Forty rural activists marched for about 15K yesterday to demand genuine agrarian reform in our country. They started from the Quezon City Memorial Circle to the House of Representatives Complex. Forty people. It may be a small number to some. In fact, it’s just the size of a class. But we can’t doubt the passion of…

“The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the world there comes a hungry stomach. Rather it is that, attached to those hands are sharp elbows.” — Paul Anthony Samuelson (May 15, 1915 - ), US economist, Nobel Prize laureate

Today is International Conscientious Objectors’ Day. A conscientious objector is someone who refuses to bear arms or participate in military service, on the basis of religious or moral principles. Here’s a story about a weary soldier on a train…

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. —Psalm 34: 6

Take the quick survey below and see how your family compares with other families/households in the Philippines…

“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.” — Dante Alighieri (May 14/June 13, 1265 – September 13/14, 1321), author of the Divine Comedy

May 14th marks the opening of the 61st Cannes Film Festival. You may have heard that Brillante Mendoza’s “Serbis” is one of the 20 finalists vying for the prestigious Palme d’Or. And Raya Martin’s “Now Showing” has been chosen to be part of…

“He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap” -Psalm 113: 7

At the the world’s biggest Java technology event, the 12th annual JavaOne Conference, held in San Francisco last week, three UP-Diliman Computer Science majors were awarded the prestigious Duke’s Choice Award by no other than the inventor of…

“Ya gots to work with what you gots to work with.” — Stevie Wonder (May 13, 1950 - ), blind musician and artist who has won more than 20 Grammy Awards

Today is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Fatima. Every year, pilgrims travel to Portugal to visit the site of Mama Mary’s apparitions to three shepherd children in 1917. One of the highlights of the annual pilgrimage which happens on the 12th-13th of May is the…

For the LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance… - Psalm 94

According to news reports, the Gokongwei Group of Companies, JG Summit, wants to buy the government’s 40% shareholdings in Petron, our country’s largest oil refiner. If this happens, Petron will become fully-privatized and some people aren’t too happy with this because they believe that the government will not be able to control fuel prices in case…

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself. — Spanish Philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset (May 9, 1883 - October 18, 1955)

Citizens of a small town in Brazil are celebrating “Orgasm Day” today! This special holiday was started in…

The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. — Psalm 103:6

Asia Foundation organized a celebration party on Tuesday at the Sofitel Plaza to honor “anti-human trafficking activist” Cecil Flores-Oebanda for being the first Asian to be recognized as…

“Here is a hand-to-hand struggle in all its horror and frightfulness; Austrians and Allies trampling each other under foot, killing one another on piles of bleeding corpses, felling their enemies with their riffle butts, crushing skulls, ripping bellies open with sable and bayonet. No quarter is given; it is a sheer butchery; a struggle between…

Today is World Red Cross and Crescent Day and we honor all Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies worldwide for their efforts in assisting the relief of human suffering in war-torn or disaster-affected areas. This year’s theme is ‘Together for Humanity’. Here’s a story about a man who sees the Red Cross a bit differently…

Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope. - Psalm 16

Support Freedom of Information Act of 2008 (HB 3732)…

“Beauty is in the ideal of perfect harmony which is in the universal being; truth the perfect comprehension of the universal mind. We individuals approach it through our own mistakes and blunders, through our accumulated experience, through our illumined consciousness - how, otherwise, can we know truth?” — Rabindranath Tagore (May 7, 1861 - Aug 7, 1941), Noble Prize for literature winner in 1913

Bob and Nancy were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. After 50 years, Bob wanted to know if Nancy was always faithful. Bob asked, “Have you ever cheated on me?” Nancy replied, “Yes, three times.” “What?!”, yelled Bob, “When?” Nancy said…

We see them every summer and we love watching them! They just make everything seem so easy. They always look like they’re in their first 10 minutes of the race. And they are the only males who look good in lycra - I’m talking about…

“The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.” — Roger Bannister (first man to ever run a mile under 4 minutes - May 6, 1954)

Q: Why couldn’t the bicycle stand up on its own?…

Last Friday, personal computers were sold legally for the first time in Cuba. And people flocked to the first authorized computer shop to see what a computer looks like. Many of them could only afford to…

“Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.” — Karl Marx (May 5, 1818 - March 14, 1883), Founder of modern Communism and co-author of “The Communist Manifesto”

Mexican communities all over the world are celebrating Cinco De Mayo fiestas today. So don’t be surprised if you experience an uncontrollable urge to have some tequila after…

Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. -Psalm 68

Arnel Gabutero reached the pawikan sanctuary in Davao last Thursday after a 3-day solo kayaking expedition. And he has brought our attention to the Philippines’ 10th annual celebration of Ocean Month. Show your…

“Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.” — Horace Mann, “Father of Public Schools” (May 4, 1796 - Aug 2, 1859)

Today we honor our valiant firefighters as we celebrate International Firefighters’ Day. Every first Sunday of May, fire sirens are…

I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living. - Psalm 27

“Yes, I’ll have Philippine organic, please.” — Sometime in the (near) future, this will be heard from the mouths of coffee lovers around the world. And I know that this may come as a surprise to those who love their imported coffee. But efforts are being made to revitalize…

“Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.” — Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (May 3, 1469 - June 22, 1527)

Today is World Press Freedom Day. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ‘everyone has the right to…