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Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games and the Philippines

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Philippines' Eric Cray holds the national flag as he celebrates winning the gold SEAGAMES28 Image Courtesy of Rappler

The Olympics are almost upon us.

In 1924, the Philippines was the first Southeast Asian nation to compete and win a medal at the Summer Olympic Games.

 

[caption id="attachment_1253" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Philippines Rio 2016 Olympic Team and Pres. Duterte.

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A Trip to a Vanishing World

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 by Nahoma Beniga MaentzDivilacan, Isabela. This part of the Philippines, so beautifully raw in its remoteness, is where I had my first (and hopefully not last) sincere encounter of this country’s first inhabitants. I have had several brushes with indigenous people before in

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