Vol. XIX, No. 20 August 31 2010

Former RP Defense Attache in DC is new DOD chief

MANILA – Retired Gen. Voltaire Gazmin, who was the Philippine defense attaché in the Philippine embassy in the early 90s, has been picked by President Benigno Aquino III as the new secretary of National Defense.
Gazmin, who was former chief of the Presidential Security Command when Cory was President, has defended himself from criticism that he [...]

More Peace Corps coming to RP, says Thomas

MANILA – The US government intends to double the number of Peace Corps volunteers assigned to the country this year if the Philippine government approves it, US Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. said.
US Peace Corps volunteers in the country engage in community development work such as English education, environmental protection, and public health service, among others.

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Peace Corps officers brief Amb. Gaa

Ambassador Willy C. Gaa (right) welcomes Peace Corps Philippines Country Director Sonia Derenoncourt (middle) during a courtesy call at the Embassy of the Philippines. Accompanying her is US Peace Corps Philippine Desk Officer Jim Metzgar (left).

Walking the Talk

By Greg Macabenta
DALY CITY
A large delegation of overseas Filipinos, mostly from America, attended the inauguration of President Noynoy Aquino (I still have to get used to referring to him as P-Noy, but then, I never referred to Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as GMA). These were the same people who organized a volunteer group called US Pinoys for [...]

Celebration of Life

The cycle of life goes on in Washington, DC. People we know come and go. There’s sadness, there’s joy, but just the same their lives are celebrated, lives are honored. The beauty of it is that we only remember and talk about the goodness in people, whatever the occasion.
In the first half of [...]

Rage

A beautiful miss suspects her boyfriend of cheating on her. In a fit of rage she visits a local gun shop and buys a pistol. She then takes the gun with her to her boyfriend’s apartment to confront him with her suspicions.
As she arrives, she hears amorous sounds coming from within the apartment. In a [...]

Confession

During a sermon, sinabihan ang parish priest ng isang bayan ang mga tao: “Kung kayo ay naligaw ng landas at nagkasala sa laman… huwag nang magsabi ng detalya kung kayo ay mangumpisal sa akin. Sabihin na lamang sa akin na kayo ay nahulog sa tulay. Maiintindihan ko na yun.”
Dumating ang panahon na kinailangang [...]

Agaw-Buhay

Nakaupo si Charing sa tabi ng kanyang nag-aagaw buhay na asawang si Juan. Hawak-hawak niya ang mga kamay nito at nararamdaman niyang hindi na magtatagal ang buhay nito.
Juancho: Charing, mahal ko, bago ako mamatay ay mayroon akong gustong ipagtapat sa ‘yo.
Charing: Huwag… huwag kang magsalita ng ganyan at baka makasama pa sa ‘yo iyan.
Juancho: [...]

IFES cites its role in ‘historic’ RP polls

WASHINGTON D.C. – The Washington-based International Foundation for Electoral Sstems (IFES) has described the May 10, 2010 automated Philippine elections as historic and memorable. It also bared the role it played in helping set up the automated system.
Bill Sweeney, IFES President and CEO, who was in the Philippines to observe the elections said “it was [...]

‘How We Got Here’

By Rodney Jaleco
We listened to five Asian immigrants tell a crowd “how we got here” at the 2010 Smithsonian Folklife Festival at the National Mall.
A woman from New Delhi recounted how her husband, a computer engineer, arrived in the US in the 1970s with almost no money, no place to stay and in search of [...]

Pres. Noy

By J.G. Azarcon, Esq.
Several planeloads of Ameripinos spent their own money to attend the inauguration of the new president of the Philippines, Noynoy Aquino.
These blue seal Pinoys were not disappointed. They got a royal treatment from their idol. They were accommodated to an exclusive “kodakan”. According to my unreliable source, a protocol official initially [...]

ANDRES DE KAMA

Nag-uusap ang dalawang magkaibigang lalaki.
Kulas: Pare, balita ko, nag-away raw kayo ng misis mo. Ano, ayos na ba?”
Andres: Oo, ayos na ayos na pare. At alam mo ba? Pagapang siyang lumapit sa akin, pare ko.
Kulas: Siyanga? Anong sinabi niya?
Andres: Ang sabi niya, “Lumabas ka riyan sa ilalim ng kama at lumaban kang parang [...]

INDAY TIPID

Misis tumawag sa Maynila mula sa business seminar sa Baguio.
Misis: Inday, kailangan magtipid ka diyan ng tubig, at huwag masyadong gumamit ng kuryente.
Inday: Opo, ma’am… kaya nga po kami sabay nang maligo ni sir, eh…
Misis: Ano?? Buwisit ka…!!
Inday: (Tuloy pa rin) At eto pa po ma’am, lalo po kayong matutuwa… pinapatay ko rin [...]

RP-US friendship day

No matter what many may say, July 4 is still a historic date for the Philippines. This was the day in 1946 when the United States relinquished its occupation of the Philippines and by doing so, indirectly restored the independence that was proclaimed by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo and his followers in Kawit, Cavite on June [...]

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