Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Vol. XVI, No. 12
Vol. XVI, No. 12
Archive for April, 2007
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Politics minimizes Pacquiao?s victory
“My boxing is for the country’s honor,
but this political fight, will be the people who will choose. Let’s respect the
people who will vote and choose their leaders whom they think will bring
progress to their district,” he said.
In a statement, Mrs. Arroyo again hailed
the latest ring conquest of Pacquiao who, she said, “has once again brought
victory [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Philfest’s theme: Culture
Becky Pagsibigan, chairman of the Gala
Ball announced that “this will be a unique and fun-filled evening. The
gala will reflect the theme featuring varied cultures from the East and West
that contribute to America’s rich fabric. Members of the Committee, including
Gloria Caoile, Mary Anne Fadul and Celia Donahue, are enjoining everyone to
save the date and make [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Filipino-American sailors in Daraga, Albay
The San Diego-based ship carried Marines
and Navy “Seabees” from the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade stationed in Okinawa, Japan. Filipino-American sailors make up 11%
of the USS Comstock’s crew. This opportunity to return home to provide aid to
the people of the Philippines is a morale builder for the crew, which
is currently on an extended Western Pacific Deployment.
Culinary [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Fact Sheet on Asian Americans
The Future
33.4 million* The projected number of
U.S. residents in 2050 who will identify themselves as single-race Asians. They
would comprise 8% of the total population by that year.
213% The projected percentage increase
between 2000 and 2050 in the population of people who identify themselves as
single-race Asian. This compares with a 49% increase in the population as a
whole [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
All about Oil Painting today
Watercolor
– This is known as lucid (transparent) medium as white is no where
added to the body. The pigments are quite thin and transparent.
Watercolors normally have a brilliancy that surpasses solid mediums.
Unfortunately, in this medium some properties are not simple to handle
and meaning of edges are as well not simple to manage when working on
wet paper. [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Clear All History
Internet Eraser Software is one tool which helps to delete the
information stored in this system file thereby making the computer
hacker-free. The internet eraser software has certain embedded programs
that can search and find hidden files that are to be deleted. This
software ensures that the privacy of an individual is protected and
deletes all such files that are [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Noted journalist writes for MM
During his journalistic career, he became
associate editor of the Evening News in Manila and later covered the United
Nations in New York and served as correspondent of various foreign
publications.
Mercado later became the founding
director of the Philippine Press Institute, an organization of newspaper
publishers in the Philippines, and later editor of DEPTHnews, a
publication of the Magsaysay Foundation [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Stronger peso seen by finance secretary
He said the Philippines was hopeful of
signing a compact with the US government’s Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC)
sometime next year to raise $300 million to $500 million for economic and
social development projects.
The country was making good progress in
meeting benchmarks that should enable it to graduate from the “threshold” of
becoming fully eligible for MCC assistance to a [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
2 Filipinas vie for ?Universe?
When she was still in the Philippines, Basken worked as a model and appeared
on various TV commercials (like Bingo, Johnson’s Baby Cologne and KFC) and TV
shows (like ABC 5’s Teka Muna with Joey de Leon). Right now, she’s taking a
qualifying year so that she could enter university and major in Psychology and
the Social Sciences. Her [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Palawan Diary Part 2
In the afternoon, as I lounged on
the sofa again, Inday, my massage lady came earlier than the 7:00
PM appointment I thought I requested. Is my memory failing me again? I
had to ask her to return on Sunday. I had rested enough today when I remembered
to take the deck lamp to [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
The New Pensionados
The constant flow of money to the
debt-free pensionados has created a large pool of liquid cash — ready to be
spent at the blink of an eye.
And what is the easiest way to spend this
kind of wealth? Shopping, Isn’t it? It is no wonder then that
four of the 10 largest mega malls in the world are [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
SHOCK AND SORROW
The National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) joined the Organization of Chinese Americans, Korean American Association and other Asian American groups in mourning the loss of innocent lives. They also joined the nationwide April 20 commemoration of that tragic event.
The Filipino American community offered a Holy Mass and Prayers for those killed and wounded [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Is ISA now DALAWA?
Unfortunately, the dumb (excuse my
language) editor, who is obviously ignorant of the goings on in the community
also published a press release on page 17 of the same issue of the Mail
announcing the same beauty pageant to be held at the JW Marriott in Washington
D.C. This group which also claims to be ISA is led by [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Alarming Bush plan
“The Bush administration is undermining
its own core beliefs about family values by effectively preventing family
members from unifying," Kern noted.
“We are joining more than 12 national
organizations in making a visible presence in Congress and in presenting a
clear and unified call for humane and just immigration reform," Caoile
said.
“We applauded the White House last year
for continuing to push [...]