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IN FOCUS: UP profs wear sablay to oppose pork barrel

Faculty members from various colleges in UP Diliman wore the sablay Friday to call for the abolition of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), also known as the pork barrel.

The call was made amidst what came to be known as the Pork Barrel Scandal involving members of the Congress. Twenty-eight senators and representatives were reportedly found to be giving their pork barrel funds to bogus non-government organizations.

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A home in the heart of an academic jungle

The word today flashed before him in black ink, between minor distractions and talks about his ‘sweetheart.’

The boy, no older than four, smiled bashfully at a student-teacher who continued to watch him closely, her patience constant and firm amidst the little kid’s blabbering about puppy love. She smiled back at him, coaxing and telling the little boy that she will call his sweetheart for him.

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The dawn of the Eid

Another lunar cycle was completed, but this natural occurrence was not lost on us, especially to the Filipino Muslim community – when the sighting of the new crescent moon marks the beginning of a day of happiness, joy and repentance: the Eid al-Fitr.
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Ibong Adarna: Redefined

So, what distinguishes the play from the book?

The plot may be the same, but the difference lies in the dialogues and characterization. The select use of modern Filipino, coupled with the olden mother tongue, made the contextualization of scenes easier.

What made Adarna more remarkable was its use of shadow animation, which made the play more fun to watch.

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