Let’s Focus our Attention on China

Since the earliest days of U.S. independence, relations with China have tested the mettle of American diplomacy.
At some points in history, the gulf between the two nations seemed wider than the ocean that separates its shores. Today, Sino-American relations are marked by both unity and division.
Beijing claims Taiwan, which split from China in 1949, as [...]

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Expensive to Live

People spend almost of their income on food have been priced out, as price of maize, wheat, corn, rice and other commodities that make up the world’s basic foodstuffs is soaring the poorest people in the poorest countries are the hardest hit. And as prices shoot up helping them is getting tougher too.
For many years [...]

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FILIPINO MUST USE SPOON

My kumpare never use spoon before while he ate,He used to eat by hands (Kamayan Style).He was shocked when the people of Don Fatsolo’s wife in Malcanang urged restaurants and eateries in the country to cut to half-cup the regular serving of rice in their meals to help stave off a looming supply shortage. Rice [...]

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Palabigasan

Tonite Editorial
March 29, 2008

Sa kabila ng dinaranas na krisis sa bigas ng bansa, nakadiskubre ng ga-bundok na kaban ng NFA rice ang mga sumalakay na operatiba ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) at ng nilikhang puwersa ng National Food Authority (NFA) sa Valenzuela City.
Depensa ng may-ari ng sinalakay na bodega, legal umano ang nakaimbak [...]

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Commandments of Cowardice

12 units of cowardice at the
Philippine Military Academy
By Rep. Teodoro L. Locsin Jr.
“Mr. Speaker, I rise on a matter of collective privilege. This morning, this representation read in the newspapers that Navy Vice-Commander Rear Admiral Amable (meaning amiable) Tolentino admitted that the Philippine military is inferior to the militaries of other countries. Yes, even before [...]

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Morality, Courage and Self-Respect

Earns Respect from Others
A man joined the army and was immediately assigned to serve a captain. The captain was very severe and required lower ranking soldiers to strictly obey his commands without any reservation. Of course, the inherent duty of a soldier is to absolutely obey command. One day, the captain told the soldier to [...]

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Hard times could begin next month

Everyone should pay attention to the warnings made by UP Economics Professor Ernesto Pernia, the former chief economist of the Asian Development Bank and its expert in human-development economics, that the looming US recession, which has begun to cause a slowdown throughout the world, will hit the Philippines hard. Harder than the 1997 Asian crisis [...]

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ANG SUKA

for your cooking delight…

Vinegar is a liquid processed from the fermentation of ethanol in a process that yields its key ingredient, acetic acid. The acetic acid concentration ranges typically from 4 to 8 percent by volume for table vinegar (typically 5%) and higher concentrations for pickling (up to 18%) although in some countries [...]

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PRACTICAL TIPS & ADVICE TO OFWs

There are many Overseas Filipino Workers who work abroad for many years but are not successful and no investments were acquired by the time that they have already retired.
The worst situation is that there are some OFWs who have been in an accident overseas which prevented them from working again. Regardless of working in [...]

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ANG PILIPINAS NGAYON

While Cocoy’s Delight is delighted as a timely venue in discussing what matters most to our country, we also received some queries on how many regions and provinces Philippines has at this point in time. The query was obviously an offshoot on what province or jurisdiction the Spratlys Islands as [...]

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