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Frank A. Hilario
March 24, 2012
SAN PABLO CITY, PHILIPPINES - I estimated 1,000 warm bodies attending the concelebrated mass before marching for the "Walk for Life 2012" against the passage of the RH Bill, whosever congressional version it is. San Pablo Diocese Bishop Leo M Drona had expected many more; now he has a good idea how ...
Mike Banos
March 19, 2012
Kaamulan Festival is an ethnic cultural festival held annually in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon from the second half of February to March 10, the charter anniversary of Bukidnon as a province in 1917. It celebrates the rich cultural heritage of the province´s seven ethnic tribal groups—Bukidnon, Higaonon, Talaandig, Manobo, Matigsalug, Tigwahanon and Umayamnon—that originally inhabit the province. It is the only authentic ethnic festival in the country recognized international ally.
Frank A. Hilario
November 30, 2011
MANILA - Just how much are we Filipinos celebrating today, 30 November 2011, "Bonifacio Day?" At 0750 hours today, I googled for "bonifacio day" (pages from the Philippines, with safe and strict filtering), and I got, surprise! 19 results. 19. I got more Google from blogs, 13,000 results. Another su...
Jhon Napier
October 11, 2011
Philippines, known for its exotic beaches, scenic islands, amazing volcanoes and unique wildlife is a beautiful country to visit. Philippines tourist destinations provide its tourists with a great and unique experience.
Mike Banos
September 18, 2011
Outfitted with the mandated water safety and rescue equipment, passengers would be treated to a tour of the city´s historical landmarks such as the City Hall, St. Augustine Cathedral, Plaza Divisoria, Xavier University highlighted by a thrilling splash down in Cagayan River and simulated amphibious landing on the shores of Macajalar Bay at the MacArthur Marker in Macabalan Port.
Frank A. Hilario
July 20, 2011
MANILA - For the record, I ask this question: Are Filipino crop scientists perhaps leaning towards studies on organic agriculture (OA) - farming and gardening - now that consumers have become health-conscious about organic foods, and now that OA is a smart way to reduce our carbon footprint? A relat...
Frank A. Hilario
June 25, 2011
MALVAR, BATANGAS - 25 June 2011, Saturday; we are all UP graduates, as far as I know, all of the University of the Philippines Los Baños, young and old, gathered inside the SAGE Learning Center inside the Villegas Organic Farm Complex in the village of San Pedro Uno in this town. SAGE is acronym for...
Frank A. Hilario
April 14, 2011
SOPA so good? Pangasinan as #1 Province, Philippines
ASINGAN - Governor Amado T Espino of Pangasinan has an impossible dream, and being a native of this eastern town of this province, I myself would like to contribute my talent to help make that dream come true. Dreams are impossible only if all y...
Mike Banos
January 07, 2011
Italian investment advisors are amazed why their countrymen have not heard of the Philippines and Cagayan de Oro when the two countries have so many things in common.
Frank A. Hilario
December 08, 2010
MANILA - Retired financial whiz Alfredo E Pascual has met his match, and it´s called the University of the Philippines (students shown here protesting). UP is as recalcitrant as the Philippine economy. And both because of narrow points of view. UP doesn´t realize that its educational system is colon...
Frank A. Hilario
November 30, 2010
MANILA - To move on to the future, first we go back to the past: "Pilipinas Kay Ganda." Borrowing from Mai Mislang, the line sucks. Suppose it´s grammatically correct? "Pilipinas, kay ganda!" Still borrowing from Mai, still the line sucks.
If you look at the map of the country, it´s "Philippines,...
Frank A. Hilario
November 28, 2010
PATANCHERU - This November, Ambassador of the Philippines to India Ronald Allarey visited the ICRISAT main campus here where the institute´s Director General William Dar gladly received him and showed him around. Among other things, Allarey saw saluyot (jute) growing there and said it was the secret...
Frank A. Hilario
July 25, 2010
By her own admission, GMA (Gloria Macapagal Arroyo) rightfully assessed that over the last decades; our republic has become one of the weakest, steadily left behind by its more progressive neighbors.´ Forty years ago, we were only second to Japan in economic stature, and way ahead of Singapore, Hong...
Frank A. Hilario
May 30, 2010
Revised 31 May 2010 at 0340 hours
MANILA - US-based Filipino (who prefer to refer to themselves as Pilipino) professionals in the East Coast "are holding Noynoy Aquino to his promises of a new dawn of hope for their country" (Amado P Macasaet, "US Pinoys hold Noynoy to his campaign promises," 28 Ma...
Mike Banos
March 31, 2010
Yet another restaurant from Cagayan de Oro is recognized as One of the Top 10 Restaurants in the Philippines with the "Best Adobo" under the auspices of the Sooo Pinoy "National Search for the Ultimate Pinoy Dish".
