In 2024, Focus on What Leads to Job Search Success

2023 is officially a wrap! For those starting 2024 as a job seeker, I suggest prioritizing and focusing on the following: “Communication, the human connection, is the key to personal and career success.” —Paul J. Meyer, self-improvement industry pioneer. Make constantly developing your communication skills a priority. Nothing makes you more powerful than being literate and articulate. Your… Read More »

Of crooked, rogue cops in Philippines

 BY: TONY ANTONIO There may be snakes in every forest, but the “snakes” in police departments in the Philippines are markedly different from erring cops here in the U.S. While rogue U.S. law-enforcement officers are often accused of being racist (like the George Floyd case), the common complaints against Filipino policemen are mostly about corruption, extortion or robbery.… Read More »

FIT AND HEALTHY

A SENIOR’S NEW YEARS RESOLUTION LIFE IS TOO SHORT,  my wife’s favourite catchphrase, takes a renewed meaning at the start of the New Year—a not-so-subtle reminder if one belongs to a circle of friends or an organization catering to seniors. The inevitable demise of the older members comes in a more distressing regularity. The point of this piece… Read More »

A REMINDER

With Integrity, Peace Is Achievable The Holiday Season can evoke nostalgia on everyone.  The season can bring fond memories of loved ones long gone and of happy times spent together. It is like a magic blanket that relives those moments all over again, reuniting families. This year despite all the rough and tumble in life that I have… Read More »

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all!

The Holiday Season can evoke nostalgia on everyone.  The season can bring fond memories of loved ones long gone and of happy times spent together. It is like a magic blanket that relives those moments all over again, reuniting families. This year despite all the rough and tumble in life that I have been through, I can still… Read More »

The Delicious Yet Underrated Filipino Cuisine

Nowadays, there is such a thing called food trips. And this does not include an indulgence in a harmful as it was in the mid-60s well into ‘70s when pot did not necessarily mean a cooking vessel. A term food trip is now literally visiting a country to taste and experience the country’s culinary delights. People travel to… Read More »

Utak talangka

Ni Edwin Esteba Hindi maaalis sa ating mga pilipino Ang mainggit sa kapwa nito Sa halip kasi na magtulungan tayo Bakit kailangan hatakin mo pababa ito? Kung ang isang tao ay may nagagawang mabuti Matuwa ka kapag siya ay pinupuri Huwag siyang sisiraan na parang nakapandidiri Ginagawa niyang mabuti para sa nakakarami Kung ikaw ay walang maitutulong Huwag… Read More »

An exercise a day keeps the doctor away

“Mag-exercise tayo tuwing umaga/Tuwing umaga, tuwing umaga/Mag-exercise tayo tuwing umaga/Upang ang katawan natin ay sumigla.” – Lyrics by Yoyoy Villame.  Good life equals good health, or good health equals good life. Whatever the equation, the good is the exercise. It produces energy, prolongs life and keeps the doctor away. Yet there is always an excuse not to do… Read More »

 My Journalist friends: Mang Ruben, Mang Tony, Jojo, Tenny and Butch

My journalist friends—Mang Ruben Cusipag, Mang Tony Sikat, Jojo Taduran, Tenny Soriano and Butch Galicia—have retired permanently, resting in their graves. Once in a while, I think about them because I know I’ll have the same eventuality– passing on. Being a senior, I cannot help but think about both life’s uncertainty and its eventuality, that someday, I will… Read More »