By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay HOUSTON, Texas, USA – This is my third article on a very controversial and novel method of extracting petroleum oil and natural gas from underground which is very different from the conventional oil drilling method used worldwide for the past one hundred years. Unlike traditional oil production which involves
February 3, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay HOUSTON, Texas, USA – A Filipino needs to go to western countries to appreciate the contrast on how we Filipinos preserve and protect the environment compared to people in these countries. A classic example is our beach line from the city proper going out three towns further, say from Fort San
January 28, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay HOUSTON, Texas, USA – Human trafficking is a euphemism and sugar-coated phrase for modern-day slavery by way of forced labor and prostitution. As civilization progresses and becomes more modern and complex, so does prostitution, an age-old profession, and form of forced labor. This is widespread especially in big cities like Manila,
January 25, 2020
By Engr. Edgar Mana-ay In my first article on Pres. Trump’s impeachment by the House of Representative, I have concluded that the Impeachment Process, a serious and vital tool for a check and balance in any democratic governance like the Philippines and the US, was demeaned and bastardized by the Democrats purely for perceived political
January 20, 2020
In recent days, hostilities mounted between Iran and the United States, threatening an all-out war in the Middle East between the two countries due to an American drone strike at Bagdad Airport in Iraq that killed Iran’s highest military officer, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Soleimani was the most revered military man
January 13, 2020
By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay HOUSTON, Texas, USA – Last December 18 the Democrat-controlled House of Representative as manipulated by Speaker Nancy Pelosi approved the two articles of impeachments against Pres. Donald Trump which are: Abuse of power pressuring the government of Ukraine to open politically motivated investigations by with-holding nearly $400 million of military aid
January 6, 2020
By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay HOUSTON, Texas – It’s almost a fleeting moment but this New Year again added another year to the twilight of our life. It’s just like hardly the day has started and it’s already six o’clock in the evening. Or Monday has barely arrived and it’s now Friday. And again, the month
January 3, 2020
By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay Houston, Texas, USA – Texas or “The Lone Star State” in the US, leads the nation in crude oil reserves and also in oil production. It has almost one-third of the US petroleum reserve and in April alone of this year, Texas had produced 4.33 million barrels of oil per day
December 23, 2019
By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, USA – In the southern portion of the state of Florida lies a swath of wetlands (swamp in our lingo) whose original area during the 1800s was about 100 km wide by 180 km long. These wetlands discharge water to Florida Bay from a vast, shallow Lake Okeechobee
December 16, 2019
By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, USA – Thanksgiving Day celebration is a big deal in the United States almost as important as Christmas Day. It is a Thursday holiday throughout the nation followed by the so called “Black Friday,” a 24-hour national shopping day at 50% bargains. On Thanksgiving, the Americans gather as
December 9, 2019
By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, USA – In view of the snowballing move in the Philippine Congress to legalize marijuana for medical use ONLY, we should learn from the experience of the State of Colorado, USA, which legalized marijuana first for MEDICAL use only in November 2000 by constitutional amendment that was favored by
December 2, 2019
By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay COLORADO Springs, Colorado, USA – In a previous article, this writer showed that the basic weapon of climate activists in presenting their cause on global warming is not fact and reality but more of showmanship and deception. I have cited the Greenpeace invasion and blockade of Shell Refinery in Tabangao, Batangas
November 25, 2019