CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – Anybody who ventures into the unknown must adopt the old but tried and tested scientific method of trial-and-error. The beauty of trial-and-error is that it does not try to discover the reason why it works. Nor does it attempt to find out all the solutions nor the best solution. And little or no knowledge of… Read More »
Alahoy! Kalikoy! Father’s Day, nagdaan! Love, at ang pa – TY kay Itay, inalay! Si Itay ‘Haligi’ Katuwang si Inay! “Patawad sa aming mga pagkukulang…” *** Ating Kalayaan, ipinagdiwang din! Tulad dun sa Queen’s Park! At around GTA! Mabuhay ang Pinoy sa Independence Day! Tema ito lamang! Adlib e Carpiohin! *** Hinagpis ni Tembong! Baha! Bagyo! Gutom! Hirap… Read More »
MANILA Are the cheating, stealing, crimes of all sorts and widespread corruption in our country the “new normal”? Let’s take the recent elections (last May 13) as an example. Violence against one another, cheating, unfairness, deception, deviousness, and a general tendency to break the law. These are among the bad things we do just to get what we… Read More »
For decades, the Philippine government has been trying to find a lasting solution to the nagging problem of squatters in Metro Manila, far longer than the efforts to solve the equally and seemingly unsolvable communist and Muslim insurgency problems. These problems are like body itch. You scratch one area and the itch reappears in even more places in… Read More »
“Let him without sin, be the first to throw a stone.” – John 8:7 TORONTO – The local press association is not exactly a monastery where vestal virgins live in seclusion, preaching and leading a life of sacrifice and denial. It is figuratively a shelter of men and women who either work in media or have links with… Read More »
All of us have the virtue and wisdom we learned from our father. It is the very reason of who we are today. This creates man’s success and failure that bring happiness or pain in one’s life. AVV613 Happy Father’s Day to all fathers out there even though it is a day late. The whole month of June… Read More »
By Josephine C. Sanchez Obando, Bulacan, north of Manila is widely known for its Fertility Dance ritual. Every year during summer the town celebrates its town fiesta with three days of merrymaking in honor of its three patron saints–the first on May 17 for San Pascual Baylon, May 18 for Santa Clara and May 19 for Our Lady… Read More »
The Filipino layman wonders why most compatriots do not feel the ‘much- improved’ economic situation in the country. Over the past several months, media has publicized the resuscitation and recovery of the once upon a time ‘sick man of Asia’. Today, we are told that investment confidence is at an all- time high and the public can be… Read More »
In 1941, America was faced with a dilemma. Adolf Hitler’s German troops had invaded virtually all of Europe and were laying siege on both England and Russia. The United States had followed an isolationist policy since the end of World War I and most Americans were against the US getting involved in the war in Europe. At the… Read More »