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PULUTAN! FILIPINO BAR BITES, APPETIZERS AND STREET EATS

Marvin is a professional writer, author, and certified Cicerone (which means he’s now a beer expert). He founded LA’s first Filipino food truck “The Manila Machine” and wrote “The Adobo Road Cookbook” on classic Filipino […]

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REINFORCEMENTS: HOW TO GET PEOPLE TO HELP YOU

How do you ask? Learn the skill that gets people to help you. Asking is instinctive from infancy. The babies cry when they need something. As they grow, children become notoriously pesky askers. They don’t […]

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HOW TO BE AN #INFLUENCER

An influencer is someone who has clout. He is usually famous or reputable. In the past decade, providers like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat have made it easier and faster to share photos and […]

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EASTERN SAMAR LIBRARY THRIVES AFTER HAIYAN

In 2007, Regional Trial Court Judge Rowena Tan established a library in her hometown of Llorente in Eastern Samar. Llorente is a third class municipality with a yearly income of $700,000 to below $1m and […]

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WHAT HAPPENED TO NATIONAL READING MONTH?

In 2011, Education Secretary Lasallian Brother Armin Luistro declared every November a National Reading Month aligned with then Pres. Benigno Aquino’s Every Child A Reader program. The literacy program had simple goals: a read-a-thon to […]