My father was the youngest of four brothers. The oldest died at Normandy, on D-Day. The second oldest died at Guadalcanal. The third oldest died in Korea. My father served in Korea in the U.S. Coast Guard, and survived. Both my brother and I attended military schools, and we were both prepared to enter the [...]
Farewell, beloved Country, treasured region of the sun, Pearl of the sea of the Orient, our lost Eden! To you eagerly I surrender this sad and gloomy life; And were it brighter, fresher, more florid, Even then I’d give it to you, for your sake alone. In fields of battle, deliriously fighting, Others give you [...]
¡Adiós, Patria adorada, región del sol querida, Perla del mar de oriente, nuestro perdido Edén! A darte voy alegre la triste mustia vida, Y fuera más brillante, más fresca, más florida, También por ti la diera, la diera por tu bien. En campos de batalla, luchando con delirio, Otros te dan sus vidas sin dudas, [...]
Let Free Enterprise Work Its Course! Something to think about GM supplier answers GM President Troy Clarke’s “plea” with a great response. This is one of the greatest responses to the requests for bailout money I have seen thus far. As a supplier for the Big 3 this man received a letter from the President [...]
As a member of the Cagayan de Oro Eagles Club, I was briefed on the implementation of LTO Administrative Order AHS 2008-015. Pursuant to Executive Order No. 292 otherwise known as the Administrative Code of 1987 and the United Nations Vienna Convention for Road Traffic of 1968 to which the Philippines is a signatory, and [...]
I was interviewing an Xavier University 4th-year male nursing student who is keenly interested in SEO (Search Enginee Optimization), to do some work for me, and in the process he also “interviewed” me, asking a lot about what I thought about life in The Philippines. (Normally, I take no part in hiring and firing for [...]
My kind of Filipino I was fortunate to run into Court of Appeals Justice Jose L. Sabio, Jr., today at Robinson’s, at Limketkai Mall today where Robinson’s Manager Rotarian Danny Camat took a photo of us together. Judge Sabio recently reported that a litigant in a case he was presiding over offered him a bribe. [...]
Senator Cayetano was the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro‘s 61st Induction of Officers. She’s 42 years old, but looks like she’s in her early 30′s. She is the youngest elected female Senator in Philippine history. She’s quite tall for a Filipina, but her mother is a German-American, a former school [...]
Michael Turner: Dr. Myrna Motoomul was a former teacher in Gingoog City. Her husband is former Councilor Motoomul. Several Rotary Clubs in the Cagayan de Oro area provide community service projects for some of the local schools each year, and my club, the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro is interested in determining what schools [...]
General Filipino Amoguis is one tough guy. He was made “Traffic Czar”, head of the local Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA) by Mayor Jaraula nine months ago. He probably has the toughest job in the city. I used to hear people laugh about the RTA. Not anymore. Now I hear them complaining about the RTA. [...]