Monthly Archives: January 2011
Sambajon rules California billiard tourney
January 31, 2011
MANILA — Philippine billiards master Santos “The Saint” Sambajon nipped Mexican warrior Oscar Dominguez, 8-7, to rule the 2nd Annual Chet Itow Memorial Tournament at the California Billiard Club in Mountain View, California. Continue reading
Cotto-Pacquiao rematch possible – Top Rank chief
January 31, 2011
IF Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto would survive Nicaraguan Ricardo Mayorga, Top Rank Promotion chief Bob Arum assures Cotto of three future highly rated bouts including a rematch against Filipino World’s pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao. Cotto (35-2 with 28 knockouts), who is scheduled to fight Mayorga (29-7-1 with 22 knockouts) for the World Boxing Association’s light middleweight belt on March 12, has also a chance to have a rematch against Antonio Margarito and a fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Continue reading
Aquino receives 55 FEU medical alumni from Northern Illinois
January 31, 2011
MANILA — President Benigno S. Aquino III welcomed last week 55 heads of Far Eastern University Medical Alumni Association from Northern Illinois who made a courtesy call before embarking on their respective medical missions in the countryside. Continue reading
Word Of Grace Church Holds
January 31, 2011
The Word of Grace Family Christian Fellowship (C&MA) led by Dr. Richard Mirpuri as the Founder & Senior Pastor joined a global, grass roots movement focusing prayer and attention on the Middle East, specifically Jerusalem, in 2005. The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem, which was launched by a coalition of over 500 major Christian leaders around the world, drew participation from 53,000 local churches in 72 nations that year. Continue reading
JASMINE SINIO @ 53
January 31, 2011
JASMINE SINIO’S SURPRISE 53rd BIRTHDAY BASH AT DOUBLE TREE, OAK BROOK Continue reading
Isports sa Popular na Kultura, Personal na Karera, at Pagiging Makabayan
by Fermin Salvador.
January 31, 2011
Mahigit sa kalahati ng populasyon marahil, o higit pa, ng mga estado ng Illinois at Wisconsin ang nagsinood sa telebisyon sa labang pangkampeonato ng National Football Championship (NFC) sa pagitan ng Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers. Continue reading
Growing old is a privilege
by Dr. Philip S. Chua.
January 31, 2011
Quite often, people complain about growing old. They say they hate getting up there in age and living with the aches and pain of arthritis, diminished agility and dexterity, a more limited mobility, and varying degrees of impairment of vision, hearing and memory.
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EVERYDAY SANCTITY
BECOMING A WHOLE PERSON
by Fred C. Wilson III
January 31, 2011
Our Lord exhorts us to, “Pray always and never lose heart” (Luke 18:1). Reader the state of your soul is of paramount importance. You lose your soul and you’ll really sing the blues. My spiritual director’s in the habit of giving me all sorts of timely religious handouts. I’m going to share with you one titled: ‘The Seven Daily Habits of Holy Apostolic People’ by spiritual writer Rev. John McCloskey. McCloskey is a Catholic priest of Opus Dei. I’ll try to temper this article to the spiritualities of Catholic and Non-Catholic readers. Continue reading
A Tale of Twenty Boxes
by Carmelita Cochingco Ballesteros.
January 31, 2011
What did I put in boxes as I prepared to go home for good after 10 years of overseas teaching as an overseas Filipino worker (OFW)? Old clothes, books, notes, pictures… memories…
Come to think of it, I could have hidden inside my old rain jacket some diamonds! I could have hidden inside my old pillows some contraband merchandise or prohibited items! Continue reading
One Tuesday Night Minus the Popcorn
by Nelia Dingcong Bernabe
January 31, 2011
So, did you watch President Obama’s State of the Union address last Tuesday? What did you think? Did you walk away from it reassured or did the sinking feeling that you’ve stoically kept in place for a while now spiral into the abyss? Continue reading