~ A mix of leaves, twigs, branches and kulms boiled in water resulted in a healthy drink – the bamboo tea, or green tea, as most people know. But the enterprising Filipino farmer had his sights on another by-product, reputedly the very first in North America at least, and possibly the world – the bamboo beer. Yes, the… Read More »
Everybody in this world needs Christmas. It is the holiday that brightens the end of the year and helps lift up the spirit burdened by all the sad and sometimes horrific events of the earlier months. After Halloween, by the first of November, hints of Christmas would be on the air. Yuletide decorations start to appear on window… Read More »
Events do happen, good and bad. We know God has a reason but man’s nature of attachment destroy man’s capacity to learn the lesson in everything that happened in our lives. AVV1212 When everyone is looking forward to the most wonderful season of the year, tragedy strucks almost every year. Some incidents are so near to Christmas day… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – In his first official act following his re-election, President Obama decided to visit Thailand, Cambodia and Burma. This gesture of Mr. Obama of excluding the Philippines from his itinerary has confounded political opinion makers in Manila. There is no doubt the Philippines is the U.S.’s oldest ally in the region when it became part of… Read More »
MANILA The irony of Christmas is that while it’s the happiest time of the year, it can be the loneliest for many people. The suicide rate in some countries rises during the holiday season. Filipinos love Christmas. After New Year’s, Filipinos can’t wait until its Christmas again. The countdown to December 25 begins immediately on January 2. This… Read More »
I hate to disappoint many Filipino boxing fans. It wasn’t a lucky punch from Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez that viciously floored boxing icon Manny Pacquiao on his face to the canvas in the sixth round of their fourth match in Las Vegas last Saturday. It was a calculated punch that some boxing experts described as the “perfect punch.”… Read More »
It will be a bleak and traumatic Christmas for most of the victims of super typhoon “Pablo “(code named Botha) in Eastern Mindanao. As of latest count, there are at least 700 dead and 800 more missing in the aftermath of the most deadly and strongest storm ever to hit Mindanao in decades. The death toll could easily… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – If Manny Pacquiao would not suffer brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder from the devastating right straight he absorbed from Juan Miguel Marquez, by all means, let him go back to the ring if he feels he still has what it takes to win. But he would need to go back to some of his… Read More »
It is reassuring to know that President Aquino is not leaving the farmers alone after all farm lands subject to land reform have been turned over to them. The President has ordered the release of P1 billion to fund an Agrarian Production Credit Program aimed at helping farmers across the country put up post-harvest facilities and buy farm… Read More »
Last November 23, 2012, President Benigno “P-Noy”Aquino III in a keynote address at the 9th Media Nation Summit, spoke about corruption in the media, which was the theme of the conference. He called on the media industry to develop “common standards” to prevent corruption, saying that the lack of which could lead to corruption. P-Noy said that he… Read More »