Everyone experiences fear. Nobody is exempted from its grip, not even those who appear brave or those who bully their way around. Fear, though unwanted in our lives, is just as normal as any emotion. As Mark Twain asserts, “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. . .” As such, fear happens in… Read More »
After more than a year in hiding, Sen Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson is back in the country. He was first spotted at Mactan International Airport in Cebu City alighting from Cathay Pacific flight CX921 before noon of Friday, 25 March. My kabarangays are now poised to hear naman ‘ the other side of the story’ as the Senator will… Read More »
Si Fr. David Marino ay talagang napaka suwerting tao. Ang buong sambayanan ay sumusuporta sa kanyang mga proyekto, katulad ng pag-papatayo ng simbahan. Noong unang siya ay madestino sa lugar na iyon, ang dinatnan lamang niya ay isang maliit na simbahan na kung hindi nalagyan ng altar at mga larawan ng santo ay masasabing isang bodega ng palay.… Read More »
When you are in despair and things get worst because of advices that are based on personal motives, then it’s about time to look for the answer from the Word of God. AVV311 As of this writing, the trouble in the Middle East is widely spreading. Now it’s the turn of Saudi Arabia government to face a wide… Read More »
Just how powerful was the March 11 earthquake that hit Japan? US geological survey data said the magnitude 8.9 (Richter scale) temblor that hit the Northeastern coast of Japan had a power equivalent to 336 megaton of TNT. If compared for instance to the atom bombs that were dropped in Nagasaki and Hiroshima 1946 during the end of… Read More »
For several days in February, the plot thickened in the case of former AFP comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, as the Senate and House probe into his high highly suspicious plea bargain agreement stumbled upon a bigger corruption scandal that threatened to destroy the credibility of the entire Armed Forces. The investigation was developing into a potential mystery… Read More »
Many parents have asked me on how to discipline a child and how to show tough love. They seem so conflicted about the idea that parents who love their kids should be in control and be tough. In fact one mother believes that tough love doesn’t even exist, that’s it’s just a philosophical concept worthy to be thrown… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – Two surviving Filipino Americans whose members of their families were victims of murders in Illinois share opposite views on death penalty. I sought out their views following the signing Wednesday (March 9) by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn of the ban of death penalty, making Illinois the 16th state to end capital punishment. As you know,… Read More »
Ever since two brave military officers and a courageous government auditor came out to expose corruption in the military and the Commission on Audit (COA), two earth-shaking events occurred that could break through the massive “walls” that were built to protect corrupt officials during the nine-year presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. On February 14, 2011, Bayan Muna party-list… Read More »
Romeo Roman was an indigenous product of Walled City. His parents were both from Intramuros where Romy, as many of his friends called him, was born. After finishing his high school, he was not eager to go to college for if he did; his parents would strive hard to let Romy have a college education. So Romy went… Read More »