Trivia: Did you know that the first Filipino movie director that shaped up local films to world class was Manuel Conde? His flick the classic Genghis Khan was the initial local stuff that gained recognition in the 1952 Venice Film Festival. As an aftermath, several countries had screen version of the said pic that spearheaded Philippines to an… Read More »
Under the Christmas tree is a present to have, to hold and to cherish. Up the same tree is a better brighter future that an angel or a star may lead and inspire us to seek. Remember Kings Gaspar, Melchor and Baltazar whose wise judgment is celebrated on the first Sunday of January? They followed the Shining Light… Read More »
It was revealed a week ago that Russia was hacking at least eight U.S. government computer networks. It is not known at this time how the Russians were able to penetrate America’s top-secret government networks security secrets including the State Department, Department of Homeland Security, Pentagon, Treasury, Commerce, and National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons… Read More »
By: Gemma Chua I would never have imagined that I can be so active and dedicated on keeping myself fit. True, 2020 was a year of many challenges, the worst challenges the entire world had faced because of the pandemic resulting to a lot of misfortune incidents. How can I battle this uncontrollable disease that conquered the entire… Read More »
By Edwin de Leon During my parochial high school years, practically everyone was on the same socio-economic level. This helped us to be less sensitive with our lot. The staff was distant and generally aloof; rapport in an all-boys school with mostly women teachers is not the ethos promoted in Catholic schools. The priests of the day were nothing… Read More »
Q. A notice of collection of the real property tax which has been in delinquency for decades coming from the Provincial Treasurer’s Office of our province was given to me months ago, for and in behalf of my deceased father who passed away last 2018. I talked to my siblings regarding this and asked my elders which… Read More »
Trivia: With the 84th birthday of ex Comedy Queen Nida Blanca on Jan.6, 2021 and the recent observance of her death anniversary last Nov. 7, 2001 countless people have felt anew her heartbreaking still unsolved murder. Albeit the main suspects Phillip Medel and Nida’s husband Rod Strunk were charged up to their death (Phillip died in jail and… Read More »
According to President-elect Joe Biden, President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede was “embarrassing and would reflect poorly on his legacy.” Indeed, a leader is measured and remembered by his or her last act in office. And Trump, since he lost the election on November 3, has manifested a strange behavior that makes him look like a sore loser. And as the… Read More »
By Dr. Freddie Rabelas Obligacion Is there evidence showing the coexistence of poverty and optimism, two seemingly incompatible precepts? Yes, there is and definitively so, according to findings of my study of blighted Estero de Aviles and Estero de Uli-uli communities along the Pasig River. Notwithstanding a dismally low economic well-being index score of 25% (100% corresponds to… Read More »
If there is one notable result of the Biden-Harris victory it is the first time that a female vice president has won the election. Many tried if before like Geraldine Ferraro who ran in 1984 as presidential candidate Walter Mondale’s vice presidential running mate. Ferraro was the first woman nominated for national office by a major party. But the Mondale-Ferraro ticket was… Read More »