CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – I always agree with the suggestion that a country is like a ship of state. If it is filled to the brim, it should close the gate from accepting more passengers to prevent it from taking water. This is also how I feel with the galloping Philippine population, which according to the Philippine National Census… Read More »
The euthanasia death last month of Belgian identical twins Marc and Eddy Verbessem, who were suffering from an incurable disease that had left them deaf for years and turning blind, is certain to spark worldwide debate on the right of a person to die. The 45-year-old brothers, who were inseparable despite being deaf most of their lives, applied… Read More »
The hunt for the fabled “Marcos Loot” is beginning to look like an Indiana Jones sequel. The only difference is that this one is for real with real life characters, tons of real gold bullions, and a 2,000-pound solid gold Buddha filled with real diamonds, emeralds, and other precious stones that would make the Queen of England look… Read More »
There is no reason not to agree with President Aquino in declaring that the year just passed was a good year for the Philippines. And based on what we have seen in the past year, he could also be right that 2013 would be better. In fact, many friends who have recently visited the Philippines are one in… Read More »
We do a forecast yearly in order to assist people in making decisions so as they do not draw their future based on stars and palm lines. This is only a guide so that better situations can be the best and the worst forecast can be prevented from happening. AVV113 Today we will do a reading from a… Read More »
For years, economists have been saying that the once mighty American economy will soon fall behind the rapidly growing economy of China, and later also by India. And yet, instead of finding ways to halt the rapid slide of the economy, politicians in Washington and greedy American capitalists seem bent on hastening the inevitable. All indications of that… Read More »
The debris on this city’s streets, mainly in residential areas, was super thick in the aftermath of the New Year’s Eve revelry with the traditional fireworks. Driving home from a New Year dinner and countdown, I passed many streets that were nearly impassable because of the riot of firecracker festivities. Debris and assorted pyrotechnic paraphernalia were left abandoned… Read More »
“When will this happen again, Daddy?” This was what a scared seven-year-old kid asked his father several hours after 20-year-old Adam Lanza killed his mother, drove to the nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and shot to death 20 of the kid’s schoolmates and six adults, including the school principal, in another surge of senseless violence… Read More »
It shouldn’t surprise us anymore that every year, Filipinos are ranked among the happiest people in the world and are ever hopeful that the coming year would be better than the previous one. Despite the poverty around them, and the endless disasters and tragedies that wreak havoc in their lives year in and year out, the Filipinos remain… Read More »
We are still here! The world did not end on December 21, 2012 as was the forecast of a group of people. The clock has kept on ticking, the heavy traffic is still there, the bus stops and subway platforms are still full of people waiting for their rides, police cars, ambulances and fire trucks have kept on… Read More »