One of the most ancient methods of preserving food was smoking. Due to the absence of refrigeration, protein foods had to be preserved like fish and meat in excess of the home requirements, and for the rainy weather ahead. This is the story of an “umbuyan” or fish smoking house worker during the years before the Pacific War… Read More »
Q. Dear Atty. Wong, we have a 39-year-old apartment rental building in the Philippines that we inherited from our parents. Property title is under all our names. Being an old building, lots of repairs are needed. One of my siblings does not want to share the apartment repair expenses but wants to receive the monthly rental income collection… Read More »
Lydia NoNo, noon! Lydia YesYes, ngayon? $20 million winner! Eskeremengoles! Si Lydia Nono po! Ngayon, Lydia Yesyes? Kung pano nya na-pick ining winning numbers! Ewan ko! Ewan nyo? Ancient Chinese secret? * * * Lawiswis Kawayan! Si Lydia, ang dasal, Ilokano kaya? Baka, Pangasinan? Visaya? Tagalog? Baka, English naman? Siya ang tanungin! Ngayon e nasaan? * * *… Read More »
Presidential son and congressman Mike M. Arroyo is under heavy scrutiny these days over his alleged failure to declare millions of properties and assets including a beachfront property in Northern California, USA. This comes close at the heel of the now infamous expensive marathon dinners in New York and Washington D.C involving her mother President Gloria M Arroyo… Read More »
The race for the Philippine Presidency has intensified and will continue to as the deadline for the filing of candidacy for the 2010 elections is nearing- that’s November 15, 2008.. Intrigues galore, may natumbang hopefuls, may bagong emerge, and may holding on to their dreams kahit na yata alam nilang wala talaga silang kapag a pag- asa. Unang… Read More »
One of their fathers could have been president if martial law had not cancelled the 1973 presidential elections. And now 37 years later, Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II, son of the late Sen. Gerardo “Gerry” Roxas, and Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, son of the late Sen. Benigno Aquino III, are in the forefront of the race for… Read More »
Many parents feel stressed before and during school openings, when kids have to wake up earlier than usual, when they have to wrestle with new school mates and new teachers. As well, kids demand latest jeans and designer shirts just to keep up with peers. And who shell out the required funds for these extra and sometimes unnecessary… Read More »
I was deeply touched by the message in the homily given by the assistant pastor in my church last week that I feel I should share it with my readers. He told a story of two fierce animals in the jungle – a tiger and a lion – which got engaged in a fight. Both were strong, powerful… Read More »
With just nine months to go before the May 2010 Philippine presidential elections, the positioning among presidential candidates and political parties has already reached pitch fever proportions. And unlike at the onset of the year when there were more than a dozen presidential hopefuls, we can now cut the number down to just seven or eight, and perhaps… Read More »