Let’s all welcome the New Year with hope and determination to uphold the values of truth and honesty in all our dealings with our fellowmen.…
Making life worth living.
Month: December 2010
As we approach the New Year, we always promise ourselves improvements if not change for the better.
I’m sharing with you some of the articles I find useful in this world where we have to cope with a lot of toxic elements that are not our own making but we are compelled to deal with.
This article, “Harnessing good stress” is from MSNBC:
“Stress is not always a bad thing — it’s what you do with it that’s key. Here are some ways to avoid the pitfalls of pressure overload:
Bakit ba ganun tayo mag-celebrate ng New Year, nakakasakit ng katawan?
Noong nagkaroon ako ng Marshall Mc Luhan grant sa Canada noon 1999, nagsalita ako sa isang grupo ng mga Pilipinong estudyante sa elementary grades sa Winnipeg. Tinanong ko sila kung ano ang name-miss nila sa Pilipinas. May ilang sumagot ng putukan kapag bagong taon.
Talagang mami-miss nila ang putukan sa New year dahil istrikto ang Canada sa paglinis ng kanilang kapaligiran.
Kung maari lang umaalis ako sa Manila kapag bagong taon dahil may asthma ko. Kapag New year, nagkukulong na lang ako sa kuwarto.
Dati okay sa probinsiya namin, may sayawan sa plasa. Pag dumating ng hating gabi, umiikot sa buong baryo at sumisigaw ng “Adios” sa patapos na taon at “Viva” sa bagong taon.
This sad situation has created also another kind of job in the Philippines : mothers taking care of children of mothers who go abroad to take care of other people’s children.
One of the outstanding entries in the this year’s Philippine Expat/OFW Blog awards was Niña Simon’s “My Mom’s Quasi-orphanage” . It won the Nokia award for Philippine-based blogs that also deal with overseas Filipino workers.
Simon’s blog is http://pinaywriteroraldiarrhea2.blogspot.com.
Here’s her winning article which PEBA has allowed me to reprint here:
Una ay ang pagbomba sa simbahan sa loob ng kampo ng Philippine National Police sa Jolo at ang pangalawa ay ang pagtakas ng apat na suspek ng pambubumba sa detention center ng PNP sa Zamboanga city.
Kung sino man ang may kagagawan ng pagbubomba sa simbahan, maitim ang kanyang kaluluwa.
Nakakabahala din ito dahil kung itong lugar na dapat protektado dahil nasa loob ng kampo ng pulis ay napasukan ng terorista, saan pa ang lugar na ligtas ang ordinaryong mamamayan?
Wala naman daw namatay ngunit sampo ang nasugatan.
There are so many things to thank for this Christmas despite… you know what those are. Let’s celebrate the birth of our Creator, who makes…
Christmas is a time for coming home. And so it came as no surprise when most of the health workers belonging to the “Morong 43”…
Update:Trillanes vows support of Aquino’s anti corruption drive
Sen. Antonio Trillanes reiterated today (Dec. 23) his support for President Aquino in his first visit to the Senate since he was elected senator in May 2007.
In his first press conference at the Senate, Trillanes said his support for Aquino who granted him and more than 300 members of the military would include fighting corruption. “One way we can help the President is to give him information on the ground. We can relate these directly to the President without going to the media first for publicity purposes.” http://verafiles.org/main/news/trillanes-vows-support-of-aquino%E2%80%99s-anti-corruption-drive/
He stepped out of his detention cell in Camp Crame at 9:24 p.m, Dec. 20 (Monday). His release was made possible by the order of Judge Oscar Pimentel to turn him over to the custody of the Senate.
Trillanes statement:
I would like to express my gratitude once again to President Aquino and all those who made this Amnesty possible.
Likewise, I thank my family,friends and supporters who patiently stood by us through this long and difficult journey.
Finally to our countrymen, be assured of our unwavering commitment to selflessly serve our Country and People. May God bless us all.”
Trillanes a victim of betrayal: Robles
By David Dizon, abs-cbnNEWS.com
These scoundrels really know timing.
They unloaded their dirty tricks at the time when when the public was busy with Christmas shopping and parties while coping with issue overload — Amnesty proclamation for military rebels, release of Morong 43, boycott of Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies in exchange for the life of Filipino drug traffickers, and acquittal of Hubert Webb and company in the Vizconde massacre case .
First was the decision of the Supreme Court allowing Mikey Arroyo to take his seat as sectoral representative of the security guards and tricyle drivers upholding the bastardization of the partylist system. The second was the deal struck by retired Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia with the Sandiganbayan.
Former police officer Michael Ray Aquino has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals to junk the Philippine government’s request that he be extradited for the murder of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and Dacer’s driver, Emmanuel Corbito.
In his appeal filed Dec. 14, Aquino cited the lack of probable cause, noting the prosecution’s pattern of witness and evidence tampering.
Aquino anchored his appeal on the prosecution’s failure to produce Dacer and Corbito’s remains.
“Without a victim, there is no death. In the absence of death, there is no crime of murder. Without a crime, there can be no basis for a finding of probable cause,” he said.