Remember the movies you may have seen with robot bees and insect drones attacking humans? The time has come when this phenomenon is graduating from sci-fi to reality. Insect drones are now commercially available in the Internet. A Swedish firm is accepting pre-orders for its maiden product, Crazyflie Nano. It hopes to start shipping in […]
Just to set the records straight
This is regarding the Feast of Santo Niño at Plumpton Church. It is through the able leadership of Mila Alforque, of the Cofradia del Santo Niño de Cebu that the long running and continuing success of the feast of Santo Niño is with us today. For so many years I was no longer involved in […]
The honour and glory belong to. . . . .
In separate telephone calls to this writer, Buddy Arante and Mila Alforque categorically denied the involvement of Major Tom Baena in the Sinulog Festival in Plumpton. Both also demanded that this newspaper publish an erratum concerning what was printed in the February issue.
Mortgage Traps to Avoid
Start off the New Year on the right foot by making sure you choose the right mortgage that suits your needs. Here are 6 mortgage traps to avoid:
Choosing the right investment loan by Rafael Amoranto
When structuring a home loan, investors have different needs to consider than owner occupiers.
Final Hours in Malacañang
Col. Irwin Ver—son of Gen. Fabian Ver and commander of President Marcos’s guards—tells of the last hours in Malacañang in February 1986.
Memoirs of World War II by Jaime Kelly Pimentel
Sixty-eight years ago this month, General Douglas MacArthur’s vaunted US 1st Cavalry Division liberated my town of San Juan, Rizal, in mid-morning.
Gigi Reyes, the alleged ‘other woman’ of Enrile
Jessica Lucila “Gigi” Gonzales-Reyes has been dubbed in the hallowed halls of the Philippine Senate as the “24th senator.” A lawyer herself, she was accepted into the law firm of Enrile, Cayetano, Reyes and Manalastas immediately after graduation from the College of Law of the University of the Philippines in 1988. She then became the […]
Alexander Dioniso (RIP)
IN MEMORIAM: Alexander Dionisio, single, was born to eternal life on February 10, 2013 at the age of 71. He would have been 72 on March 1. His brother in Sydney Roberto Dionisio requests the pious reader to pray for the eternal repose of his soul.
International ATM card scam hits the Philippines
MANILA. – An international modus operandi involving ATM cards has reached the Philippines and already siphoned off “millions of pesos.”
Beware of phone scam promising refunds
4 Feruary 2013. Federal Member for Chifley Ed Husic today warned the community of a new phone scam using the lure of government refunds to try to steal money.
The Reproductive Health Law in the Philippines
The law requires government health centres to hand out free condoms and birth control pills, benefiting tens of millions of the country’s poor who would not otherwise be able to afford or have access to them.