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

Filipino celebrities joined the international campaign against foie gras (say FWAH-GRAH) by taking the ‘No Foie Gras’ Pledge organized by PETA Asia-Pacific. The Pledge states that they will never buy or eat foie gras because they ‘believe that force-feeding ducks and geese with long metal tubes is extremely cruel.’ The signatories of the pledge include model Isabel Roces, Senator Bong Revilla, and veteran actor Eddie Gutierrez. Let’s follow their lead and do an online pledge against foie gras here…

Our quote today comes from Ludwig Büchner, born today in 1824. He was one of the philosophers who popularized materialism and based his worldview on the facts and discoveries established by the philosophers of the natural world (science). He was a medical doctor by profession but he had to quit when…

Happy Labor Day to everyone! Here’s a little story about an entreprenuer who hates the internal revenue service…

Fitna is a disturbing Dutch documentary that openly speaks against the Islamicization of the world and the violence allegedly promoted by the Qur’an, the holy book of Islam. The movie shows videos and news clippings of acts of terrorism and extremism that have…

Our quote today comes from one of the greatest Englishman who ever lived - Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. We all know him as the first leader to oppose Adolf Hitler. During the early stages of Nazism, many leaders including Pope Pius XII, did not protest against…

Today is also the third anniversary of the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI. Here’s a little story about the Pope who travelled…

Nang matapos ang lahat, may mga katanungan lang sana ako sa ‘king pamahalaan. Bakit ba ayaw nang mag-alok ng mga health centers ng pamahalaan ng mga paraang mas epektibo kaysa sa natural methods? Sana mag-alok din sila ng mga alternatibo at epektibong pamamaraan na gumagamit ng mga teknolohiya’t kagamitan. Bakit ba kailangang ipasunod sa lahat ng mamamayan ng Pilipinas ang kagustuhan ng Simbahang Katoliko tungkol sa birth control? Hindi naman lahat ng Pilipino, Katoliko ha. O baka naman tinitipid lang tayo ng gobyerno at ginagamit lang nilang dahilan ang simbahan? Nahihirapan akong tanggapin na wala ni isang ekonomista sa pamahalaan ang nagsasabing kailangang kontrolin ang pagdami ng ating populasyon para umasenso ang ating bansa.

Now, before I continue, I would like to say that this is not a critique of the Pope’s message. I am not in a position to challenge the Pope’s knowledge of theology and its applications in our world. These are my personal reflections. I would highly recommend my Christian brothers and sisters, even the non-practicing ones, to do the same - read the letter for yourselves and reflect on it. There are many news articles about it in various newspapers but they’re all influenced by the newswriter’s views as to what’s important and significant. So you have to read it for yourself and write down your personal thoughts on it.

I believe that it is in our power to overcome and banish suffering. I believe that suffering is not part of God’s plan for us. I believe that those who have caused suffering in the past should be answerable and should pay for their actions

Any structure (including laws and customs) that limit free will and choice is a violation of freedom. I hope the bishops in our country are listening so that they may stop limiting our freedom to choose our options in birth control.