Monthly Archives: January 2011
With Layoffs Slowing, Is The U.S. Economy On The Mend?
by Don Azarias
January 31, 2011
It looks like we have some good news with regard to the U.S. unemployment rate for a change. The latest economic reports indicate that employers are laying off fewer workers during the last quarter of 2010. The reports also suggest that businesses are ordering more merchandise to stock up their shelves and that consumers are opening their wallets and making significant spending as of late. Continue reading
Corona’s “Propaganda War”
January 31, 2011
Recently, Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona blasted some “unnamed parties” for waging a “propaganda war” against the Supreme Court. Corona seems to be taking all the criticism against the High Court quite seriously to a point where he launched his own “propaganda war” against the perceived “black propagandists.” Continue reading
State of the Union
January 31, 2011
President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, the 26th of January was a much awaited event. And while America waited, politicians, pundits and political activists each volunteered his or her take on what the President would say, should say or should never say. One such opinion forbade the president from claiming that the state of the union was strong. She told the President instead, to call it “unsettled.” Continue reading
To win the future
by Yoly Tumangan Tubalinal.
January 31, 2011
For some people, the future is way too abstract and far too distant to imagine that they’d rather live their lives one day at a time. They plan around what they already know and expect to happen, not around things that don’t exist even in the figment of their imagination. Continue reading
OBAMA AND TIGER MAMA
by Rodel Rodis
January 31, 2011
The Filipino Channel’s Balitang America recently featured Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Chinay author Amy Chua in a news segment that included street interviews of Filipinos who were asked their reaction to Chua’s parental directive that her two daughters not watch TV or play video games during school days and that they spend at least 4 hours a day studying their books and practicing their piano and violin. And that they never get less than an A for any of their subjects. Continue reading
THE CHI-NAY TIGER MOTHER
by Rodel Rodis
January 21, 2011
The most hated author in America today is not Sarah Palin but Amy Chua, a Filipino-Chinese American whose controversial best-selling book “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” has ignited a firestorm of controversy about how she raised her kids. Continue reading
MMK si MLK?
by Fermin Salvador.
January 21, 2011
Ang ‘MMK’ ay daglat ng “Maalaala Mo Kaya?” na programang pangtelebisyon ni Charo Santos-Concio na naglalarawan sa tunay na buhay ng mga ordinaryong tao na may makukulay at kakaibang kasaysayan. Continue reading
Cancer Prevention
by Dr. Philip S. Chua.
January 21, 2011
Are cancers preventable?
In our previous article column, we defined what cancer was and discussed its etiologies (causes), and other specific questions on cancer. The most striking information we reported was that more than 75% (3 out of 4) of all cancers in humans were caused by only three things: Continue reading
SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE PHILIPPINES
by Fred C. Wilson III
January 21, 2011
WARNING! Before you start reading ‘Slavery in the Philippines’ let me caution you. This is an interactive article, almost like seeing a movie in 3D. If you were to view a movie in three dimensions without proper glasses you’ll miss out on most of the action. In similar fashion, this article, if you read but ignore the visuals listed, you’ll miss 90% of the article’s intent. Continue reading
Christmas 2010 on the Road
by Carmelita Cochingco Ballesteros.
January 21, 2011
Going home to the Philippines after 10 years of overseas teaching? Half of it spent in workaholic Singapore? What would you look forward to if you were in my place?
Long hours of uninterrupted sleep. No lessons to prepare; no classes to teach. Long conversations over unhurried meals. Leisurely walks around the neighborhood. Peace and quiet. Continue reading