Beware of septic tanks! By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Now it can be said openly and loudly with great pride and distinction that the Philippines has just made a discovery for the scientific community to take note of and for world to know well. No more can Filipinos be…

Amiable Joe in moral crusade By Gerry Garcia CHAIR-WRECKER W. M. Esposo, Phil Star’s open-minded but ruthless puncher, was certainly not pulling his punches when he wrote, “some of the biggest predators of the country are products of Catholic schools like Ateneo de Manila University. Through several plundering regimes, some…

Days of Quintero and Fr. Panlilio compared By Jun Velasco WHAT’s happening to our country these days requires us to unlearn a lot of things. One, our perception of some top government officials. Were they what they now appear to be? As we wrote this, several text messages hounded us…

Power Grab By Gonzalo Duque AS soon as the sight of Manila came to view after a 16-hour flight, our first desire was to contact Sec. Pingkoy and Speaker Joe de Venecia. Why? We were intrigued by a PDI news item that our friend Joe de V was asking for…

Aflatoxins are deadly By Sosimo. Ma. Pablico Never take aflatoxins for granted.  Worldwide, these are known to be deadly. Helen R. Calica, supervising science research specialist of BPRE (Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension), said that aflatoxins are the most widely known among the mycotoxins because of their acute and…

Forgive us By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D. Do forgive us please, young people of the today. Our national hero said with hope and pride that you were the hope of the Country. One very distinguished and much loved Pope also affirmed that the young people of the world were…

Christmas in October By Marifi Jara We Pinoys pride ourselves in claiming that we have the longest Christmas celebration in the world. As soon as September, the first ‘ber’month, sets in, radio stations and malls already start playing Christmas carols. And the countdown to December 25 starts. Perhaps that’s the…

Asian Journal, widest circulated Fil-Am paper By Gerry Garcia HERE’S ANOTHER reassuring account about a Filipino doctor in America who did remarkably well to become the first military woman in US history to be appointed as White House physician, then to become a personal physician of President Bill Clinton, that…

Uneasy chairs By Jun Velasco THE seats of power in our troubled country are shaking due to the shameful issues of corruption and greed. How our unlucky citizens would wiggle out of this corrupt stranglehold is anybody’s guess.  Pray that reason and good governance would soon reign for the sake…

Next US president is a woman? By Gonzalo Duque SAN FRANCISCO, California – A joke  going the rounds of Filipino Americans here is that the Philippines has beaten the US to the draw  for being the first to elect a woman to the presidency. Kung sabagay, sa totoo lang kayang…