Source: Manila Bulletin Online
300-km road plan finished in December
President Arroyo said that the more than 300 km. billion-peso road project, connecting Aurora via Nueva Ecija leading to Tarlac and the rest of Central Luzon, will be completed in December this year.
GMA could end up partyless – JDV
Pangasinan Rep. Jose C. de Venecia Jr. said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo could be left without a political party should the Commission on Elections junk the unified party’s application for accreditation.
RP's Miss Universe bet impresses critics
Pamela Bianca Manalo wowed critics in the preliminaries of the most prestigious beauty contest in the world.
Philhealth on the brink
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. is in danger of going bankrupt in the next seven years.
Mikey gives BIR deadline to submit audit of oil firms
Pampanga Rep. Mikey Arroyo has given the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) a one-week ultimatum to submit an audit report on the financial statements of the country’s top three oil distributors.
Farmers urged to prepare measures against drought
The Philippine government must help Filipino farmers and agriculturists to devise a strategy that would save seeds for the next cropping season as a measure against possible drought.
Protests vs gov’t neglect of OFWs in Mideast warned
The government's alleged failure in assisting hundreds of distressed and abused OFWs in the Middle East could lead to widespread protest actions among OFWs in the region
RP hosts 10th summit on inter-country adoption
The Philippines is hosting a four-day global conference on inter-country adoption which started August 18 until 21 at the Dusit Thani Hotel, Makati City.
China looking forward to FTA implementation
The Chinese government is looking forward to the implementation of the Free trade Agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) starting January 1, 2010.
Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 22:1-14.
Jesus again in reply spoke to them in parables, saying, The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come. A second time he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those invited: "Behold, I have prepared my banquet, my calves and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready; come to the feast."' Some ignored the invitation and went away, one to his farm, another to his business. The rest laid hold of his servants, mistreated them, and killed them. The king was enraged and sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. Then he said to his servants, 'The feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy to come. Go out, therefore, into the main roads and invite to the feast whomever you find.' The servants went out into the streets and gathered all they found, bad and good alike, and the hall was filled with guests. But when the king came in to meet the guests he saw a man there not dressed in a wedding garment. He said to him, 'My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?' But he was reduced to silence. Then the king said to his attendants, 'Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.' Many are invited, but few are chosen."
Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online
inordinate • \in-OR-dun-ut\ • adjective
: exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
Example Sentence:
Mary complained that she had to spend an inordinate amount of time cleaning up after her two sloppy roommates.
Did you know?
At one time if something was "inordinate," it did not conform to the expected or desired order of things. That sense, synonymous with "disorderly" or "unregulated," is now archaic, but it offers a hint at the origins of "inordinate." The word traces back to the Latin verb "ordinare," meaning "to arrange," combined with the negative prefix "in-." "Ordinare" is also the ancestor of such English words as "coordination," "subordinate," "ordination," and "ordain." "Ordinare" did not give us "order," "orderly," or "disorderly," but the root of those words is the same Latin noun ("ordo") from which "ordinare" itself derives.
Your money’s worth today
Source: XE.com
As of August 20, 2009 0057H
US$1=Php48.22
Teaching for the day
Contributed by : Margarita Garcia of Paranaque City
Speak when you are angry, and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret. - Laurence J. Peter, 1919-1988
I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. - Martha Washington, 1732-1800
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. - Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970
Joke for the day
Source: Art’s funbox
PINOY EXPORT
Pedro, a Filipino (pinoy) is having his SNACK (bread and ube jam), when John, an American, chuckling chewing gum, sits down next to him. Pedro ignores John who, nevertheless, starts a conversation.
John: You Filipino folks eat the whole bread?
Pedro (in a bad mood): Of course.
John: (after blowing a huge bubble) We don't. In the States, we only eat what's inside. The crusts we collect in a container, recycle it, transform them into pandesal and export them to the Philippines. John has a smirk on his face. The Pinoy listened in silence.
John persists: D'ya eat jelly with the bread?
Pedro: Of Course. John: (cracking his gum between his teeth and chuckling).
John: We don't. In the States we eat fresh fruit for breakfast, then we put all the peels, seeds, and left-over in containers, recycle them, transform them into jam and export them to the Philippines .
Pedro (asar na!) then asks: Do you have sex in America?
John: Why? Of course we do, with a big smirk.
Pedro: And what do you do with the condoms once you've used them?
John: We throw them away, of course.
Pedro: In the Philippines, we don't throw them.
We put them in a container, recycle them, melt them down into chewing gum and export them to the States. SOOO JUICY!!!!!
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