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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.

ASSUMING the post as chief Philippine envoy to Japan for the second time in less than ten years is like a homecoming for Ambassador Domingo L. Siazon, Jr.

 

Opinion

The fuss about absentee voting

The recent public hearing on absentee voting held at the Philippine Embassy on February 24 awakened the expatriate Filipino community to the possible exercise of suffrage in the 2004 polls.

When doctors can't cure
Sin and Catholic fundamentalism
What's wrong with religion?

NEW IN THIS ISSUE:
Commentary
On the proposed absentee voting bill

 

Features/Lifestyle

Welcoming the income tax season

ONE of the most exciting times in a working man's life is tax-filing season. This happens when, in the middle of your daily job routine, you are called to a halt by some tax forms waiting to be filled up. Here comes reality check as to how much you earn annually and how much government is earning from you.

Party lines Part 1: Invitation
Florida state, arts and culture, anti-WEF demo at Winter Olympics

KANJI of the WEEK

is wings. is stand /rise/leave, here acting phonetically to express fly and also lending an idea of rise and leave. This kanji originally referred to a bird flying off. Its present meaning is borrowed, though it may be helpful to think of it as a figurative reference to the wings of time.

MNEMONIC: WINGS OF TIME LEAVE, TILL THE NEXT TIME

YOKUJITSU
next day
YOKUCHOU next morning
YOKUYOKUNEN
two years later

View last week's kanji

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A Guide to Remembering Japanese...
 

Entertainment

Showbiz hiwalayan blues...na naman!

HANGGANG ngayon ay patuloy na umuusok ang balita tungkol sa hiwalayang Joey Marquez at Alma Moreno. Wala na raw planong makipagbalikan si Joey kay Alma dahil nag-file na raw ito ng divorce nang pumunta ito ng Amerika kamakailan.

Sharon, nanalo ng 1M sa dalawang gameshows
Regine Velasquez, mag-ho-host ng "Star for a Night"
Mga balik-showbiz!
Robin Padilla, nain-love kay Angelika dela Cruz?
Mga pelikulang isho-shoot daw sa Pinas
Showbits
Alberto: ushering another golden age for foreign performers in Japan

SPECIAL FEATURES
The growing miracle
Killing me softly Mary Jane
Babalik ka rin... ba?
 

Sports/Fitness

What's up with the MBA?

WHEN the Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), backed by media giant ABS-CBN was formed in 1998, the concept of regional basketball was dearly embraced by the masses, especially by fans in the provinces.

Sports bits
Fil-Ams, full-blooded Filipinos dispute Asiad slots
A good night's sleep

 

Inspirations

Poetry

Laff Page

Community News

 

Press releases

 

Year 2002 Presidential Awards for Filipino individuals and private organizations overseas
Legislators' foreign consultations with OFWs could delay absentee voting bill approval
OFW remittances drop due to global recession
Local businesses tap potential of OFW market
OFW-managed enterprises tend to fail



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