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…
On to Tokyo By Al S. Mendoza BY THE WILL OF GOD, I’ll be in Japan when you are reading this. I wrote this piece two days (Thursday, Oct. 18) before I boarded a Northwest Airlines jet bound for Nagoya on Saturday, Oct. 20. Minutes after my arrival in Nagoya,…
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…
Marquez-Pacquiao 2 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UNTIL now, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao’s second convincing triumph against his bitter-adversary, Mexican boxing idol Marco Antonio Barrera, is still the talk of the town. And the fresh question is who will be the next opponent of the Filipino boxing icon and when and…
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…
Dagupan POSO’ Erfe-Mejia must account By Ermin Garcia Jr. Finally, the truth about the mysterious towing contract that no one claims to have seen is slowly being ferreted out. It is now established that there was no contract and surprise of all surprises, there was one office that knew about…
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…
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