PACQUIAO’S DOCTORATE (HONORIS CAUSA) By Maloney L. Samaco PhilBoxing.com Sat, 31 Jan 2009 It was officially announced by the administration of the Southwestern University that the world’s number one pound-for–pound boxer Manny Pacquiao will be awarded the degree Doctor in Human Kinetics, “Honoris Causa.” The conferment will be done on February 18, 2009.“Honoris causa” is [...]
English as the big Filipino hang up AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo Philstar: January 22, 2009 Whenever your Chair Wrecker writes about the issue of re-imposing English as the medium of instruction here, spirited responses are generated. Many of those who support the view that English should be taught only as [...]
What Better Choices? By Antonio C. Abaya Written on Jan. 28, 2009 There is an item going around in the domestic cyberspace with the provocative assertion that we deserve better choices in presidential candidates in 2010. In fact, readers are encouraged to submit their nominations to the email address: <we.deserve.better.choices.2010@gmail.com> The short [...]
An American Revolutionary in the Philippines by George M. Hizon The densely forested area around the Rio de la Pampanga River was a scene of great bloodshed as dozens of Filipinos lay dead massacred by the advancing U.S. forces. It was August, 1899, when Filipino Insurrectos under General Maximino Hizon were making a futile stand [...]
Justice at 3 A.M. by Fr. James B. Reuter, S.J. *Note: This is the e-mail prayer brigade initiated by Fr. Reuter for Phillip. Phillip Andrew A. Pestaño graduated from the Ateneo de Manila High School in 1989, entered the Philippine Military Academy, and became an Ensign in the Philippine Navy in 1993. He was [...]
House body clears banned contractors – “Lutong Macao!” This is one of the most blatant display of arrogance and abuse of power. The World Bank did its own investigation of collusion among these three contractors before they wer banned. For the House Committee on Public Works and Highways to ignore the evidence presented by the [...]
Very interesting! See how the 44 US Presidents morphed from George Washington to Barack Obama. Click here From George Washington to Barack Obama Enjoy! Perry
Of Traitors and Heroes GLIMPSES Jose Ma. Montelibano It is not difficult to talk about traitors. There are so many of them around, easy to spot because they usually hold positions of power or hold great wealth. The worst traitors are come from the Church and the State, both being the the dominant and domineering [...]
Tim Geithner: Wrong Man for the Job By Rawlein Soberano Tim Geithner is head of the Federal Reserve Board in New York for 6 years and was confirmed for Secretary of the Treasury in the Obama administration on the premise that, given the serious economic crisis facing the country, the new president deserves to have [...]
Of Laughter and Red-hot Coals—the Humor that Saves By Francisco F. Claver, S.J. Can our vaunted Filipino sense of humor be harnessed to help us get through the sickening corruption of our times? The question occurred to me when I received the two jokes recounted below from an American religious, Marist Brother Kevin O’Neill, [...]
