How’s your memory?

For those who are getting old like me, a short quiz to test your memory. Here’s the link.

Rock Climbing

This summer, why not try rock climbing? You burn 500 calories a minute scaling up a wall, according to PowerUp gym in Tandang Sora, Quezon City. I find this believable: someone I know who got addicted to rock climbing shortly after giving birth quickly lost the pounds she gained during pregnancy. There’s an incentive to [...]

Earth Hour: Philcoa, Quezon City, Philippines

“Earth Hour is like any other hour. The lights are on,” my son said as we travelled from Tandang Sora, Quezon City, to Philcoa, Quezon City. The lights at the restaurants at the Ayala TechnoHub were on, and so were the floodlights at the gates of the compound. In Philcoa, both Jollibee and McDonalds had [...]

Asean human rights body to be launched in October

The high level panel drafting the terms of reference for the Asean human rights body has finished the principles to be observed, the purpose of the body as well as its mandate, but has yet to give the human rights body a name, says former Ambassador Rosario Manalo, Philippine representative to panel.

ESCAP 2009: Triple crises in the region

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific has come out with the 2009 Escap survey, which warned governments that three, not just one, crises threaten the region.
“While most governments are focused on dealing with the worst economic crisis in many decades, two other longer term crises should not be forgotten. Food-fuel [...]

A combat photographer

AFP photographer Romeo Gacad is a great photographer, but nowadays he’s most known for his pictures on war, mainly shot in wars in the Middle East, particularly Iraq and Afghanistan. He gave a lecture recently on war photography at the St. Benilde’s Museum on Contemporary Arts, during which he talked not only about his pictures, [...]

Latin phrases in statutory construction

He says: “You are the one I love the most among the women in my life, and that includes my mother, my sister and my grandmother.” You ask him, “Is that ejusdem generis or expressio unius?” And he answers, “Ejusdem generis.” Should you slap him or kiss him?
Here’s a short reviewer on some Latin [...]

Bakya

There’s a stall at the Lung Center’s Sunday market selling old-fashioned bakya, with a new twist: hand-painted designs.

Greenpeace: Is it a case of theft or corruption in government?

Acting on a tip, Greenpeace activists in Tokyo intercepted a box of whale meat from a Japanese-government sponsored whaling program to prove that it is being embezzled. The two activists, Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, are now awaiting trial in Tokyo.

The Eco-products International Fair 2009

The Eco-products International Fair 2009 is now being held at the SMX Convention Center at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City. The environmentally-friendly products on display vary from vehicles that run on alternative fuel to bangles made of dried leaves that have fallen on the forest floor.