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 »
It is a very common subject to write about. There are pages of discussions of which are all over the World Wide Web. But throughout my life, I have not been invited to a single public discussion about the topic. Never been a question asked by my teacher or instructor or professor in my school or university. One… 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 »
With their extra closeness, sweetness visibly seen, Paulo Avelino and LJ Reyes are said to be on the brink of marriage this 2013. If anything, LJ instantly brushed off such report. We’re going strong yet no marital plunge whatsoever. In fact, he’s busy with his works at the Kapamilya network. Ako naman one and a half year pa… Read More »
Q. My brother, a retired Navy man married a Filipina in the late sixties. They moved to Bulan in the eighties and bought a small parcel of land and built a home. My brother told me since he was not a Filipino citizen, he could not own land in the Philippines. Thus the land and house were put… 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 »