Stories about Philippines from December, 2008
Philippines: Alumni Blogs Against Highschool Closure
The alumni of the University of the Philippines Cebu High School published a blog dedicated to help the efforts to defend the highly esteemed public school from threats of closure.
Philippines: Surprised by Boxer's Easy Victory
Rev. Edicio dela Torre shares his countrymen's surprise at Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao's easy victory over Oscar de la Hoya in last Sunday's match. “We were all heavily influenced by the media hype about de la Hoya,” he said.
Video:What image opened your eyes to human rights?
The sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is on December 10th, and Witness' The Hub team has put together a video that responds to the question: What images have opened your eyes to Human Rights? The video is online right now and with it they are asking all of us to participate by showing and telling the world about the power images have had in making us care about Human Rights.
Philippines: Reflections on Iloilo History
ToTomel reflects on the history of Iloilo, a center of trade and commerce in the central Philippines since the 19th Century when the country was under Spanish colonial rule.
Thailand: Complaint of stranded Filipinos
Coffee Stains & Inks from the Philippines hints that embassy officials were slow in helping Filipinos who were stranded in Thailand during the airport crisis.
Philippines: Anonymous Blog Exposes Controversy
An anonymous blog posted photos exposing a controversy in the donation of computers and books to a public high school in a province in central Philippines.
Philippines: Remembering the Teachers
The blogger at Village Idiot Savant remembers the teachers who impacted the blogger the most.
Philippines: Christmas Caroling
My Cebu Photo Blog shares photos and a video of a grandfather and grandson duo Christmas caroling with an improvised xylophone attached to a bicycle in downtown Cebu City, Philippines.
