Why does the New Year begin in January?
WHY has January become the first month of the year? I wondered about it until I learned why September and October are “illogically” placed on the 9th ...
Herbert VegoDecember 30, 20223 min
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WHY has January become the first month of the year? I wondered about it until I learned why September and October are “illogically” placed on the 9th ...
HAVING made it through another “meaty” Christmas, we are simply grateful to be alive in another New Year. To this 72-year-old writer, it means prepari...
THE inflationary Christmas this year does not augur well for the less fortunate. Even we in the “middle class” grimace over rising prices of Noche Bue...
AS of today, the published exchange rate of the Philippine peso against the US dollar is ₱55.36. I guess the dollar beneficiaries would wish for more ...
YES, there was an overwhelming majority of 279 solons who railroaded the Maharlika investment bill in the House, but it’s the “fantastic six” now reap...
YESTERDAY, I drove around the historical Jaro Plaza, which is now on its second phase of restoration in accordance with the Heritage Law (Republic Act...
SINCE September when Jose Mari Chan resurfaced to sing his original Christmas songs, we Filipinos have been counting down the days leading to December...
The cancer dilemma ONE year ago, a friend tested positive for lung cancer. Her oncologist suggested chemotherapy, which she initially resisted. She wo...
INDIA’S online TV recently came up with a report that some relatives of Chinese youth who had been arrested for denouncing Xi Jin Ping and the Chinese...