Tell tale sign of things that will happen is now evident more than ever. Anybody can now easily foresee things that is about to happen. Someone who is sensitive and aware of the natural environment of all creations can foretell the next major event that will occur. AVV612 Nowadays we cannot depend on the scientific method of predicting… Read More »
We’ve heard it before. When you are feeling under the weather, like you are getting the cold, the first thought that comes to mind is, “I should really be eating more foods with Vitamin C!” What is Vitamin C and does it really have magical powers to heal our sniffles? Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is… Read More »
Have you seen a naughty cat playfully harass a hapless mouse? The cat tosses and shoves the poor mouse around, like a rag doll, until the mouse is so tired it can’t dodge the predator cat anymore. That is what China is doing to the Philippines. That is what the new superpower is doing with tiny Philippines over… Read More »
In the next few days, I will be quite busy helping fill up one big suitcase and a handcarry roller bag for Maricel, the lucky girl I wrote about in this column sometime in February this year. This lady who suddenly found herself unemployed before Christmas of last year, tried and failed to find the simplest of jobs… Read More »
I was in a restaurant two days ago; Next to our table was a young family, a couple with three children. The eldest child was about six, the second, maybe three and the youngest, a six month infant. It was a buffet and the mother left the table with the two older children to get food. The father… Read More »
The decision of the Philippine government to pledge $1 billion to the $456-billion standby fund being put up by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help distressed countries in Europe has raised questions from several sectors. Foremost of these questions is why lend $1 billion when the Philippines is drowning in debt? Another question that has been raised… Read More »
The loss of Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao to Timothy Bradley would most likely become one of the most controversial fights in boxing history and could become the catalyst for reforms in the way fights are judged. These are the facts: The round-by-round Lederman Card showed Pacquiao winning, a total of 119 over Bradley’s 109. Lederman gave Round 10 to… Read More »
Renato Corona is a giant of a man. He towers above practically all whom he talks to. He’s easily over 200 pounds, perhaps 230, 240. His full crop of hair and his taut and smooth face belie his 63 years. He walks with an awkward gait, like one who treads a bed of hot coal or of broken… Read More »
Art T. Viola is not an average retiree. There is a man who has spent his life in service of the people and lovingly caring for his family in a foreign land that he now calls home. Art T. Viola is an epitome of the merging of two cultures that have produced a personality that Filipino immigrants anywhere… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – When I first arrived in the U.S. in mid-eighties, I saw this quote on the wall of my former Philippine News boss (the late Ben Manogura): there are three kinds of people in this world – those who make things happen; those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. As a columnist,… Read More »