I turned on the television one morning to get the weather forecast and I hit the Regis-Kelly show. My attention was caught by Regis’ exclamation,” Five hundred thousand dollars for two weeks?” He appeared he could not believe what he was reading in the New York morning paper. It developed that it was a news item about a… Read More »
Eskeremengoles! Tapos ang tag – init! E, init ng ulo di pa naaalis? Doon po sa atin, ulan e humirit! Sus! Bagyong si Basyang sagsag e very quick! * * * Hataw ni Cabuyao! Umpisa na naman, Doon nga sa atin iring tag – ulanan! Sabagay mainam, dahil ang Angat Dam, Natutuyuan na! Tsk! Tikang na tikang!… Read More »
Modern business today thrives on the commercial instrument of credit. By proper spaced payment, an item can have by a buyer from the creditor who sells the desired items. The spaced payment is known as instalment or “hulugan”, the amount depends on the arrangements usually on the paying capacity of the buyer or customer. Long before the… Read More »
There was a report from the Philippine Central Bank (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) last week that caught my attention. BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo warned that money sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has peaked and may soon plateau. Guinigundo said remittances have breached a very large base, leading to a situation wherein the growth… Read More »
The expression “sooner rather than later” has been my motto for Canada Immigration applicants for years. The reason is that the Canadian Federal Government often changes its immigration rules without notice. A few years back, not only did Canada change its immigration rules upon a federal election it went one step further and made them retroactive to applicants… Read More »
God is perfect as well as all of His creations. On the other hand, man perfected being troubled by problems and focused on the constant change of life’s cycle. Men forget the perfection of our creation, that everything has a remedy and a solution. AVV610 Life at the start of civilization was very simple… Read More »
The exclusive use and abuse of sirens commonly called as “Wang-Wang “ in the Philippines, was a child of martial rule when then dictator Marcos issued Presidential Decree No.96 on January 13, 1973 declaring as “Unlawful the use or attachment of sirens, bells, whistles or similar gadgets that emit exceptionally loud and startling sounds “ .Under the decree,… Read More »
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is not done yet. Contrary to what she told the military during her farewell address, Arroyo is not just ready to fade away. After nine long years of near tyrannical power in Malacanang, this lady wants more. It became obvious a few years before she was to bow out of the presidency when she did… Read More »