Archive for November, 2011
Catholic liturgy changes after forty years
NEW YORK, November 27, 2011 (AFP) – After 40 years of praying in exactly the same way, English-speaking Catholics around the world had a challenge waiting for them Sunday when they turned up to Mass. The Mass liturgy, or the text of the most sacred Roman Catholic rite, has been re-launched across the English-speaking world [...]
Transforming holiday leftovers into tasty meals
GATHERING with friends and family for special meals is a beloved part of the fall and winter holidays. Spending time preparing dishes that everyone looks forward to somehow feels less like a chore and more like a tradition during this time of year. And, of course, you don’t want anyone to go away hungry, so [...]
Kalayaan incorporates; elects set of officers
BY LYDIA V. SOLIS ON NOVEMBER 17, 2011, at a special meeting of the Kalayaan Incorporated, the Board held its annual election for the 2012 set of Officers. As President of the Board, Mr. Antero Pagunsan will also be the 2012 Kalayaan Celebrations Event Overall Chairman continuing the tradition that has been in place for [...]
Philippine economy slows amid lower spending
MANILA, November 28, 2011 (AFP) – The Philippines said Monday economic growth slowed to 3.2 percent in the third quarter for one of the worst performances in Southeast Asia, as tighter controls on government spending acted as a drag. Economic Planning Secretary Cayetano Paderanga said the economic woes in the United States and Europe, typhoons [...]
Outsourcing stems exodus of workers from the Philippines
MANILA, November 24, 2011 (AFP) – Malaysia-based computer whiz Arlene Teodoro packed his bags and flew home to the Philippines this year, going against the tide in an impoverished country that sends millions of workers abroad. Forced to leave his family and friends in 2008 in search of a decent job overseas, the 35-year-old bachelor [...]
Looking Good: Don’t overdo casual Friday
BY OSCAR F. PICAZO FOR Filipinos, one of the most satisfying things to do is to see and be seen. Below are some sightings in the Philippines. A couple of the sightings have no formal names, so I invented the phrases to describe them (Donald Tramp, Batman’s dimpo mini-cape). So you want to be posturyoso [...]
Facebook helps find missing Philippine grandfather
MANILA, November 23, 2011 (AFP) – Tens of thousands of sympathetic Facebook users helped reunite a Philippine grandmother with her 78-year-old husband who went missing for two weeks, the family said Wednesday. A black-and-white picture of a forlorn Aurelia Matias, 73, sitting on a street corner with a missing persons poster on her back, went [...]
Andres Bonifacio and his Camisa de Chino
By NENET GALANG-PERENA Andres Bonifacio, matapang na tao, Lumaban sa g’yera, naputol ang tenga In the small plaza beside the ancient parish church dedicated to St. John the Baptist in my river bound hometown of Calumpit stands a monument to Andres Bonifacio, where we, as school children, clad in patadyong and camisa de chino, would [...]
Ampatuan massacre becomes a rallying cry for global journalists
MANILA, Nov 23 – On the second anniversary of the brutal Ampatuan massacre, journalists worldwide have also marked November 23, 2011 as the first International Day to End Impunity. Fifty-eight people, including 32 journalists, were killed in the town of Ampatuan in Maguindanao province in Mindanao, Philippines on November 23, two years ago. The International [...]
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls
BY DAVID CASUCO COMMON decency tells us not to gloat over the misfortunes of other people. In no uncertain terms, the book of Proverbs teaches the same: “Do not rejoice when your enemy falls. And don’t let your heart be glad when he stumbles.†That was not the case lately. When former president Gloria [...]