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Presidential Medal Of Merit For Francis Magalona

By glitch, on March 9th, 2009

I’m still not feeling well and watching news when I heard that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will give the late Francis Magalona the Presidential Medal of Merit for his contribution to music industry. Among his popular songs were “Mga Kababayan Ko (My Countrymen)” and “Kaleidoscope World” that promoted love for country. He also released various cultural and social problems in the country, such as “Halalan (Elections)” which deals with politicking; “Mga Praning (Paranoids)” for drug addiction; and “Tayo’y Mga Pinoy (We Are Filipinos),” which tackles colonial mentality.

Most of his rap music were nationatistic. I wonder, isn’t it too late for [...]

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Farewell Francis Magalona

By glitch, on March 6th, 2009

Who doesn’t know Francis Magalona? Although I know that he was suffering from Leukemia, I still can’t believed the txt message informing us that Francis Kiko Magalona passed away this afternoon. It maybe another bad joke in SMS so I confirmed it first.

Francis “Kiko” Magalona (October 4, 1964 – March 6, 2009), son of late Philippine movie screen legends Pancho Magalona and Tita Duran. The late Senator Enrique Magalona was his grandfather. In August 8, 2008, he was diagnosed with Leukemia (acute myelogenous leukemia with Mixed Lineage) or MLL. He passed away in March 6, 2009, 12:20 pm at 44 [...]

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