Making a Change as a Beauty Queen

You cannot do all the good the earth needs, but the earth needs all the good you can do. – Jana Stanfield  To help those in need is one of the most selfless actions we can do, so why don’t we do it more often? I understand that one action of ours may not register to our critical… Read More »

Tsk Tsk Tsk

Profound realization: Sometimes, listening attentively to unending tales of woe brings relief. It’s nice to discover that you are running ahead of someone and a nasty bear. ***** Late post: Tatang tried to outrun aspiring bets in the latest polls. On the eve of the halalan, naghanap siya ng barya sa ilalim ng mesa. Kaso naumpog, utak ay… Read More »

Move Against Domestic Abuse

Anyone can be mistreated or can fall as a victim of violence or domestic abuse. However, women and children are particularly vulnerable to domestic violence. In fact, every six days in Canada, a woman is slain by her partner, and one in five women experience a form of abuse in their spousal relationship (Statistics Canada, 2019).  Domestic abuse… Read More »

Life and Death

“Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.”  Ernest Hemingway Life I sprung up from somewhere in circumstances right or wrong without my consent. I would have liked it but conditions were less than ideal. There were lots of struggles… Read More »

We’re Hiring!

Interested in working with an industry leader in tile and stone?Interested in working with one of Canada’s best managed companies? We’re interested in people that are! We currently have vacancies for two (2) Material Handler positions in ourDistribution Centre located at 8300 Huntington Road, Woodbridge, ON MATERIAL HANDLERS1 day shift position from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm1 afternoon… Read More »

Remembering Ruben on All Souls Day

All Souls Day is here and for people who lost their loved ones, it will surely be a day for remembering. For me, my late husband Ruben Cusipag, had been gone for over eight years, but his memories remain as fresh, as if it happened just yesterday. The Founder of Balita Newspaper, a journalist by heart, a social… Read More »

Why We Keep Our Little Life’s Possessions?

In some nook and cranny of our home, we find those few prized possessions we’ve been keeping through the years. These are the little things we have that we could not quickly get rid of, but at times, they have become our comfort zones. Every time we see and touch these possessions—old books, photos, letters, cards, children’s and… Read More »

BIO-TECHNOLOGICAL (R)EVOLUTION

PART  II Ten thousand years ago, there was no such thing as corn, just a wild grassy plant called Teosinte.  Farmers started domesticating it by selecting seeds for planting.  Maize, as it was later called, then had an ear ( cob) 2 cm long with eight rows of kernels. From that lowly start, the corn has steadily transformed… Read More »

The Mountain of Hope

There it is looking high and mighty, the mountain of hope for the poorest and neglected people of the country. Its beauty lies underneath. The early morning start of garbage trucks dumping the thrashes of the well-off is sweet music and not an irritant for those eking a living for the non-stop pile-ups. It means there is work… Read More »