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Making consumption of sin products expensive
If you have not yet signed the manifesto for HB 5727, it’s time you take a look at it. There’s one in Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=260011474082380 HB 5727, authored by Cavite Rep....
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HB5727: more revenues, less poison for the people
Update: Last Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee, voting 46-14, passed HB5727. Use money to kill yourself to improve lives of less fortunate.The fact that House Bill 5727 has reached this...
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Why go to the gym?
By Ellen Tordesillas Photos and video by MARIO IGNACIO People go to the gym for a variety of reasons. One overweight male journalist thought it was the best place to ogle at shapely beauties. He later...
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Zumba: Exercise made fun and sexy
By Ellen Tordesillas, VERA Files Video by Mario Ignacio and Mario Espinosa YOU will know it’s Zumba time at Fitness First Southmall every morning of Monday and Tuesday because women are in their...
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PPP- Partnership para sa Pepe
Photo from Dr. Gerry Wain presentationIba and kahulugan ng PPP sa pangalawang pagtitipon tungkol Human papillomavirus (HPV) na isinagawa sa Sofitel Hotel kamakailan. Kung sa pamahalaan ang PPP ay...
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Marilou Diaz-Abaya as consummate music lover
by Pablo A. Tariman, VERA Files Photo by Wyg TysmanIn her short but fruitful life, filmmaker Marilou Diaz Abaya (1955-2012) lived and breathed music which was also an integral part of all her film...
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Recto’s equilibrium and erectile dysfunction
Update: Recto quits as ways and means chair: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/10/15/12/recto-quits-ways-and-means-chair Recto’s version of Sin Tax is Philip Morris-friendlyStudies have shown that...
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Ways and Means committee:pitfall for two Batangueño legislators
“National punching bag of the week”In a period of one year, the Ways and Means committees of both legislative chambers claimed two Batangueños. Last Monday, Sen. Ralph Recto resigned as chair of the...
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Hindi yata tama gawing legal ang pagpuputa
From dipity.com. Scene from the red light district of AmsterdamInirekomenda ng United Nations Development Program (UNDP) na gawing legal ang prostitution o pagpu-puta para daw maproteksyunan ang mga...
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Friendships and keeping fit continue after Fitness First Southmall
Fitness First Southmall was part of my three to four times a week routine the past 14 months. I became fit and healthy . From a size that bordered to extra-large, I’m down to medium. Thank you very...
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Six ways to keep fit during election campaign
By Ellen Tordesillas, VERA Files Photos and video by Mario Ignacio and Mario Espinosa More important than winning the election, candidates should make sure they are able to survive the grueling 90-day...
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12 steps to a fantastic beach body
By Ellen Tordesillas, VERA Files Video by Mario Ignacio You have your plane tickets. You have made the hotel reservations. You are all set for fun in the beach. But, is your body ready for it? Three...
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Sleep expert’s testimony in Jackson case should alarm call center workers
Lessons from Michael Jackson as we remember his death four years ago.The testimony of a sleep expert in the Michael Jackson case about the importance of sleeping at night and the danger of altering...
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Preparing for the great summer exposure
We are reprinting this article,first published last year,as we prepare to have the most fun this summer. By Ellen Tordesillas, VERA Files Video by Mario Ignacio IV The heat tells us summer is almost...
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Gym safety
Lance Raymundo. Photo from ABS-CBN online.One goes to the gym to become fit and healthy and it’s distressing if one ends up in a hospital like actor-singer Lance Raymundo. The unfortunate incident...
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The empowering effect of yoga
By Ellen T. Tordesillas, VERA Files Photos and Video by Mario Ignacio IV and Mario I. Espinosa The amazing thing about yoga is that you are empowering yourself without being conscious that that is...
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New UNICEF Rep is a Balikbayan
UNICEF PH Rep Lotta SylwanderFor Lotta Sylwander, her assignment to the Philippines as UNICEF Representative, is actually a homecoming. Sylwander, from Sweden, was a backpack tourist way back in the...
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Health workers: Philippine health care is very sick
The wealth of a nation is its people. It goes without saying that a healthy population is a prerequisite for a country to progress.Healthy citizens live longer and are more productive. On Monday,...
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Learn your body repair schedule
On weekend outings, it takes a lot of will power not to overeat. Healthy juicesThe Lake Hotel in Tagaytay (where our group, VERA Files, held a writeshop on human trafficking last weekend) helps guests...
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ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: A fad for a good cause
Movie Director Joey Reyes accepting ALS Ice Bucket challenge of Melvin Mangada. He challenged actor Manny Castañeda and PR practitioner Girlie Rodis. Today’s fad is the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. ALS...
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