Remember, a while back I speculated that the worst of the US Dollar/Philippine Peso exchange had already passed? I mean, I felt like the Dollar had already bottomed out. I wrote that piece back in May, and indeed, the Dollar has been steadily gaining since that time. These days, the Dollar is standing between 44.5 […]
Mighty Manny
People who are into Boxing, or who have some connection to the Philippines undoubtedly know who Manny Pacquiao is. Pacquiao is a World Champion boxer, and he hails from General Santos City, in Southern Mindanao. As I type this column, Manny’s latest fight is just getting started, with Manny fighting against David Diaz for the […]
A question of ethics and transparancy
The other day, I published a column here on the site entitled “Limao, Samal Island = Heaven” in which I showed a video of the area where Feyma and I own land, and intend to build our house where we will live permanently. Very shortly after the article was published, I received an e-mail from […]
A bridge to Samal?
For about two months now, there’s been a lot of talk about a bridge being built to Samal Island. Actually, the talk is been going on for years, but it’s gotten serious in the last couple of months. Why has it gotten serious? Well, because there’s been a lot of speculation that it’s about to […]
Limao, Samal Island = Heaven
Yes, I said it all in the title, didn’t I? For me, Barangay Limao, on Samal Island is heaven! Limao is where Feyma and I purchased some land last year, and where we intend to live in the coming years. Neither one of us can wait to get there! But, it will have to be […]
A bundle of surprise!
A few days ago I got a surprise text from my sister that a member of our family got pregnant. That sad part on this is the girl, she’s less than a year from graduating college. She didn’t even bother to informe her parents before the beginning of the enrollment that she will not be […]