In Defense of Manny Pacquiao
Region: Philippines
As the Philippines' most popular international boxer Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao, a native of General Santos City and now a resident of Sarangani Province in Mindanao, snatched another world boxing belt by knocking down Britis... more
Views: 2279Gaga Over Immigration Issue
Region: United StatesReviving the hotly contested issue on the failed comprehensive immigration topic is yet to be discussed extensively by the newly installed President Obama, yet many people are already going gaga by bursting with ... more
Views: 918Protest Marchers Flood Downtown L.A. on Labor Day
Region: United StatesThe threat of an overcast skies has not dampened the spirits of thousands of people who flooded the streets of downtown Los Angeles today in observance of Labor Day and to press comprehensive immigration reform for at leas... more
Views: 1144Obama Prods Americans to Buy American Cars
Region: United StatesWhat happened to Chrysler was unexpected. This only goes to show that American automakers are really in a quandary as to what to do in order to break the spell that now hounds their markets, particularly in America. Surpri... more
Views: 883CDC Declares Flu Virus in US
Region: United StatesThe Center for Disease Control (CDC) announced today the prevalence of at least 20 cases of swine flu strains in five states across the country. Dr. Richard Besser, acting director of CDC, made this confirmation during a ... more
Views: 782Birth Control Methods for Birds?
Region: United StatesIt sounds silly to the ears. But this is what concerned sectors claimed as a means to stop the growth of bird population in and around most airports across the United States, which give so much worries to airline officials... more
Views: 2065Philippine Heavy Water Awaits Exploration
Region: Philippines
I was watching a cable television broadcast this morning. Then, all of a sudden something caught my attention. A certain Mr. Martin Fleischmann, an electrochemist with the California-based SRI International, was bein... more
Views: 3661TV Anchor's Arrest Nixed
Region: PhilippinesWhat happened to Philippine ABS-CBN anchor Ted Failon's wife, Trina Arteche Etong, was unfortunate. My deepest condolences go the family at this time when the whole family is mourning of her untimely de... more
Views: 1264Piracy a Multi-Million Dollar Industry
Region: SomaliaHotshots of the United States navy has made headway in killing at least three of the Somali pirates who held hostage American ship captain Richard Phillips off the coast of Somalia a few days ago. However, it took only fiv... more
Views: 1265Biden Scolds Cheney
Region: United StatesVice president Joe Biden has scolded former Bush's VP Dick Cheney for his negative comments on the present administration's national security policies. Biden was reacting to what Cheney said that "America is less safe now... more
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Al Jeratso is a freelance journalist, writer, poet and blogger. Many of his articles, touching on a wide variety of issues, appeared in major leading dailies and magazines both in Manila and abroad, including the United States and England. He held various editorial positions with several media organizations, the last of which was as senior news editor of a newswires organization in Manila.
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