Parvenu
A dictionary describes Parvenu as a person who is a relative newcomer to a socioeconomic class. The word is borrowed from the French Language; it...
PreMYo Rizal nationwide essay writing contest
Liza Bayot, a great-grand niece of Dr. Jose Rizal sent me an email about the exciting activities of Jose Rizal’s 150th birthday celebration. MyRizal’s mission...
Video: Juana Change on blasphemy
Juana Change on the Mideo Cruz issue and the hypocrisy of the Church and politicos. Soulahhh, the owner of the youtube account adds that the...
Infographic of the RH Bill -Tagalog and English version
An infographic to hopefully help people understand that the RH Bill is about the Filipino’s freedom to information and basic human rights. It is a...
Video: Fabella Hospital – 120 babies, a milk bank, 65 birth and a dead mother.
Want to know the situation in Dr. Jose Fabella hospital, where poor women give birth? Watch this brief tour at the hospital located in Manila,...
When reality bites…
Just had a talk with my only male cousin. He is still young in his early twenties. He is a second year Hotel and Restaurant...
Gen. Danny Lim on his Appointment as Customs Intelligence Chief
Ngayong umaga, ako ay pormal na manunumpa kay Pangulong Noynoy Aquino bilang Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence ng Bureau of Customs. Bilang isang dating sundalo na...
Miss Universe is Leila Lopes, Miss Angola
Congratulations Leila Lopez, Miss Angola. Ricky Martin predicted she would win. In his tweet, he said “For me #ANGOLA is the new Miss Universe. Para...
Call for applications- Youth Journalists and Bloggers- 7th UNESCO Youth Forum
Calling all youth bloggers and those in online media. You may be interested to apply for this opportunity. Deadline is September 15, 2011. Please direct...
Healthy coco sugar provides sweet success for Linabu farmers
Pokok seribu guna—the Malays call it “the tree of a thousand uses.” In Sanskrit, it is kalpa vriksha, which means “the tree that provides all...
How I learned to use mobile live streaming from AJ Matela
Live streaming is very much a part of my life in citizen media and even Blog Watch. Today , you can see it done everywhere...
Credit Card: To use or not
My mother gave me my first credit card when I was in my first year in high school. It was called an extension card where...
On Senator Tito Sotto’s abortion bogey
Senator Vicente Sotto III, yesterday once again mentioned the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the Family Planning Organization of the Philippines, Inc. (FPOP) in...
Experts linked Philippine universities’ poor rankings on budget cuts
None of the country’s leading universities made it to the list of Top 300 schools in the latest QS World University Rankings, and the experts...
Rep. Janette L. Garin on Maternal Deaths
There may have been a variance in data since the studies used different methodologies, but the fact is, there are mothers dying every day due...