SUMMER JOB FOR STUDENTS -Mayor Mauricio Domogan’s executive assistant and PESO head Jose Atanacio briefs more than 300 students who underwent a month-long summer job at city hall under the Special Program for the Employment of Students. The students’ employment stint will end on June 1.- /By Bong Cayabyab
What to Do With China? I talked on the phone last Saturday with Zambales Gov. Hermogenes “ Jun” Ebdane who was a colleague in the Arroyo Cabinet. He has set up a high-tech coastal watch monitoring system in his province, in cooperation with a Canadian firm, to spot foreign vessels intruding into his provincial territorial […]
Bad Filipino Kids: Like Parents, Like Children LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Teach the child in the way that he should go, and he will never depart from it when he grows old…” (Proverbs 22:6, the Holy Bible). -ooo- FILIPINO KIDS WITH REBELLIOUS ATTITUDES: WHY? Have you noticed how Filipino children who are still very young—so young, […]
Seven Reasons China Will Start a War By 2017 May 23, 2015 China will start its war for a number of reasons: Regime Legitimacy Very few people in China believe in communism anymore, including almost all of the 80 million members of the Chinese Communist Party. The party itself is now a club for mutual […]
Ibalik ang Mindanao sa mga Muslim!!! (Part 1) Simple lang naman ang solusyon sa matagal ng kaguluhan sa Mindanao at sa mga ibang lugar sa ibayong dagat, ang solusyon para kapayapaan at katahimikan ay ibalik ang Mindanao sa mga Muslim. Sa tutuo lang naman (historically speaking) sila ang na una sa Mindanao kaya karapat dapat […]
China and the US Just had a Confrontation Over the South China Sea May 23, 2015 (Reuters) – The Chinese navy warned a U.S. surveillance plane flying over artificial islands that Beijing is creating in the disputed South China Sea to leave the area eight times, according to CNN, which was on board the flight […]
NBDB to Writers, Publishers: Go Indie May 23, 2015 BAGUIO CITY – The country’s publishing industry has been declining for more than a decade, but this should not be a reason for writers to set aside their ambitions of seeing their works published. National Book Development Board (NBDB) Executive Director Graciela Mendoza-Cayton encouraged a room […]
Regreening, Tree Cutting Efforts Up May 23, 2015 BAGUIO CITY – The City Environment and Parks Management Office (CEPMO) Forestry and Regreening Unit (FRU) has stocked up for the planting season, with more than 37,000 pine and fruit seedlings available. This was reported by Forester Walter Aguirre during the Alay Sa Kalinisan (ASK) meeting last […]
Parking Fee Collections in Burnham Nets 2M May 23, 2015 BAGUIO CITY – the City Environment and Parks Management Office (CEPMO), Burnham Park Office is seeing a huge increase in parking fees in this mountain resort. This increase is partly due to the re-opening of the Ganza Pay parking area to address the lack of […]
RITMT and Air Quality Reports May 23, 2015 BAGUIO CITY – A little more than 69% of 1,557, or 1,057 vehicles passed the smoke-belching test by the Roadside Inspection Testing and Monitoring Team (RITMT) of the City Environment Parks Management Office (CEPMO) in a two-month period starting March 12. Of the same number of vehicles […]