By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay HOUSTON, Texas – Guns played a major role in the development of America since the Pilgrim Fathers arrive via the ship Mayflower from England in the early 15th century. At that time the gun was purely used for nation building such as defensive purposes against Native American Indians and for hunting
November 20, 2019
By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay HOUSTON, Texas – For two years now, the plant-based meat “fake animal products” revolution in the United States is exploding. Back in the 60s, the dream of a plant-based hamburger that could satisfy meat eaters was practically inconceivable. Now many companies produce burgers, chicken, and even chicken wings (of course, without
November 11, 2019
By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay The recent 6.5-magnitude earthquake that occurred on October 29 and 31 in the southern part of Mindanao caused great concern over the ongoing construction of the P11.2-billion Jalaur River Multi-purpose Project Stage II (JRMP II) dam in Calinog, Iloilo. The earthquakes in Mindanao devastated the towns of Kidapawan, Tulunan in South
November 4, 2019
By: Edgar Mana-ay IN A FAMILY, it is conventional wisdom that parents remind their marriageable children to carefully observe the partner they intend to marry. The children are further admonished to take time and be watchful not only the behavior but even the achievements of a prospective partner in life. The same goes for our
October 28, 2019
By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay If the 104 million Filipinos are crazy with basketball, more so are the 1.5 billion Chinese people. The number one market of the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) in the world is not the Philippines but China. By the way, the NBA is a very large and lucrative business venture on
October 21, 2019
By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay FOR four months now, there is increasing violent pro-democracy and massive street protests all over Hong Kong. The protests are staged mostly by students ages 14 to 24 plus and a sprinkling of professionals mostly below 40 years of age. These black-clad young protestors are armed only with umbrellas to fend
October 14, 2019
By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay REGARDLESS whether one is a climate change fanatic or skeptic, majority of us will agree that there is a need to change our lifestyle in order to improve/clean our environment and make it more livable approximating what it was a hundred years ago. But this cause is not helped at all
October 7, 2019
By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay THREE weeks ago, seven guided missiles dropped by a drone struck the Saudi Aramco owned oil facility just outside the Saudi capital of Riyadh resulting in the destruction of half of its production capacity. Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack but nobody believes them, because of the sophistication
September 30, 2019
By: Edgar Mana-ay BOTH Manila and Beijing has confirmed that Chinese companies will explore, drill, and exploit oil and gas deposits at Recto Bank! This shallow part of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is only 80 nautical miles (nm) from the shores west of Palawan and well within the 200 nm Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
September 23, 2019
By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay THEY’RE everywhere, plastic garbage that we indiscriminately throw. Since a lot of plastic items we use are low cost and disposable, we create an awful lot of plastic trash. Hundreds of tons of plastic rubbish have been removed during the cleanup of Manila Bay and this is just along the seashore,
September 16, 2019
By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay DURING the recent visit of President Duterte to China, many citizens, including this writer, had the illusion and delusion (not hope) that that our President can finally resolve the controversial issue at the West Philippine Sea (WPS) with a supposed “true friend” but in reality a bully in China. As per
September 9, 2019
By: Engr. Edgar Mana-ay SINCE water is everywhere, it’ a paradox that we feel its scarcity nowadays, and yet we have also taken it for granted. We can survive without food for months, but we cannot survive without water for a week. We are fortunate that 70 percent of mother earth is covered with water
September 2, 2019