Monthly Archives: October 2010
Heart Evangelista and Bianca King reconcile
October 15, 2010
Actresses Heart Evangelista and Bianca King have smoked the peace pipe.
This was reported by showbiz authority Mario Bautista, pointing out that Heart initiated their reconciliation. Continue reading
Vic Sotto finds a new girl in his life
October 15, 2010
Don’t look now but comedian Vic Sotto has found a new lady in his life.
This one, however, is not for a “play thing” for Vic, who is known for his ties with many women. Continue reading
FPJ’s daughter named chairperson of MTRCB
October 15, 2010
MANILA — President Benigno S. Aquino III has appointed Grace Poe-Llamanzares, daughter of the late National Artist and Filipino movie action king Fernando Poe Jr. and actress Susan Roces, as chairman of the Movie, Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB). Continue reading
Juday, family overjoyed with coming of Lucho
October 15, 2010
Yes, the top star, Judy Ann Santos, is overjoyed after giving birth to a baby boy last Thursday, October 7, Feast of the Lady of the Holy Rosary. Continue reading
Aquino’s first 100 days
October 8, 2010
Filipinos in California and New York saw for themselves how President Benigno S. Aquino III worked with world leaders, including US President Barack Obama, American business leaders and on his countrymen living in America during his week-long working visit last month. The first overseas trip of the President netted $2.7 billion in promised investments and the signing of an agreement for $434 million assistance from the Millennium Challenge Corporation of the US federal government. Continue reading
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
October 8, 2010
Why I have a problem with Republicans
I guess I can’t call myself Independent now, having written so many articles that favored Democratic initiatives. And even when I try, only few would believe me. So, I won’t fight the label anymore and simply accept what I am in the eyes of people, i.e. a Democrat, Liberal, or even a Progressive. But uninformed Liberal I am not. For I write with passion, not out of emotion but out of reason. I do my research. I read. I listen to both sides and weigh the facts. Then, I pen my opinions. Continue reading
Is it time for population control?
October 8, 2010
President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III ignited a firestorm during his six-day working visit in the U.S. when he announced that he might give assistance to Filipino couples needing contraceptives to limit the number of their children. Instantly, Catholic Church leaders unleashed an attack accusing him of “selling out the Filipino soul” for American dollars and threatened him with excommunication if he went ahead with his plan. Unfazed, P-Noy stood his ground. Continue reading
Color Me Purple
October 8, 2010
He had to pay the ultimate price. Death. His own death.
Nobody knew his name until word got out that a Rutgers University freshman killed himself by jumping off the George Washington Bridge. Tyler Clementi was only 18 years old. A promising musician, a son, and a friend. Foremost, he was way too young to die. Continue reading
I will die for you… (Chapter 43)
by Carmelita Cochingco Ballesteros.
October 8, 2010
If it was heart-breaking to see and reflect upon the remains of Alberto and Julia which lay side by side, it was more painful to think of their son who was born an orphan. It was good that he did not know the meaning of grief yet, and the reason he was crying then was the big change from the darkness whence he came and the brightness which surrounded him now.
Julia’s child was totally orphaned and did not even feel her first kiss nor taste her milk. Continue reading
The Endless Search
October 8, 2010
A song written by Bob Marley, (here’s a little song I wrote, you might want to sing it note for note, don’t worry, be happy…), the title of this article and the wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson quoted above are all reflections of a recent school in Psychology known as Positive Psychology. America is peppered with marketing slogans and other ploys relating almost everything to the state of happiness. Continue reading