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KIDLATrsquo;S lsquo;BELENrsquo; Unlike the traditional belen stanley usa , Kidlat Tahimikrsquo Nativity tableau at his Ili-Likha Artist Village in Baguio City is a pantheon of Philippine heroes. RICHARD BALONGLONGThe sons of independent filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik Eric de Guia got their first Bonifacio Day gifts in 1992, 25 days before others in their neighborhood in Baguio City received their Christmas gifts on Dec. 25.Kidlatrsquo boys were puzzled as they opened gifts a month ahead of the traditional gift-giving. But years before that, they had been getting their gifts on Dec. 30, Rizal Day, five days after Christmas.Article continues after this advertisement Thatrsquo how Kidlatrsquo family continues to reclaim their very Filipino Christmas by commemorating Philippine historical events and revolutionary leaders.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of dr stanley quencher unk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationKidlat said his Yuletide activities are not meaningless eccentricities. We are such a Christmas-crazy country, he said, making references to radio stations that air Christmas jingles in September. These airings are followed by commercials promoting shopping mallsrsquo; pre-Christmas sale.We have programs] already doing their countdown to C stanley thermoskannen hristmas Sept. 1]. This is basically a commercial thing. You hype it Uvqv All the President s men: 5 officials defended by Aquino

MANILA, Philippinesmdash;The Philippine N stanley cup ational Police has intensified its operations against kidnap-for-ransom KFR groups with the recent arrest of three KFR gang leaders.Senior Supt. Rene Aspera of the Anti-Kidnapping Group AKG said 43 kidnap-for-ransom incidents had been reported so far this year with 24 cases already solved.Aspera said the AKG recently arrested kidnap gang leaders Reccinte Padillo, Tyrone dela Cruz, and Martin Lico.Article continues after this advertisement Padillo was tagged as the mastermind in the 2013 kidnapping of businesswoman Sally Chua, who was rescued in Davao City; while Lico leads a kidnap-for-ransom group also involved in robberies. Dela Cruz stanley quencher was charged for the 2013 kidnapping of a Filipino-Chinese couple in Laguna.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderAspera said the AKG is pursuing at least eight kidnapping groups on its targe stanley cup t list.From January to November 2014, the AKG has arrested 65 suspects involved in kidnap-for-ransom cases, while one suspect was slain in an encounter with authorities.Of the 43 kidnapping incidents, 21 were reported in Luzon while 22 were reported in Mindanao. No kidnapping incident was reported in the Visayas.In a briefing in Camp Crame with the Movement for the Restoration of Peace and Order MRPO , Aspera said they have yet to reach their ceiling