Thinking critics (DJB for one) and fans agree on one point, Pope Benedict XVI is not your usual Bishop of Rome. He is no showbiz conservative like John Paul II, he is not your typical curial Pope even if he spent years as the PanzerKardinal. Papa Ratzi is a sharp minded professor first before Pontiff [...]
Noynoy axes state university education
November 25, 2010 By 12 Comments
Noynoy Aquino is probably the first President of the Philippines who has recommended to Congress that the budget of the state university and college (SUC) system be cut. At the apex of this system is the University of the Philippines (UP), which received a 20% cut which is around 1.39 billion pesos. In the past, [...]
Rep Angelo Palmones on the direction of S&T in the Aquino presidency.
July 3, 2010 By 13 Comments
Mr Angelo Palmones, a nationally known broadcaster, was elected as representative for AGHAM, the party that advocates scientific issues. He was on ANC last night discussing the direction of S & T in the Aquino presidency. Listening to Rep Palmones on ANC, I could not help but note that it seems he did not get [...]
On the matter of oaths
May 18, 2010 By 51 Comments
Manila heat wave? Not yet but we are almost there!
May 14, 2010 By 9 Comments
Several people have asked me whether what we have been experiencing in Metro Manila for at least 2 weeks can be considered as a “heat wave” Since I teach a bit of meteorology and climatology for freshies in Environmental Science 1, I had to dig up my lecture notes and find out what the definition of [...]
The second Eraption. Something Mr Aquino has to deal with
May 11, 2010 By 72 Comments
It seems that the COMELEC and its citizen’s arm PPCRV have pulled a successful run of the first automated elections. SMARTMATIC has also despite some IT gurus have said before, succeeded in convincing all that their digital equipment and expertise worked. Automation has resulted in something virtually unheard of in Pinoy electoral politics in the [...]
Thailand go bad, Philippines very good
April 14, 2010 By 9 Comments
Some issues on science and development in Southeast Asia
March 31, 2010 By 43 Comments
One of the good things when scientists from the ASEAN meet is that we discuss the status of science and the problems that go with it in the Southeast Asian region. I was interested to learn that Thai, Vietnamese, Malaysians, Singaporeans, Laotians, Indonesians and Filipinos have the same problem. ASEAN scientists are finding it harder [...]
The HIV-AIDS of the Catholic Church
March 18, 2010 By 36 Comments
US based Catholic journalist and commentator John Allen (who is orthodox and a fan of Opus Dei) was objective enough to say on CNN that the child sex abuse scandals is no longer particular to the US, Irish or German church for that matter, but is of the Global (Universal) Catholic Church. Allen says that [...]
My AntiPinoy hero, Jose Rizal!
March 12, 2010 By 204 Comments
Jose Rizal is the quintessential AntiPinoy. He is my hero and probably yours too. His two novels are considered by Leonie Guerrero (himself a translator of the novels and prizewinning biographer of the Hero) as the “Gospels of its [Filipinos] nationalism” While we may think that the two novels are anti-friar, it is also anti-Pinoy. [...]
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