We barely escaped Ondoy’s waters in Metro Manila on Sept. 26, because we took the 10am PAL flight from Manila to Laoag. The rains started pounding as we were boarding the plane, and after an hour of bumpy ride, we were met by strong winds at the Laoag International Airport. When, after 24-hours, we saw on tv the massive flooding in the country’s capital, I thought, “that was close.” Read the rest of this entry »
October 12th, 2009
September 9th, 2009
I first learned about the Google library project last year in some website calling on authors and publishers the world over, whose works could be affected by a settlement of a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google. There wasn’t much noise about it in electronic media then, but I knew the issue had legal implications. Read the rest of this entry »
July 29th, 2009
Do you know how many zeroes there are in a trillion? You’ll probably pause to count, too. Various sites say that “we could wrap the earth about 4700 times with 1-trillion one-dollar bills laid end to end around the globe.” Mind-boggling, isn’t it? Do you know how much was spent on war weapons in the entire world last year? A staggering $1.464 trillion, 42% of which was spent by the United States. Has that huge amount bought peace? Far from it. Wars continue across the globe – casualties keep piling up, millions more are widowed, orphaned, and displaced from their homes and livelihood. Read the rest of this entry »
June 7th, 2009
There is sustained interest in moringa (malunggay), particularly its health benefits, judging from the search terms that lead surfers to this site. Moringa powder in capsules is already being distributed commercially. It won’t be long before it goes into the mainstream market of health supplements, which tend to be expensive. Sales pitch rests on the many nutrients of moringa which you may read here. Read the rest of this entry »
May 15th, 2009
The current global economic crisis is prompting many of us to rethink our consumption-driven lifestyles, what we value most, what we really need, and what we can do without and still live meaningful and happy lives. The emergence of new measures proposed to complement quantitative national income accounts – Gross National/Domestic Product and per capita income, which only reflect an economy’s health but not its people’s – is therefore timely. Read the rest of this entry »
