And we thought we’ve had enough of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Just when we thought she was ready to fade away and that we’ve heard the last of her administration’s shenanigans, another questionable disbursement that would dwarf the P728-million fertilizer fund scam was revealed last week. On July 14, just a day before Arroyo, her husband Mike… Read More »
NEWS ITEM: “ A devoted Filipino maid inherited S6 Million Singapore dollars(about P202 Million ) from her late employer after more than 20 years of service “. Can this be happening? This jewel of a good news is really true amid the spate of reports we read and hear every now and then of miseries suffered by our… Read More »
In the middle of the year, things will be clearer. Future for the rest of the year can now be felt and not just seen. The good thing is we can prepare for the issues that will come if we can’t prevent it to happen AVV710 Election 2010 did push through, amid speculations of NO-EL… Read More »
I turned on the television one morning to get the weather forecast and I hit the Regis-Kelly show. My attention was caught by Regis’ exclamation,” Five hundred thousand dollars for two weeks?” He appeared he could not believe what he was reading in the New York morning paper. It developed that it was a news item about a… Read More »
Modern business today thrives on the commercial instrument of credit. By proper spaced payment, an item can have by a buyer from the creditor who sells the desired items. The spaced payment is known as instalment or “hulugan”, the amount depends on the arrangements usually on the paying capacity of the buyer or customer. Long before the… Read More »
There was a report from the Philippine Central Bank (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) last week that caught my attention. BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo warned that money sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has peaked and may soon plateau. Guinigundo said remittances have breached a very large base, leading to a situation wherein the growth… Read More »
God is perfect as well as all of His creations. On the other hand, man perfected being troubled by problems and focused on the constant change of life’s cycle. Men forget the perfection of our creation, that everything has a remedy and a solution. AVV610 Life at the start of civilization was very simple… Read More »
The exclusive use and abuse of sirens commonly called as “Wang-Wang “ in the Philippines, was a child of martial rule when then dictator Marcos issued Presidential Decree No.96 on January 13, 1973 declaring as “Unlawful the use or attachment of sirens, bells, whistles or similar gadgets that emit exceptionally loud and startling sounds “ .Under the decree,… Read More »
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is not done yet. Contrary to what she told the military during her farewell address, Arroyo is not just ready to fade away. After nine long years of near tyrannical power in Malacanang, this lady wants more. It became obvious a few years before she was to bow out of the presidency when she did… Read More »
More than two weeks have passed since that G20 Summit and we seem not to hear the last of it yet. Several days ago, there was a march of about one thousand people to Queen’s Park asking for more information about the police action that protesters believed violated their human rights. It was in connection with the demand… Read More »