Mark Gonjoran and his relentless scuffles with unbounded cataclysmic trials
(Part 1 of 3) A second chance at life An unidentifiable energy kept him whirling down into an unfathomed depth where a strange ray of light from the tunnel’s end…
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Study finds eating oatmeal will give you longer life
A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health suggests that eating a small bowl of oatmeal everyday may be the secret to a longer life. The long-term study,…
Domestic violence is barbaric
“My husband hit me, and this is not the first time he physically and verbally abused me.” “Seventy-seven celebrities have been charged with domestic abuse in the USA.” “Emmy award…
Geo Ed Rebucas, Jared Martin, and friends welcome 2015 with a bang!
FOR most hopeless romantics, music is the wine that fills the cup of silence… serving as therapeutic solvent that liquefies perplexities and purifies hatred. Still according to the prolific German…
Mango Mix: Vigan joins the New 7 Wonders Cities
Once again, Filipinos have something to be proud of. Vigan made it to the New7Wonders Cities. New7Wonders Founder-President Bernard Weber officially announced the provisional voting results of the campaign on…
Alexis Monsanto presents Spring/Summer 2015 collection
LOS ANGELES — Filipino fashion designer Alexis Monsanto had a monumental 2014, wowing fashion-forward crowds with his Spring/Summer 2015 collection. On Nov. 18, 2014, Monsanto was the headliner of Fashion…
Today’s path-breaking role of the news magazine
In a world running at digital pace, many newspapers have long been forced into the traditional news magazine model, with larger form writing and more big picture thinking. But we…
A global New Year’s message
HAPPY New Year to all! I hope that our hearts are filled with gratitude to God for all the blessings that we received from him last year. And like Mary…
New study says most cancers caused by ‘bad luck’
Bad genes and poor lifestyle choices aren’t the only reasons some people get cancer. A Johns Hopkins Medicine research study attributes most cancer cases to plain old bad luck. “All…
Flu reaches epidemic status in US
THE flu has become a national epidemic, and the number of deaths it is blamed for—including 15 children this past year—continues to increase, as flu season begins its peak usually…
Here comes another year
THE old year is put to bed. One’s business is finished. We commemorate the year past while invoking the illumination of the year’s days of authentic indulgence, simplicities, celebration and…
Holidays Away from Home
The Christmas season has always been the perfect opportunity for gatherings among families and friends since every Filipino celebration is never without food nor reunion. However, not all those who…
Welcoming the New Year – the Pinoy way
Regardless of which part of the world you live in or which country you were born, part of your cultural upbringing will always include traditions and superstitions. Traditions, for the most…
Losing weight & keeping it off
Tips from Balitang America’s Steve Angeles As the New Year approaches, we tend to jot down a list of resolutions, whether it’s staying organized or saving more money. One resolution…
Wrestling with an angel
Everybody has a story to tell. But we stop telling stories when we start to lose that sort of time—pausing time, reflecting time, wondering, while life rushes us along. Very…
Pope Francis: the ‘sweet scent of Jesus’
FILIPINOS are excited about the coming of Pope Francis to the Philippines on January 15-19, 2015. As many Filipinos would say, “This is a good start for the New Year!”…
December’s Gifts
IT comes to us wrapped, not in tissues and ribbons but in cherished events of ceremonies, celebrations, and connections, through parties that constellate about the holiday seasons. Guests that trooped…
Kaia Alanna: An impressively prolific raconteur at 12
One of English philosopher and essayist Francis Bacon’s popular quotations states: “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse,…
Tainted food handlers’ gloves
There are more and more fast food chains requiring their food handler to use gloves when preparing food items, as an indication of hygiene and food safety. The holiday season…
How does traveling make us richer?
They say, “traveling is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” Cliché and overused —yes, that statement is. However, you cannot deny the things that traveling do which…
If love were all, I should be lonely
EACH of us encounters those sad stormy days, when we feel very small, very fragile and very frightened, as if one might shatter into a thousand pieces and break into…
The call to be joyful
I SPENT most of my time this week visiting our seminarians who are on parish internship this year. As always, I feel happy when I hear them express their excitement…
Glitz and glamour on the red carpet
IT was once a stately glamorous ritual limited to lavish red carpet gala premieres, which flourished in Hollywood’s golden era gods and goddesses. It used to be synonymous with night…
Ed & Olyn Bautista: Life on the silvery route
Feeling the same intensity of emotional affection for each other after a score and five years of blissful togetherness, medical couple Eduardo and Olyn Bautista had triumphantly survived all possible…
Alcohol increases cancer risk
The abuse of alcohol is the leading risk factor for disability and premature death in the world. Besides tobacco an other harmful agents, alcohol is the most common cause of…
It’s beginning to look like Christmas
It’s because everywhere, you see good cheers, as the season bring tidings of comfort and joy. Everyone seems decided to be happy, living, fulfilled, generous, peaceful, contented, joyful, festive and emotionally…
Advent: a penitential season
“ Advent is the time to strengthen the uneven and crooked shapes of our lives, to broaden our horizons, and to reform of our ways.” THERE is still a great need…
Gawad Kalinga’s Genius of The Poor
By: Charisse Trinidad The Gawad Kalinga Community proudly hosted the book launch of renowned British journalist Thomas Graham’s newly published book Gawad Kalinga’s The Genius Of The Poor. The event…
Diosdado Rey Banatao: An inherited surname
WITHOUT question, this interview is due to a name, to a relationship, to the fact that he is Disodado Banatao’s son. This may sound unfair and discourteous, perhaps it is. The…
An unbounded amity defying all odds
The invite in blue and silvery white indicated the specially conceptualized party to celebrate Aaron Tupaz Frias’ 46th birthday last Saturday, November 29, would start at 8:15 PM and so…