Day: April 22, 2006

Photo by Dabet Castañeda / Bulatlat.com This recently-discovered stream from a waterfall in Amadeo, Cavite (60 kms. south of Manila) has become a vacation spot of sorts, as people flock to it to escape from the summer heat. The stream is small yet people bathe there in throngs, because they don’t have to pay to…

Death Sentence President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo received nods of approval from the influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) – which has been issuing statements increasingly critical of her policies – for her recent declaration commuting all death sentences to life imprisonment. She wants to come across as a strong president with a humane side.…