Vol. 34 No. 21 »
No Passport, Will Travel: WATERTON LAKES, ALBERTA
Had it not been for covid-19 pandemic Thanksgiving 2020 wouldn’t be as memorable for two reasons – a social distancing Thanksgiving dinner at the Max’s Restaurant in the oil capital of Canada, Calgary, and
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An average of 20 typhoons a year visit the Philippines: billions of pesos lost in properties, crops and lives
Ofel, Pepito, Quinta, Rolly and Siony? Do these names sound familiar? For the past few weeks, at least five tropical depressions turned into typhoons have been lashing some regions of the Philippines, and the
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Nirvana – Nevermind (1991)
I was at Club Dredd Timog, in the summer of 1992, when a friend, Ramon Ceballos Jr., who was also there at the legendary club that night, told me that there was a new
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Little Elf-Girl Lost
(Sonnet II: The Awakening) The first moment she climbs out of her tree-hole nest What a sight to behold! Her face beaming with zest Silvery sunrays slice through the thick foliage Small rainbows form
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Does Life Really Begin At 40?
A few days ago, I noticed that my husband was looking rather “sad”. I asked him why. He said he was thinking about giving me a nice party on my 40th birthday, but since
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Assiniboine Community College Set Record Number of Grads in 2020
Assiniboine Community College (ACC) held its graduation ceremonies on the last week of October. Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the learning institution set a record of having 1,514 graduates — the most
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The Persistence of Time
“Time it could have been so much more Time is precious I know And time has nothing to show Because time won’t give me time And time makes lovers feel like they’ve got something
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President Duterte orders DoJ to form a mega-task force against corruption
President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the Department of Justice to form a mega-task force to address, once and for all, the rampant corruption still going on in many government departments and agencies. “Alam ko,
Read More »PhilHealth releases another P100 million to Philippine Red Cross
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) said that it paid Philippine Red Cross (PRC) another P100 million for COVID-19 tests conducted by the humanitarian organization. PhilHealth releases another P100,003,015 to Philippine Red Cross today,”
Read More »Catanduanes province declares “state of calamity”
Considered as the strongest typhoon in the world, typhoon Rolly left more than P11 billion pesos destruction in infrastructure and agriculture, leading to the declaration of some provinces in the state of Calamity. Catanduanes
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