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Rotary International District 3810 District Conference at the historic landmark Manila Hotel
THE Rotary International District 3810 is a district of the worldwide organization of Rotary International that has expanded to 85 chapters covering the areas of Manila and Pasay and the provinces of Cavite and Occidental Mindoro. District 3810 traces its origin to the formation of the first club established in the country on June 1, 1919 – the Rotary Club of Manila. Composed of several reorganizations of Rotary Clubs in the Philippines, District 3810 has continued to expand and today counts with thousands of members in its 85 chapters.
Thailand’s ‘No-El’
OPPOSITION parties in Thailand vowed to boycott the April 2 parliamentary elections called by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. It’s not because they know that Thaksin is going to cheat but because he’s going to win, as he’s virtually adored by the 63 million Thai farmers and owners of small business whose income have doubled in the five years that Thaksin has been in power.
ASEAN’s regional integration plan
WHEN he accepted the ASEAN Chamber of Commerce award for distinguished service, Jose Concepcion Jr. announced ASEAN’s accelerated regional integration target which hopes to reduce poverty in the region through cooperation on potential exports and interregional trade by 2015, nine years from now. This was soon followed by a report on the recent Feb. 7 meeting here in Manila of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEANBAC) sent by Philippine Chamber of Commerce representative for agriculture William S. Co, which identifies areas of possible economic integration which would make ASEAN a competitive regional bloc.
40 years for hazing
(Editor’s note: Hazing and torture cannot be stopped because none of the frat officers earned 40 years in prison as noted by the author.)
Lyceum of the Philippines 54rd Anniversary
NAMED after lykeion, the grove in ancient Athens where the philosopher Aristotle taught his pupils, the Lyceum of the Philippines is the legacy of an equally esteemed educator, philosopher, and President of the Republic, Jose P. Laurel. The Lyceum of the Philippines continues today to live up to the ideals of Veritas et Fortitudo, truth and courage, that was laid down by its founder and the pioneer teachers and staff of the institution.
Early polls seen in Poland
WARSAW — European Union newcomer Poland may face early parliamentary elections this May should a legislative stability pact struck in parliament between the governing minority Law and Justice (PiS) party and two smaller parties unravel, senior PiS party officials said Tuesday.
The answer to prayers
ESUS said to His disciples "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives, and the one who seeks, finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread, or a snake when he asks for a fish? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask Him.
Civic duty, social responsibility, and good governance
WE are all men and women for others. We live out our life for the good and welfare of others, whom we help to progress through the over-all betterment of all aspects of their life.
Hazards
A FEW years ago, while cruising along Paseo de Roxas, in Makati, I passed by a building under construction, just in time to see the ropes of a workers’ gondola snap and the flimsy structure explode into smithereens as it hit the pavement below. I saw the lone worker in that gondola grab the jagged edge of the rough concrete floor; his survival instinct served him well. There he was hanging in mid-air, paralyzed with fear until his companies rushed to pull him to safety. In a flash, a human being could have perished, leaving widow and orphaned children. I shall never forget that spine-chilling scene.
Artist-in-exile celebrates nature
LINA Llaguno Ciani, the Rome-based Filipino artist, returns after a two-year hiatus, to Manila with an exhibition of 11 oil paintings and 16 drawings with her favorite artistic temptation, the egg.
Where we heading?
WHAT is it about working in government that officials’ heads get 1) enlarged, 2) shrunken, 3) turned 180 degrees, and 4) waterlogged?
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