By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay Everybody is thrilled with the thrust of the government for concrete roads and over passes, pavements, sidewalks and parking area because everything now looked clean and streamlined. But to technical people, we cannot totally alter and change land patterns and not expect changes in rain absorption and eventually result to more
April 13, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay It is perceived by the majority that global warming due to the increase of greenhouse gasses in the earth’s atmosphere is sure to come just as the sun is sure to rise in the east. However, there are also a minority of scientists and technical people including this writer who are
April 6, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay With all due respect to whoever has the copyright on the phrase “Social Dancing”, I would really prefer it even though I was never a good dancer, over the restraining and repressing “Social Distancing”. But we are living in perilous and dangerous times with that invisible but deadly scourge of humanity
April 1, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay In my March 16 article on world petroleum supply, I mentioned the nation of Canada as the No. 4 oil producer in the world at 5.27 million barrels per day (mbpd), about 5% of the world supply. What made the U.S. the No. 1 oil producer at 18 mbpd is a
March 30, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay From the Holy Bible in the Book of Psalms Chapter 91: Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God. In whom I trust. Surely He will save
March 25, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay I am yielding my space to Author Mark Hendrickson, an economist, recently retired from the faculty of Grove City College, where he remains a fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute of Faith and Freedom. This was first published in the October 24, 2019 issue of THE EPOCH TIMES,
March 23, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay Last March 2, crude oil prices plunged nearly 25%, down to $30/bbl (barrel) from $45 to $48 per barrel (159 liters), one of the largest quick decline in decades, sending global markets spiraling, which was already reeling from COVID-19, all over the world. The oil industry is still the backbone of
March 16, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay Last February 21, 2020, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of the province of Antique approved a resolution authored by Board Member Dimamay banning the construction of a coal-fired power plant at any place in the province. It appears that members of Antique Sangguniang Bayan are as innocent as a newborn babe when it
March 9, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay The fossil fuel industry or oil and gas drilling, where Texas is at the forefront, is not disappearing any time soon but in fact, will increase in the next 20 years despite its deleterious effects on the environment. The issue of climate change (read: global warming) due to carbon emission from
March 2, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay HOUSTON, Texas, USA – We associate the country of Israel as the land of the chosen people of God. This is the promise land which the 12 tribes, a descendant of Abraham the patriarch of both the Jews and the Arabs, occupied after their escape from the land of the Pharaoh
February 24, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay HOUSTON, Texas, USA – In the recent squabble between Pres. Duterte and the two water utilities in Metro Manila, namely Manila Water of the Pangilinan group and Maynilad of the Ayala group, one of the compelling and legitimate issues raised by DU30 is the lack of a comprehensive (only partial) sewage
February 17, 2020
By Edgar Mana-ay Houston, Texas, USA – The Trump impeachment trial in the US Senate finally came to an end on February 12 when US senators voted to acquit Pres. Trump on both two articles of impeachment, 53 to 47. It will take 2/3 votes or 67 senators to kick Pres. Trump out of office.
February 10, 2020