At around 8PM on a busy Friday evening, a loud explosion rocked Unit 501 in the bustling Serendra mixed-use development. Unit 501, a corner unit fronting Market Market, ended up blown to smithereens leaving its living room… Read More
Spring cleaning is in the air. While clearing out my storage bins in the basement I came across three boxes stuffed with books. I already had donated about a hundred books had already… Read More
Bloomberg reports today on how Pershing Square Capital Management’s Bill Ackman is on the war path to expose a vitamin supplement distributor, Herbalife, as a pyramid scheme. In the article, Bill Ackman Says… Read More
This week (May 2-5) is the annual governors’ meeting of the Asian Development Bank. On the back of that, CNN International is featuring the Philippines in a package entitled “Eye on the Philippines”.… Read More
At about 2:00PM today the quiet brought about by the Chinese New Year holiday was disturbed by a loud bang. It was too loud and too early for a fireworks display. Soon enough… Read More
This is welcome news. National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Director Alan Purisima encourages the public to send the videos of misbehaving cops to him at ncrpoit@yahoo.com. If he wants your videos, then it… Read More
There is a must read commentary published on Christmas Eve to better understand the tragedy that occurred in Cagayan de Oro entitled “We Had Been Warned of Cagayan River’s Fury”. It is a concise commentary… Read More
Can the Philippine government afford to offend its biggest investor? This is the question posed by Al-Jazeera’s 101 East program. It reports on Hanjin Heavy Industries which set up Subic Bay in 2oo6.… Read More
A vessel chartered by Holcim Cement managed to rescue 8 people — 3 adults and 5 children — about 12 kilometers off the coast of Iligan. The crew members of the ship are… Read More
It is the day before Christmas Eve and northern Mindanao is still reeling from the devastation brought about by the flash floods of tropical storm Sendong (Washi) in the late evening/early morning hours… Read More
As of Tuesday, 20 December 2011, the death toll brought about by TS “Sendong” had breached the 1,000 mark. Is the government, or anyone for that matter able to really keep count? The… Read More
If you’ve got a problem with your credit card, your telephone bill, or your laptop then you most likely will be picking up the phone and reaching out to a Filipino halfway around… Read More
This article by John Peterson in the Seeking Alpha website will likely be ruffling a few feathers in the cleantech space. It argues that the production of metals required to produce batteries for… Read More
This is a refreshing article that I came upon in the IRIN website, a humanitarian news and analysis service. It features how hammocks are being used in the northern Philippine province of Ifugao… Read More
In the United States, when world wheat prices rise by 75 percent, as they have over the last year, it means the difference between a $2 loaf of bread and a loaf costing… Read More
Here is another interesting documentary I came upon while reading the article “Neither Saints nor Whores: Italian Women Battle for the Middle Ground” in Der Spiegel. It’s focal point is Mara Carfagna, Italy’s… Read More
This is an interesting documentary that was on PBS’s Frontline on an ancient practice in Afgahanistan called “Bacha Bazi.” In a country and a culture where access to women is severely restricted, wealthy… Read More
