15 July 2014

Brace for Flood as Tropical Storm Nears

Typhoon Rammasun
Everyone in the Philippines are being asked to braced for possible floods and landslides as a tropical storm continued to strengthen as it approached the country's eastern seaboard.

Tropical Storm Rammasun (local name: Glenda) was expected to intensify into a typhoon before making landfall on 15 July morning in Albay province, the government's weather bureau said.

08 July 2014

If The Pope Can Do It, Why Not Fr. Ubach?

Pope Francis
In this modern world of technological innovations and scientific research, only a few continue to follow strictly the Roman Catholic dogma and the Vatican is doing its best to adopt its policies according to the demands of time.

Pope Francis has delivered several speeches asking for understanding from those who were wronged by the Church in the past and tried to make the Vatican hierarchy more accessible to the masses. However, archaic Catholic priests like Fr. Romeo Ubach of the sacred Heart Chaplaincy in Eversely Child Sanitarium in Cebu are making it hard for the Pope to realize immediate results.

Feeling Lost? Wear a "Zentai"

Zentai Lifestyle
Having a bout of ‘identity crisis’ lately? You may want to cover your whole body with spandex.

This is what some mild-mannered Japanese are doing these days to allow them to stand out in the crown an night. They dress in a skin-tight, all-in-one Spandex body suit that covers everything — including eyes — and sits in bars, alone but liberated, from the judgment of others.

06 July 2014

'Conflict Of Interest' at UCPB Board?

UCPB
Is there really a ‘conflict of interest’ in this story? Try to read it and see if you agree with the complainant that government officials made an error in appointing Atty. Nilo T. Divina as one of the directors of United Coconut Planters’ Bank (UCPB).

According to Atty. Oliver San Antonio, legal counsel of the National Coalition of Filipino Consumers (NCFC), Divina, dean of law at the University of Sto. Tomas (UST) Faculty of Law, not only sits as one of the 16 members of the board of directors of UCPB, but that his law firm also serves as one of its external counsels.

04 July 2014

Trail Life Won't Tolerate Intolerant Gays

Trail Life Spreads
The founder of a the most sought-after anti-gay scouting alternative to the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) said his youth group will not "tolerate" openly gay members.

In excerpts of an interview with Crosstalk's Jim Schneider last March 2014, Trail Life USA founder John Stemberger said, "We view a same-sex attraction as being very different than this new socio-political construct of 'gay,' which is a political movement ... an in-your-face, intolerant agenda."