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Accents

ACCENTS: Imagine…the world will live as one

BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC I ALWAYS like to listen to John Lennon’s “Imagine” whenever, wherever, howsoever it is sung. And thanks to YouTube, I got my...

ACCENTS: Twilight of the gods

BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC ​THE Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia last June 22, and the Rosenborg in Copenhagen, Denmark in June 24, are the two museums...

ACCENTS: Inside a concentration camp

BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC Immersion: the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was first in my mind. Instead, I opted for the generic title above — thinking that to...

Accents: ‘Ang mga bagong bayani ng Inang Bayan’

JULIA CARREON-LAGOC SI Rey, Jerry, Ria, Laila, atbp. — they are proclaimed new heroes of the motherland. Mga Bagong Bayani! President Cory Aquino was the...

Accents: Dancing in the ‘Star’

BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC A SIGHT to see! A gang of nine dancing their excess avoirdupois away! The threesome (Rose Penelope, Timothy, James Raphael), another threesome...

Accents: Long live Mother Earth!

BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC AS you read this, I sing with John Denver, my favorite country singer, and I change his words as I please. The time...

Accents: A father lovingly remembered

BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC IN celebration of Father’s Day, June 15, I ask for your kind indulgence, dear reader, in sharing with me this remembrance of...

Accents: Thank you for the memories

BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC BOOM! Boom! Boom! And more fireworks to make the spirit soar! The CENTENNIAL JUBILEE of the San Antonio-San Nicolas Elementary School (SASNES)...

Accents: Pass the Freedom of Information Bill now!

BY JULIA CARREON-LAGOC WHAT bill has agonized in the Philippine Congress for more than two decades now? I often begin with a question when I feel...

Accents: Sense and Sensibility — and Service

By JULIA CARREON-LAGOC THE San Antonio – San Nicolas Elementary School (SASNES) in the municipality of Oton has reached a milestone, and a centennial jubilee...