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Dec
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This tweet started me off. Here’s what Wikipedia says about Guthrie: Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (/ˈɡʌθri/; July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter, one of the most significant figures in American western folk music; his music, including songs, such as “This Land Is Your Land”, has inspired several generations both politically and […]
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Dec
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The Witcher Review TV Series – Mature Audiences Action, Adventure, Drama 1h (2019 -) About the only thing I knew about The Witcher was that there was a video game of the same name. In this, I’m probably exactly like a vast majority of people who will see this title on their Netflix home pages. […]
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The Two Popes PG-13 Biography, Comedy, Drama 2h 5m (20 December 2019) This is a very nice movie, and it is based on two very real people, talking about very real issues, with very real events happening as the backdrop – but it IS fiction. Most of the movie – I’d say about 90% of […]
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After trying out Netong’s – a Lapaz batchoy place I hadn’t heard of until yesterday – I moved on to Deco’s, at the public market in Lapaz. Location-wise, that was as authentic as you could get. The fact that it was practically next door to a stall that sold oysters by the basin was a […]
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Listen to this episode of SOOT by clicking the arrow on the audio player below. Leading candidates usually miss debates. How about if we ask them to submit written answers to the questions they dodged?
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Feb
Listen to this episode of SOOT by clicking the arrow on the audio player below. If you snickered when you read the title of this episode, you are absolutely the one I recorded this very short ‘cast for. Give it a listen to find out why. Other than that, however, two things are happening here. […]