FLOODS --- For the first time, almost one half of Metro Manila was submerged in water these last few days. EVERYTHING was paralyzed. No work, no banks, no stores, no shops, no transport -- everything at a standstill. Alarming because this is happening all over...
RICE SHORTAGE? A head of the rice traders association feared that the country will suffer a rice shortage very soon due to the depletion of the buffer stock in the "palengke" and in the warehouses of the National Food Authority. I personally met and talked...
WHEN WE DIE --I read somewhere that BILL GATES, of Microsoft, one of the richest men in the world told friends in one meeting: “When I die, I do not want to be the richest person in the cemetery!” This is the reason why he is...
CALL FROM FVR -- I was pleasantly surprised to get a call from former President Fidel "FVR" Ramos a few days ago after he read my article entitled "PHILS vs. CHINA, CRAZY!" He said all the countries, including China must come together and organize a...
LIKE HEROIN -- Unknown to many of us, there is a developing "meltdown" in the world's economy and it may again trigger a financial crash. The European problems are putting the pressure on the world. In the Philippines, we are seeing volatility of the currencies...
June 26 is the feast day of SAINT JOSEMARIA ESCRIVA, a Spanish priest who founded the OPUS DEI, now a global organization composed of religious and lay members who sanctify themselves through ordinary acts or activities. OPUS DEI literally means "work of God". Archbishop Romulo Valles...
Pope Francis' concern for the poor is worth emulating. All elected public officials must devote attention and resources to the less fortunate constituents. Those who can afford can very well take care of themselves. But the poor has nowhere to go. It is undeniable that the ...
OFF TO ROME --- I got word from Businessman Nilo Claudio (one of the so-called "Nanding Boys") that Archbishop Emeritus Nanding Capalla is on his way to Rome to join some priests in a concelebrated Mass with Pope Francis sometime within the next week or...
Are we a quarrelsome nation? We killed Taiwanese in two incidents: the recent machine gun firing at a fishing boat and the previous Luneta bus hostage incident. We also quarrelled with China on the territorial disputes. We quarreled with Malaysia for the maltreatment of the...
