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Creative Thinking Yes, But Creative Catholicism?
MANILA: It is the 1st of October 2015, about 5 early in the morning. A cloud bursts, the rains fall, after a dry week, and I just know today is My Amazing Day of Grace. I thank God for it. Creativity...
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Tribute To Remedios "Meding" Medina Reynoso
MANILA: Bringing back the memories. I took this photograph with a Kodak CX6330 on 13 February 2005 at a resort in Calamba City during a Reynoso Reunion; left to right: Teddy, Rey, Louie, Ateng, Raffy,...
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On World Teacher's Day, Stop Teachers Teaching Critical Thinking!
MANILA: Today, Monday, 05 October 2015, is being celebrated World Teachers' Day, with the slogan "Empowering teachers, building sustainable societies" (unesco.org).And that, folks, is starting the...
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PowerPoint: Blaming The Program, Not The Pro
MANILA: Here comes Mr Andrew Smith of The Guardian complaining "How PowerPoint is killing critical thought" (23 September 2015, theguardian.com). If the above image is the basis, I'm not surprised: the...
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Why Leni Is My VP
MANILA: The choice of Maria Leonor "Leni" Gerona Robredo as the candidate for Vice President 2016 of the Liberal Party (LP) is bad news, very bad news to the ladies who have been fighting for equal...
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When not writing mine, I am better editing yours
MANILA: Readability is the first problem. Always. Here is a book that deserved the best author's editor in the world but did not get him, so now I'm editing after the fact of publication. Internet...
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Ignored in the last 2 decades: A Publishing Miracle
MANILA: "Publish or Perish!" is a dreaded phrase that describes the pressure on academicians in English-science oriented countries in the world to publish the results of their researches in...
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Advice to Hacienda Luisita
MANILA: Hacienda Luisita is a sugar plantation in Tarlac in Central Luzon; it is so large that it can accommodate both the cities of Makati and Pasig. It is owned by Martin Lorenzo and the...
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Broth Force & Kobe Bryant
MANILA: The x-ray showed I had osteoporosis, which explained the pain coming from my lower back, and the curvature of that part of my spine. Osteoporosis means my bones have lost tissue. "Osteoporosis...
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Things you too can do with a laptop PC
MANILA: Senior or not, if you can afford to buy but would rather have nothing to do with a laptop PC, look at me, I'm 76, and what I can do now you can learn to do yourself – I'm assuming you have an...
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English by Filipinos & critic Isagani R Cruz
MANILA: Today, Sunday, 15 November 2015, multi-awarded Filipino writer Isagani R Cruz writes on Facebook this (see image above):Isang tanong lang: bakit ang China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan,...
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For A 1st World Philippines, Virtual Professionals need the help of Congress
MANILA: "The Philippines has become the call-center capital of the world," says the Los Angeles Times (Don Lee, 01 February 2015, latimes.com). 1 million Filipinos now work at call centers serving...
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Internet-Based Jobs, Where DoST Can Do Better
MANILA: On Facebook, last Wednesday, 18 November 2015, I invited the readers to consider my essay "For A 1st World Philippines, Virtual Professionals Need The Help Of Congress" in my blog Frank A...
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Why Christmas Is Christmas
MANILA: "Christmas is a lie. There is no Christian church with a tradition that Jesus was really born on December 25th"– Judaism Online (simpletoremember.com). No, Christmas is true; the word means...
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Philippines, We Need A New Secretary For Climate Change Agriculture
MANILA: So we have The Paris Agreement on climate change that 195 countries signed Saturday, 12 December 2015. I have written about it; see my "The Key To The Paris Agreement" (14 December 2015, The...
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TALKBACK: Children To Parents / Parents To Children
"My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes"– Michael Jordan. (wallpaper image from hapehatelo.com). "I thank God that I'm a product of my parents. That they...
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MY DAILY EXERCISES
Original titled "My Daily Regimen" from the Reader's Digest online (and which I had already uploaded to Facebook): My doctor took one look at my (bulging tummy) and refused to believe that I work out....
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Merry Christmas, Yes?
MANILA: Behold your life in this Christmas tree!As in the last few days, everyone will be wishing everybody else "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!" especially tomorrow, 25 December 2015, Christmas...
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Jose Rizal Bashers Lack The K
MANILA: The poem in question is "Sa Aking Mga Kabata" written in 1869 when Jose Rizal was 8 years old. Some people say, "Jose Rizal did not write that genius of a poem!" (Image is my shot from the...
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