Category Archives: Editorial

OBAMA ANWERS “3 A.M.” CALL

CHICAGO (jGLi) – In the heat of the 2008 presidential primary election campaign, Hillary Clinton fielded a campaign ad, which featured a telephone ringing at 3 a.m. It promoted the idea that Barack Obama was not prepared to pick up the call at a critical hour. It was telling American primary voters that in case a crisis would… Read More »

BIN LADEN JUNIORS?

Navy SEAL(Sea, Air and Land) commandos who swooped May 1 at the Abbottabad hideout of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan not only found a “treasure trove of documents “ about his own organization, Al Qaeda, but also some interesting facts about his personal life on the run. Among them were some medications on many kinds of common ailments,… Read More »

Eight Timeless Success Ideas

Five years after my Mama died of cancer, so many things have happened. Countries around the globe had gone through complicated recession. Many homeowners lost their possessions. Still so many others lost their jobs. Stresses have gone up as people grapple through unforeseen challenges and hardships. In my family, some nieces and nephews have already moved to universities;… Read More »

RESURRECTION

When we thought that everything is finished and done, we are wrong; it is just the beginning of a new chapter of life’s challenges and trials. It is thought that even death can’t stop a belief if the faith is so strong. AVV511 As promised, based on readers’ request for more spiritual enlightenment article, we’ll dwell on spiritual… Read More »

The William and Kate Royal wedding: the afterfacts

After the pomp, pageantry and splendor of the April 29 Royal wedding, life will never be the same for Katherine Kate Middleton. He will no longer be an ordinary Briton nor shall we say a commoner. She is now a member of the Royal family. As the wife of Prince William, she will assume the official title of… Read More »

Focus on the sciences

While browsing the web, I noticed an article that says the Philippines is in the bottom of 38 countries tested in the efficiency of their math and science education. The test was conducted among eighth grade students of the 38 countries (second year high school equivalent in the Philippines) to see how effective the current math and science… Read More »

How are you feeling today?

These last recent weeks, the newspapers, radio and television had been dominated by news and commentaries about the” wedding of the century”. The event had brought a lot of excitement, anticipation and discussions that other news items have seemed to be eclipsed. WE heard very little of the development in Japan after the March 12 earthquake and Moamar… Read More »

FOR THE LOVE OF BIKOL CULTURE AND ITS PEOPLE

CHICAGO (jGLi) – When Philippine’s national hero Jose Rizal said, “Ang hindi magmahal sa sariling wika ay daig pa ang amoy ng mabahong isda,” (those who do not love their language evinces a smell worse than a rotten fish), perhaps, it also applies to other native cultures and traditions. Perhaps, Rizal was meaning to say that one could… Read More »