The recent controvery that involved a lifestyle columnist of People Asia ang the Manila Standard Today brought the sensitivity of the millions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the spotlight. Once again, this goes to show that OFWs are still a dominant force in Philippine society. What keeps a lot of people confused is that […]
Rich countries dump birth control pills to poor countries
Poor countries tend to have more population than developed countries. Consequently, poverty is rampant and many people barely eat three square meals a day. And many people just depend on dole outs for them to survive the dog-eat-dog competition. This is one opportunity that rich countries take advantage of by trying to sell whatever it […]
Polo and Pato
Although Argentine polo players continually travel all over the world to play, they rarely do so as a team. To see the best polo in the world played by Argentine teams, one has to go to Argentina, more particularly Buenos Aires where the top tournaments are played in October and November. Polo – Polo is […]
Frankly
I have a principle which, for as long as I can remember, I have applied to my creative writing: I do not refer to any living person by their real name. Oh, I impugn the dead mercilessly and draw any number of coelecanths from the fathoms of my own imagination. But the living … if […]
Gov’t needs to strengthen its disaster preparedness
Typhoons are frequent visitors to the Philippines. And the national government must have been prepared on what to do just in case something terrible happens. But from the way it looks, the country’s preparedness is always sacrificed because politics always gets in the way of projects that are deemed necessary to at least mitigate the […]
Rural Philippines Got Nothing but Sad Realities
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The previous and present Philippine government seems oblivious to the worsening condition of its people in the countryside. The neglected folks in one of the rural area in central <st1:place>Luzon</st1:place> bring forth their ability to live amid the struggle and adversity they are facing in their daily lives. This part of the […]