Cycling great Eddy Merckx falls, hospitalized By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. LAST Monday morning (October 14) I was surprised to learn through Eurosport (internet) that my age contemporary and cycling idol Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx suffered a bad fall during his physical fitness riding with his friends that made him…
Sports Eye
The Cracked Pot By Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read in www.moralstories.org that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. Author Unknown A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his…
Learnings in Life
A first for Dagupan: No SGLG By Leonardo Micua THE list of 2019 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) awardees released by the Department of the Interior and Local Government sadly did not include perennial winners Dagupan and Urdaneta cities. Why? Only Alaminos and San Carlos cities were in the…
Random Thoughts
Quakes! By Jing Villamil THIS talks not of the gooey chocolatey fudge which one rams whole and fast into one’s mouth in heavenly but sinful decadence. Rather, this talks of quakes that grumbled, rumbled and crumbled rocks unto uncovered heads, crushing skulls and bodies and homes and workplaces. Once upon…
Feelings
Are bishops for SOGIE law? By Ermin Garcia Jr. FAR from the misimpressions of some that the discussion on the proposed Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill is unimportant, there were already serious moral implications that surfaced at the recent senate hearings. Notwithstanding the continuing emotional…
Punchline
The boss also rules in America By Al S. Mendoza NEW YORK CITY—If truth be told, I don’t miss America anymore. Why I am here, it’s in obedience to my wife. The boss is the boss. I flew here on September 22 because I love my wife. What reason more…
General Admission
Karma and Korma By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IN Sanskrit, karma, a core concept in Hinduism and Buddhism, and some Eastern religions is roughly translated as “action”, that each action generates further actions and consequences that affects the person in the future, good or bad. Under this concept, a good deed…
G Spot
Visiting Dubai By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I FAILED to make my column last week because I was in the city of Dubai, a well-known city in United Arab Emirates, a booming, ultra modern city, but with blistering heat climate. Unlike my previous trips overseas, I didn’t bring my tablet…
Sports Eye
Sometimes Weakness Becomes Your Strength By: Dr. Ashok G. Vasandani Here’s an article I read on Facebook, from Moral Stories group page that I’d like to share, something that we can all learn from. Author Unknown A 10-year-old boy decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost…