Mike Banos
March 24, 2010
Sooo Pinoy, the National Search for the Ultimate Pinoy Dish, has recognized Dynasty Court Hotel & Restaurant as one of the Top 10 Restaurants in the Philippines with the Best Pancit Canton.
Subhendu Zabada
March 17, 2010
Beth Collingz of PLC International said buyers are investors in hotel-condos, a real estate product that combines the flexibility of ownership of a condo in a hotel setting. Popular in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, hotel-condos are just starting to pop up in the Philippines for the ...
Subhendu Zabada
March 17, 2010
Interest in the Philippines condominium hotels sector has increased significantly in the past two years following many years of intermittent development and association with other shared ownership vehicles, says Beth Collingz in her recent report: 'Condominium Hotels-The Philippines Latest Hotel Phe...
Subhendu Zabada
March 17, 2010
Beth Collingz, PLC International Marketing Director for Pacific Concord Properties Inc´s Lancaster Brand of Condotels in the Philippines said When the unit owners are not using the condo hotel suite, the unit is put in the managed pool and rented out for them. The buyers have what is considere...
Aina Olusegun Aderemi
February 25, 2010
Interest in the Philippines condominium hotels sector has increased significantly in the past two years following many years of intermittent development and association with other shared ownership vehicles, says Beth Collingz in her recent report: 'Condominium Hotels-The Philippines Latest Hotel Phe...
Aina Olusegun Aderemi
February 25, 2010
Beth Collingz, PLC International Marketing Director for Pacific Concord Properties Inc´s Lancaster Brand of Condotels in the Philippines said When the unit owners are not using the condo hotel suite, the unit is put in the managed pool and rented out for them. The buyers have what is considere...
Aina Olusegun Aderemi
January 26, 2010
Beth Collingz, PLC International Marketing Director, lead marketing partners for Lancaster Brand of Condotels in the Philippines, said the company's latest sale of condotel units drew not only overseas Filipinos but significant numbers of international buyers from Europe and Australia. Units in Lanc...
Isabel P. Ball
October 23, 2009
Donations to the Philippines are in records high for the typhoon victims. But disparaging reports that the ugly Filipino trait of corruption again taints the humanitarian intents of the world donors, and compromising the health of the victims.
Mike Banos
September 27, 2009
Under the stewardship of Interior Secretary Ronnie Puno, the oft maligned Bureau of Fire Protection is off to a new start with the passage of The Revised Fire Code of the Philippines which has laid the foundation for the long term sustainability of the agency's frequently postponed modernization program.
National Desk
September 04, 2009
BPA/P to welcome top outsourcing stakeholders.
Manila, Philippines – Top executives from more than 10 countries will attend the International Outsourcing Summit: Global Market Leaders Addressing Global Issues, according to an official of the Business Processing Association of the Philippines.
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Noel Sales Barcelona
May 30, 2009
The Philippine porn industry, which thrives in an underground market, rakes in an estimated US$1 billion annually, bringing the country to the eighth spot in the porn-profitability race around the world.
William Lambers
May 25, 2009
During the past two years, food support has had a remarkable effect. At assisted schools, WFP food support has increased enrollment by 40 percent, stabilized attendance and, most importantly, virtually eliminated school drop-outs.
Scientology News
August 06, 2008
On the one-year anniversary of their arrival in the Philippines, the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Asia Goodwill Tour can look back on many rewarding experiences, working with individuals and community leaders and providing disaster relief training to police, firefighters and other official disaster response agencies and organizations.
Scientology Volunteer Ministers South East Asia Goodwill Tour in the City of Cebu in the Philippines
Scientology News
June 24, 2008
Scientology Seminars Aim to Help Filipinos Cope with Disaster and Improve Conditions
Weather Desk
June 18, 2008
State College, Pa. -- AccuWeather.com reports as of Wednesday night, local time, Tropical Depression 07W is between Yap Islands, western Micronesia, and southern Philippines.
This storm is in its initial stages but has a chance to become a typhoon over the weekend. The future track of the st...
John Press
April 01, 2008
Warwick Anderson's book, Colonial Pathologies, takes an interesting but illogical stance. Culturists take a more consistent, if less orthodox position.
Scientology News
April 01, 2008
While Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tours provide training seminars and workshop to police, firefighters, government agencies and NGOs (non-governmental organizations), they also provide one-on-one help to people all over the world.
Roy Thomsitt
March 16, 2008
Manny Pacquiao showed once again why he is the pride of the Philippines. His hard fought and bloody victory over Juan Manuel Marquez showed us why Manny is the National hero of Filipinos around the world.
Frank A. Hilario
February 29, 2008
The mass media in the Philippines seen as different groups of animals - they deserve each other.
