FOUNDED on March 29, 1954, as a non-stock and nonprofit association aimed at uniting into one organization the various trade, business, industrial, and financial institutions in the Chinese community, the Federation of Filipino & Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) is the largest ethnic-based organization or association of its kind in the Philippines today with a membership of close to 170 Filipino & Chinese Chambers of Commerce and trade business associations all over the country.

THERE will never be another one like him. With the spontaneous and heartfelt outpouring of love, adoration and affection for Pope John Paul II, the next pope will have enormous shoes to fill.

SENATOR Dick Gordon’s "Wow Philippines" got a boost from the BIR genius who thought of a brilliant way of raising revenues from our country’s booming tourism industry. Whoever he is, he deserves the presidential medal of merit and instant admission to Mensa, the international high IQ organization.

LOOKING at the news reportage on the death of Pope John Paul, one runs into the usual accolades for his personal sanctity, his outgoing personality, love for all people, and conciliating gestures to other religions.

THE farmer was despondent and desperate.

THERE’s an outside chance that Cardinal Ricardo Vidal might be elected the next pope,

NAMES of places and, titles of songs and television series are so decisive they cast a magic wand on their rousing corporate success and longtime popularity.

REFLECTIONS on "goodness" have prevailed over the past few weeks with the death of globally popular Pope John Paul II. Lesser mortals continue to show acts of badness though.

TOKYO — Nearly half of Japa-nese polled identified eroding public safety as their biggest concern, surpassing worries over the lackluster state of the economy for the first time in an annual government survey, according to reports.

AFTER the funeral of Pope John Paul II, the awesome task of choosing a successor will take place.

THE crowd that remained across the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not gone along with His disciples in the boat, but only His disciples had left. Other boats came from Tiberias near the place where they had eaten the bread when the Lord gave thanks. When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they themselves got into boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus. And when they found Him across the sea they said to Him, "Rabbi, when did You get here?" Jesus answered them and said, "Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for Me not because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled. Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him the Father, God, has set His seal." So they said to Him, "What can we do to accomplish the works of God?" Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in the one He sent."