"THE BIG DAY -- Grooms registered to be married in Manila as part of a nationwide mass wedding in the Philippines organized by the government on Thursday. More than 3,000 couples were wed simultaneously (Boston Globe February 15 2013)."
Also see:
Philippines OKs divisive contraceptives bill
President signs law promoting sex ed
Philippine church’s influence in the country wanes
Philippine birth-control law is on hold
"SKY LIGHTS -- Thousands of youths released paper lanterns to mark "World Peace Through Meditation" in a bid to break a Guinness World Record at the University of the Philippines in central Philippines. The organizers said they released 15,185 sky lanterns to break a record set in Romania of 12,740 lanterns released in a single event (Boston Globe May 25 2013)."
