28 Apr, 2026

Irate Aga supporters stone town hall of Fuentebella hometown

By: Shiena M. Barrameda – Correspondent / @SBarramedaINQ Published May 17, 2013 on Philippine Daily Inquirer NAGA CITY, Philippines–Agitated by the long wait for the results of the elections in the fourth congressional district of Camarines Sur, supporters of Aga Muhlach vandalized the municipal hall of Tigaon just hours before the actor’s opponent, Felix William […]

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Millions seen to take part in 300th Peñafrancia feast

By: Juan Escandor Jr., Shiena M. Barrameda Published September 8, 2011 on Philippine Daily Inquirer NAGA CITY—Millions of people are expected to descend on this city to celebrate a 300-year-old religious tradition that revolves around the Our Lady of Peñafrancia, or Ina, Bicol’s patroness. A procession, called traslacion, will mark the start of 300 years […]

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Bicol media told: Hero burial for Marcos ‘a shame’

By: Shiena M. Barrameda – Correspondent / @SBarramedaINQ Published June 23, 2011 on Philippine Daily Inquirer NAGA CITY—Solicitor General Jose Anselmo Cadiz urged journalists in Bicol to be at the forefront of opposition to the proposal to give a hero’s burial to the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos. Cadiz, who is from this city, said […]

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Broadcaster shot dead; 6th under Aquino

By: Shiena M. Barrameda – Correspondent / @SBarramedaINQ Published June 14, 2011 on Philippine Daily Inquirer Iriga City—A gunman shot dead a radio commentator early on Monday while he was driving his motorcycle on his way to work, police said. Romeo Olea, 49, of dwEB-FM based in Nabua town, just outside Iriga City, was the […]

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Creativity’s Death by AI

Back in 2023, I told a friend that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will soon be coming for us, journalists and other creatives, to replace us in our jobs. It didn’t take long for this prediction to come true. When 2024 rolled in with the writers’ strike in Hollywood, I felt it in my bones that the […]

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Day 3 and 4| Catch up

22-23 Nov. 2025 Failed to make an entry yesterday because I was exhausted from battling the commute from the vet to home while carrying a 4.3 kg dog in a carrier. So I’ll write for these past two days to catch up. I realized again how unfriendly to commuters the Magsaysay Avenue has become. I […]

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DAY 2| Brain Rot

I think I might be falling victim to what young people call nowadays as “brain rot.” I’ve been consuming too much irrelevant information online. I don’t know what I’m doing. It feels like I’m in a stasis but with just enough movement that passes for signs of life. There is so much to do but […]

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