If only Magellan had GPS
Posted on June 29, 2007 - Filed Under History | 2 Comments
With today’s Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, anyone can easily travel from point A to point B almost anywhere in the world . . . on land and at sea . . . without the men among us asking for directions. And keep a record of precise coordinates of key locations along the route that […]
Read More..>>Green cards fade to black
Posted on June 28, 2007 - Filed Under Governance | Leave a Comment
President George W. Bush had valiantly fought to get the Immigration Reform Bill back on the floor but despite a compromise deal that was carefully crafted with Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and other Democratic notables such as Sen. Ted Kennedy, the bill was effectively
Read More..>>Victim speaks up on shakedown
Posted on June 24, 2007 - Filed Under Governance | Leave a Comment
In October last year, the Manila Times ran an editorial deploring what appeared to be the abrupt dismissal of then Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban.
As things have turned out in the past week, however, it was Panganiban himself who decided to give up his ad interim Cabinet position . . . rather than succumb to […]
Udder Matters: The breastfeeding controversy
Posted on June 22, 2007 - Filed Under Healthy Living | Leave a Comment
Someone once quipped, “Breast milk is better because it’s free, ready to drink and usually comes in attractive containers”.
That position is very likely shared by group of Pinays that staged a rally earlier this week in front of the Supreme Court in support of continuing efforts by the Department of Health to ban the advertising […]
The First Noelle: Pinays conquer Mt. Everest
Posted on June 3, 2007 - Filed Under Pinoys Extraordinaire | Leave a Comment
In the aftermath of the midterm Philippine elections, the uncommon feat of the first Filipinas to conquer Mt. Everest on May 15th was hardly noticed by the local press that has been preoccupied with allegations and counter-allegations
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