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The longest-running, most widely-read newspaper for Filipinos in Japan
 

Interview

A candid interview with Ambassador Domingo L. Siazon, Jr. (Part 2)

As professional diplomat, no one can probably beat the track record of Ambassador Domingo L. Siazon, Jr. who was appointed the chief envoy to Japan for the second time late last year.

NEWS ANALYSIS
Basilan: New American front vs terrorism

Basilan, an obscure poverty-stricken province in Southern Philippines, may soon be America's new front in her global war on terrorism, after Afghanistan.

Significant conditions are now present in the province sufficient to trigger the opening of this new war arena...

 

Opinion

Guingona's tragedy

Vice President and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teofisto Guingona Jr.'s recent humiliation in Mexico once again jostled the Filipino people into examining its stature in the community of nations.

Voices out of synch
Judicial system at the crossroads
Environmental hormones

 

Features/Lifestyle

Life Insurance 101

RICO YAN IS DEAD. How, amidst his ripe showbiz career, can a young actor be taken so early is a question only left for God to answer. How much fortune from his acting career and various restaurant business did he leave as estate, ask the media. Was he insured? You bet.

Party lines Part 2: Dressing right
Fil-Ams at dog eaters

KANJI of the WEEK

is mountain. is branch, here acting phonetically to express fork and probably also lending an idea of branching/bifurcation. This kanji originally referred to a specific mountain in China noted for its twin peaks, then came to mean forked mountain in general and eventually just fork.

MNEMONIC: BRANCHED MOUNTAIN IS FORKED

KIRO
forked road
BUNKI divergence
TAKI
many directions

View last week's kanji

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A Guide to Remembering Japanese...
 

Entertainment

Rico Yan, 27

NAGIMBAL ang lahat ng sumabog ang balitang namatay si Rico Yan (Ricardo Carlos Castro Yan sa totoong buhay) noong Marso 29, Good Friday. Buhay na buhay pa ito sa alaala ng mga tagahanga dahil kakapalabas lang ng TV show nito na "Whattamen" noong Miyerkules sa ABS-CBN at ang pelikulang "Got To Believe" kasama ang dating girlfriend nitong si Claudine Barretto.

Piolo Pascual, may anak na!
Hiwalayang Aiko at Jomari, palala nang palala
Kris Aquino at Troy Montero, nagde-date!
Pops at French BF, nag-break na!
Showbits
Wong Bin: the Korean actor who caught Asian girls' fancy

SPECIAL FEATURES

Erap and his stooges insult Filipinos!

Babalik ka rin... ba?

Sports/Fitness

Taulava loses big stake: his hair

MANILA: Hair today, gone tomorrow.

Fil-Tongan Paul Asi Taulava, six-feet-nine, strong and very mobile, and, oh, yes, he with long blonde-and-black curls, has just lost one of his most precious possessions in life.

Adducul's wave
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Run for your life!

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