While we want to praise President Aquino and Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala for the increased production in rice the past year that, they said, would eventually lead to the Philippines becoming a rice exporter by 2014, we could not help but be alarmed by claims made by Abono chairman Rosendo So that the country faces a rice crisis… Read More »
Spain’s tourism industry reaps the highest revenues in the world, so successful that an estimated 57 million visitors flock to the Iberian Peninsula’s Mediterranean seashores and tourist spots annually. Why is Spain a top destination for visitors? Travel executives and experts all agree: “In all of Europe, Spain has the monopoly of sun while the rest of the… Read More »
There is no doubt that the Philippines has achieved phenomenal economic growth in the past year that even Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had to acknowledge that her successor and former economics student, President Benigno S. Aquino III, had done well in guiding the country to a 6.6 percent growth in 2012. Arroyo, who has become Aquino’s arch enemy, reminded… Read More »
The Philippine senatorial campaign for the midterm elections scheduled for May this year reeled off early last week with the holding of bonggang- bonggang miting de avances of the 2 major political parties fielding their respective candidates. The parties officially proclaimed their bets and announced full steam ahead in their quest to garner the majority if not the… Read More »
MANILA It’s still three months before the nationwide elections here on May 13 but the campaign fever is already heating up. Campaigning is still not officially allowed at this time but the law can’t stop politicians from marketing themselves already to the electorate. That’s the Philippines, where laws generally are only taken as mere suggestions by many people… Read More »
MANILA The Philippines’ New Year didn’t start auspiciously. Besides the usual pandemonium on New Year’s Eve with deafening and asphyxiating neighborhood fireworks, the early days of the year have brought deaths and intriguing mystery. The New Year was barely a week old when a spate of gun violence exploded in different parts of the country. The most controversial… Read More »
Kung Hei Fat Choi!!!. Prosperity is on us this New Year. Chinese or not, all holidays can be celebrated by everyone and it’s better for it attracts good luck to our lives. AVV0213 The Black water Snake is a complex animal and nature elements combined. In general all people must decide fast this year. Slow thinker will be… Read More »
The immigration reform plan announced on Monday by a bipartisan group of senators may not appear to be the cure-all for the massive immigration problem of the United States, but the mere fact that the Republicans and Democrats are finally talking to find a solution to the decades-long question is something to be hopeful about. Under the compromise… Read More »
The legacy of Juan Ponce Enrile as Liberator and Philippine Senate president is already secure. And even if retires now at the age of 88 instead of waiting for June 2016 when he turns 92, nobody could take away his iconic contribution that galvanized the Filipino people to come to his aid against a military dictatorship in order… Read More »
“Hoy, Bagong Taon na naman! Ano ba ang New Year resolution mo?” This is a common greeting we get these first days of the New Year. And the usual response is”Ay naku! Hindi na ako gumagawa ng resolusyon. Hindi ko naman natutupad.” We seem to have gotten tired of many plans, we had made in the past and… Read More »