Isabel P. Ball
October 30, 2007
I’ve been bypassing arrays of local Filipino newspapers, a shamble piles of thinned out, free issues on the sidewalks begging pick up.
Frustrating, irritating, convulsing are swirling emotions that had caused me to abstain from reading reports about the Philippines. In extreme, I’m turning a bigo...
Frank A. Hilario
October 27, 2007
And so Asiaweek ranked the University of the Philippines Diliman #48 among Asia´s Best Universities in 2000 (asiaweek.com). A very hard slap on a proud face in a very public place. By reputation, UP Diliman is the best of the University of the Philippines; the Asiaweek rank rankled the System...
Frank A. Hilario
August 22, 2007
One Vision Indivisible. Pinoys, we modern Filipinos ignore that as requisite for countrywide development, because we are all Los Indios Bobos. Exactly like Jose Rizal, our National Hero, in 1889. No wonder we can´t progress from Third World to First World, even to a Tiger Economy.
Bobos, plu...
Frank A. Hilario
August 02, 2007
American minds? They don´t necessarily agree with each other, and that´s the beauty of it all – with an open mind, you can make sense upon nonsense of all that chaos and confusion upon the waters of democracy. The Yankees are the greatest act in history, but that doesn´t mean they&...
Scientology News
July 06, 2007
The Scientology Volunteer Ministers Asian Goodwill Tour announced their arrival in the Philippines this week with a press conference featuring recording artist, composer, lyricist and performer David Pomeranz.
The tour will be working in coordination with government, civic and community leaders ...
Scientology News
July 05, 2007
Although Philippines Cabinet Secretary Ricardo Saludo was in Los Angeles for just one day last week he made time in his busy schedule to learn about a human rights education initiative that originated in Southern California.
Because of the importance he places on human rights, Saludo met with Ede...
Mike Banos
June 14, 2007
That was an interesting conversation I had the other week with stalwarts of the Enterprise Works Foundation, Inc., an NGO dedicated to make public economic enterprises better.
Being weaned on the tenets of Adam Smith and laissez faire, I though it a little strange that people could actually be en...
Mike Banos
March 06, 2007
Mindanao will play a key role in the country's bid to increase the use of biofuels but an energy department official says the Philippines has a long way to go to match other countries performance in the field.
"Although the Bio-fuels law mandates the use of bio-ethanol and coco-diesel, we are sti...
Mike Banos
February 05, 2007
Bitter rivals in the academics and athletic hard courts, two institutions have linked up to harness the tremendous potential of the famed Ateneo – De La Salle rivalry for more constructive purposes: pushing geomatics capability building and its application in sustainable development by local governm...
Roy Thomsitt
November 18, 2006
For most of us brought up in Western societies, Christmas long ago became a commercial extravaganza. Over recent decades the commercial impetus has intensified, with Christmas coming to the shops earlier and earlier, until now it arrives in full frontal mode, as soon as the kids go back to school af...
Mike Banos
November 08, 2006
Synergy is adding one to one and getting three. That’s the kind of benefit two pioneers in carbon sequestration in Southern Philippines area aiming for by working together to complement each other’s benefit to the atmosphere.
For over half a century, E. Peleaz Ranch, Inc. (EPRI) has sought to tra...
Mike Banos
September 13, 2006
The world’s media attention today would be focused on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attack on New York’s Twin Towers, the first time in centuries foreign invaders successfully engineered a massive attack on the continental United States.
Hopefully, Filipinos would not forget this date as...
Jade Verde
July 20, 2006
IT IS indeed fitting and effective to constantly monitor the presence of the Al Qaeda (AQ) and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist mentor networks in the Philippines, particularly in Mindanao.
The AQ and JI presence in the country is NOT A DEAD ISSUE. In fact, these two foreign terror culprits are a...
Jade Verde
July 13, 2006
PHILIPPINE days ahead are keenly monitored by the whole world as a whole, and the Filipino people in particular. The present situation, no matter how homely, has not deprived the country from remaining to be a comforting sanctuary to the Filipinos. This is made possible by an effective government co...
Mike Banos
July 03, 2006
If the state of graft and corruption in the country was gauged by the number of cases filed with the Ombudsman, Mindanao would be the "least corrupt" region in the entire Philippines.
"When I started my term seven years ago, we had 1,500 pending cases," said Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao Antonio...
Frank A. Hilario
June 29, 2006
YUPEE/UP. UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES IS THE STATE UNIVERSITY: TODAY I REALIZE THAT THE FUTURE OF UP IS THE FUTURE OF THE PHILIPPINES, THAT’S WHY I’M UPSET. UP IS A DAMAGED ACADEME.
When it comes to material wealth, millions of Filipinos are below the poverty line. When it comes to UP, we’re be...
