February 2006

Thoughts of a 15-year old

(Author’s Note: This morning, my daughter came to me and handed a piece of paper containing the following article. She also writes a web journal  - and this was in her yesterday’s entry.)
 
 
Tragic incident
by GEMNAIKA ‘Gem’ M. PALINAR
 
By now, I bet the whole Philippines and (many parts of) the world already know what happened in ULTRA this morning.
What was supposed to be […]

Wowowee tragedy

Saturday morning, February 4, 2006. ULTRA (formerly University of Life) stadium in Pasig City, Metro Manila was teeming with people. Tens of thousands of sweaty bodies jostled one another for admission for the first year anniversary presentation of Wowowee, a daily noon time show on ABS-CBN, one of the biggest TV network company in the Philippines.
As early […]