“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the
world will know peace.” –Jimi Hendrix
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A few months had passed after the Zamboanga City crisis in
Mindanao but souls are still not healed; homes are still not built; and lives are
still not at peace. What good does really a war bring if it costs lives...
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I’m writing
this blog entry as a dedication to a close family friend who I recently found
out is in her 4th stage of colon cancer. Cancer is a very painful
thing to happen to anyone – not just to the patient but to his/her family and
friends as well....
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“Nothing can stop us from welcoming Christmas even though we
have lost our home,” says Ellen Miano, a survivor of the devastating
typhoon-hit in Eastern Visayas.
Gifts under our glam Christmas tree, scrumptious feast for Noche
Buena, simbang gabi with loved ones, heavenly Christmas carols and
never-ending...
Through the years, technological
development in our society has been happening with then end of easing
the lives of the people. We have seen the development of
communication devices through the years as well as other technologies
that are now almost necessary in our everyday life. With the
fast-changing society, the people's needs also changes, and we
attempt to satiate those needs by developing and inventing new forms
of technology. But one development...
“Arctic cyclones” are,
obviously, cyclones that occur in the Arctic regions. It is parallel to the
Pacific “typhoons” and the Atlantic “hurricanes”.
Recent news that I read in http://esciencenews.com/articles/2013/12/11/arctic.cyclones.more.common.previously.thought tells of an increase in identified
cyclones in the Arctic, that these cyclones are actually more common than what
is previously thought. Although this does not imply that the actual...
In a city of lights,
brownout is a terror.
Return of electricity
after a brownout or power outage is considered a simple joy in metropolitan
life. Undoubtedly, people of all lifestyles are electricity or energy
dependent. Every move corresponds to certain amount of energy used. Nearly
everyone has a gadget or two in their households. Power consumption is a way of
life. Power corruption is also inevitable.
Considering the newly
announced...
Knowing
about HIV/AIDS is not new to me. 3rd of December 2013, that was the
second time that I have got a chance to join a public forum about HIV/AIDS. My
first was when I was in 4th year high school when my Health teacher
discussed it to us.
The
World AIDS Day is celebrated during December 1 and the University of the
Philippines has come up to a weeklong celebration of it. There are lots of
activities including the public forum about HIV/AIDS.
The
Human...