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Posts Tagged ‘holiday’

GMANews.TV Doesn’t Know Cocks

[January 4, 2010] We generally prefer GMANews.tv to Inquirer.net because there are fewer typographical and grammar errors (and ads.) Sometimes, though, they put up articles that leave us scratching our heads. Consider this gem, for example: Also in December, the Department of Health’s Web site was hacked to show DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III blowing on “penises.” Now, [...]

Roman Holiday

[March 17, 2008] Filipinos shouldn’t have holidays, which is not to say that we shouldn’t have vacations. We work harder than carabaos (which isn’t really saying much,) and deserve whatever breaks we can get. There’s no need to be phony about things, though. The word holiday comes from the Old English for holy day, which is not all [...]