How to help Typhoon Sendong Victims
Veronica's Vibes

You want to help out the victims of Typhoon Sendong in the Philippines, but kind
of wary that y  our donations might just end up to some dirty politicians’ hands
or some fake...

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Ninoy & Cory Aquino, Demoracy builders; Noynoy Aquino, Democracy destroyer
Editorial

What’s happening in the Philippines lately gives you the feeling of helplessness about the state of politics....

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Notebook

 *Tropical storm ‘Washi’  washed away villages in Southern Mindanao,
leaves hundreds dead and thousands homeless!

*Savoring early Very Merry Christmas at Via Times/CPRTV Christmas Party!!!

*Chicago’s beloved former First Lady Maggie Daley dies on Thanksgiving night;
Chicagoans in mourning

*Ex-guv Rod Blagojevich gets 14 years imprisonment! ‘Incarceration will outlast
damages to the state,’ says Comptroller Topinka

* 16 US organizations voice their support for toxic wastes victims left by US
forces at Clark and Subic Bay
bases

*Dondon Lanuza, OFW in Saudi Arabia needs monetary help to save his life from
beheading

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The Phenomenal WASSUP of 2011:
A Recap
Wassup?! (Showbiz Pinoy)

The holiday excitement is in the air! The holiday season tickles everyone with
the festivities to come. It’s the time of the year when... 

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The influence of the Holidays
Mental Health

What meanings and expectations are commonly associated with the holidays?

Holiday traditions are often tied to religious practices which commonly...

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Am I a sucker for falling for her?
Gulong ng Palad (Advice Column)

Dear Ate Lena,

Mayroon akong isang babaeng dini-date ng may sampung taon na, at our
relationship is something that I can...

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Reconstruction of Lost Things
Warrior Heart

I don’t know which triggered it: Karen Carpenter singing Silver Bells on the radio,or the vintage colored light bulbs strung...

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Wife/Husband
Laugh Out Loud (LOL)

 You have two choices in life.  You can stay single and be miserable, or
get married and wish you were dead.... 

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‘Tis the season to party
G-MAIL

With “Jack Frost nipping at your nose,” as the song popularized by Nat King Cole goes, so did the warm weather and our ...

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Special Christmas messages
Norma's Beeline

As we celebrate the birth of Jesus, magically this season fills our hearts with kindness and goodness, magically, it fills our hearts....

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U.S. Judging by the Political Gamesmanship, There Must Be a Major Election on the Horizon
Immigration

It’s not like the political posturing has ever stopped, but its being ramped-up in earnest now that a major election for President and much...

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8 keys to making the Impossible Dream possible
GOD'S ECONOMICS (The Biblical Principles of True Prosperity)

One of my fine wife Bev’s favorite songs is “The Impossible Dream,” from the Man of La Mancha. Recently, I was searching for... 

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The Twelve Days of Christmas
Objectively Harsh

“The twelve days of Christmas” is an English Christmas Carol that enumerates a
series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the...

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Gift of a good retirement
Social Security

When the holidays come, the money goes — usually for presents and parties,
greeting cards and traveling to see family. Before you spend that....

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Attitude toward Muslims
in the Philippines
Philippines (A study of the country and its people through the eyes of a non-Filipino)

Americans tend to stereotype Muslims because we are not familiar with them.  So
I was pleased at a recent book-club meeting when...

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Sparkle, glitter & glam
for a merry Christmas
Fashion

This year, grab that sparkling dress you’ve been eyeing for months, march up to
the counter ...

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to me, Christmas time...
Always a Crunchtime
CelebrEATy

Here I am...facing my desktop monitor, but I just can't keep my fingers glued to the keyboard.   I'd  stop often to reach for a kleenex (achoo, achoo!) to take care of cold-like symptoms...

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