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Editorial Commnews News The ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement If You Were To Be Any Other Asian Ongpin and Pinpin Tribute to Chinese Art Love in Translation The Naked Truth Chinese New Year Hulascopes Top 5 American Remakes of Asian Films My Home The Rise of the Asian Tigers Korean 101 Halalan 2010: La Vida Local Fitness Corner Style File: The Plain White Tee Do it Yourself: How to Heal Mga Star ng Ecosoc Fun Page The Burnbook
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Paolo Emmanuel Tamase Editor-in-Chief Ma. Carmela Angeli Astudillo Associate Editor Karen Orticio Managing Editor Jessica Manipon Features Editor Irene Jo Arzadon News Editor Ma. Regina Kassandra Dimayuga Layout Editor Kenneth Luigi Reyes Art Editor Patrick Allen Santos Photo Editor Andrea Bianca Alvaro Webmaster
Triszh Hermogenes Irene Arzadon Jes Manipon Mareca Domingo Myra Olaso Ben Bismark Norika Ishakawa Irene Arzadon Kenneth Reyes Gilbert Bueno Angel Espiritu Geoff Bautista Carlo Go Sieg Alegado Tin Cunanan Jahan Kalam Kim Orticio Jamoy Jampac Cocoy Vargas Paolo Tamase Features Staff
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