Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The “Hello Garci” tapes may be illegal in the Philippines, but not
in the embassy. Some officials and staff, according to insiders, have been secretly
taping, listening or distributing copies of these current best-seller. So widespread
has this become that there is now general suspicion among top officers, including
Ambassador Albert del Rosario, about the loyalty of some of [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Popular Pinoy rock bands in the U.S. typically go by such names as Bleud, Grim
Bottle, Rubberband, Bolpens and Daisy Chain. And there’s the award-winning
TheSpeaks, of course, considered one of the first Filipino American bands to cross
over the American rock mainstream with their hardcore, Nu rock music.
But Tandang Sora? Why name a [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
With former President Cory Aquino, ten of her Cabinet members and erstwhile ally
Senate President Franklin Drillon asking for her resignation, can Pres. Gloria
Arroyo survive the political hurricane rocking her hold to power?
Poor Ate Glo, she even doesn’t have a soft shoulder to cry on. Her chubby
husband Mike Arroyo went on voluntary exile to the U.S. [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By: J. G. Azarcon, Esq.
Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona and Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy
of Massachusetts have jointly introduced a bill in Congress that will enable illegal
aliens in the U.S. to gain temporary valid status to be classified as H5A.
The guest worker program of this bill is similar to the proposal announced by
Pres. George W. [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Why is President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo refusing to answer the
clamor of her supporters and the opposition to answer charges that she cheated
during the May 2004 elections? Why doesn’t she explain her supposed conversation
with Commission on Election Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano whom she had earlier
appointed regarding her alleged desire to win by more than one million votes [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
“The wheels of social change have been turning inexorably away from urban
snobbery."
Why do we people of the National Capital Region aka Metro Manila, speak of “the
province” as if it were some amorphous, unnamed planet in outer space, when
we mean “the countryside” or “out of town”.
At most writers’ meetings, someone is sure to say firmly that [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA - Jaime Cardinal Sin was accorded full military and state honors when he
was buried Tuesday (June 28)in a crypt beneath Manila Cathedral, where other Filipino
bishops are interred.
President Arroyo has announced a week of national mourning for Sin as hundreds
of mourners filed past his coffin ever day.
Mrs. Arroyo also ordered Philippine flags to be flown [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By Remé Grefalda
Raise a glass! This one’s for History—Asian American history as written
by members of each community: Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Koreans and Vietnamese.
It will, without a doubt, prove to be an important resource material for university
students and researchers. Here is a comprehensive compilation documenting the
Asian American struggle in America. Enhancing the book’s contents (25 essays)
are [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Manila – University of the Philippine professor Edgar E. Escuoltrua has
been nominated for the 2005 Nobel Prize for Physics, according to two members
of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
This was confirmed by Dr. Johannes Hieber and Dr. Lars Jonhagen in e-mails to
Escultura. Dr. Heber told Escultura that “we have read your work on the
Grand Unified [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA –President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s bid to stay in power,
received a major boost when the influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the
Philippines rejected calls for her to step down amid the scandals rocking around
her administration.
The sunday announcement gave the president a reprieve after weeks of turmoil which
prompted her husband Mike Arroyo and son Rep. Mickey Arroyo [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By Jose Katigbak
WASHINGTON — Forty-one high schoolers from across the Philippines, many
of them poor, some of them disabled but all of them smart as a whip, are heading
back home with a lifetime of happy memories after a year as exchange students
in the United States.
The Filipinos were among 454 students from countries with significant Muslim populations
awarded [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By Jose Katigbak
WASHINGTON - Despite a deepening political crisis in the Philippines, 516 Filipino
American tourists are visiting the country of their birth next week confident
they will be safe.
“They have great confidence in terms of the manner in which the tour has
been organized and there have been no questions brought to me with regards to
safety ?. [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
“What’s your web address?” From small “mom and pop” home-based businesses to mega-stores, people ask this question in business every single day. Even if you only operate a small, local business, if you don’t have a website (or at least email) people honestly look at you funny.
A few years ago, website hosting was one of [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
One of the most common questions I’m asked by my clients is “What domain name should I use for my website?”. In response, I would recommend considering several factors. In the following article, I will go through these factors in a question and answer format:
1. Should I choose a country code domain name (like [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
In love with America
A survey published recently by the World Forum reveals that majority
of the world’s peoples, even those whose governments are democracies that
are allies and partners of the US, dislike America with only three peoples, Indians,
the Poles and the Filipinos in favor of America.
[...]