Manila, Philippines --- More fun in the Philippines? Not quite so for controversial novelist Dan Brown - or at least one of the characters of his new book, "Inferno."Manila Bulletin
Anger over Dan Brown's novelInfernoand its reference to Manila as 'the gates of hell' has spread throughout Manila and beyond. This ill-researched and lazy assessment has also irritated the employees ofBodog Nation. Bodog Nation, who recently made Manila their global HQ and has over 800 peop...
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It was 70 years ago that the American, British, Canadian and other Allied families, almost 4000, were liberated from their internment at the University of Santo Tomas after over three years of deprivation and systematic starvation at the hands of the Japanese Army. Gates of Santo Tomas with sa...
Do you really know how Bill Gates made his money in details? Do you really know how Henry Sy made his money in details? And it goes on and on….. Lava Bien says: January 29, 2011 at 1:18 am @iFoodTrip, You’re correct, if a restaurant has bad food or service no matter ho...
Thieves stole the gates to Strawberry Fields the Merseyside landmark immortalised by The Beatles song. The 10' high iron gates were later found at local scrap metal dealers in Liverpool. 17 Feb 2000 John Lennon's Steinway piano, on which he composed 'Imagine', went on display at the Bea...
Manila, Philippines --- Best-selling author Dan Brown may have described Manila as the "gates of hell" in his recent novel "Inferno," but for foreign tourists, the dominant perception of the Philippines will always be paradise, according to an official from the Department of Tourism (DoT)....
–kropek sold at the gates of Lourdes Church –kasoy in Antipolo Lava Bien says: August 28, 2009 at 9:41 pm gtrine, “Purple suman cooked in a “tube†sold outside simbang gabi” = isn’t this ‘puto bumbong’? choy says: August 28, 2009 at 9:56 pm oh! I...
Before it became known that American author Dan Brown (who wrote the popular "Da Vinci Code") slammed Manila as gates of hell in his new novel entitled "Inferno," three contemporary Filipino artists, Renato Habulan, 60, Geraldine Javier, 40, and Alfredo Esquillo, 41, opened on May 18, ...
Actress Claire Danes called it a "ghastly and weird city," Bourne Legacy writer-director Tony Gilroy found it "colorful and ugly and gritty, raw and stinky and crowded," and most recently novelist Dan Brown graphically described it as the "gates of hell."Manila Bulletin...