News for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
Con-con unlikely — Pimentel
The new proposal initiated in the House of Representatives calling for a con-con as a move to institute amendments to the Constitution is unlikely to materialize.
Embassy: Libya visit austere
The Philippine Embassy in Libya Sunday stressed that President Arroyo’s state visit to Libya will be “austere”.
Trillanes bares gains
Senator Antonio “Sonny” F. Trilllanes IV has bared his legislative accomplishments since his election in 2007.
2010 hopefuls in unity walk
Presidential wannabes and other politicians Sunday joined the 100-meter “Unity Walk’’ amid a roaring and appreciative crowd before signing a covenant to resort only to lawful channels in their election bids for 2010.
Ted Kennedy laid to rest
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was laid to rest alongside slain brothers John and Robert on hallowed ground at Arlington National Cemetery.
RP halal trade gets boost with Malaysia deal
The Office on Muslim Affairs has struck a deal with Malaysia's world-class Halal Industry Development Corporation Sdn Bhd to strengthen the country's fledgling halal program.
300,000 benefit from gov’t jobs program
National Anti-Poverty Commission Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban said the government has generated jobs for 300,000 people under the Comprehensive Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program.
QC moves to curb fixers
Quezon City authorities said they have enforced stricter measures to minimize the incidence of unlawful transactions in all the departments especially in income-generating agencies like the Office of the Building Official at the city hall.
Condo units awarded to 112 Pasay families
The Pasay City government awarded certificates of guarantee to 112 families to own a 24-square-meter condominium unit, transforming them from squatters to home owners.
Enrile calling for another ‘revolution’
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile called for another revolution not with armed conflict but by united plans and actions to make the country healthy in terms of socio-economic, political and cultural development.
Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 4:16-30.
He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord." Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him. He said to them, "Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing." And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, "Isn't this the son of Joseph?" He said to them, "Surely you will quote me this proverb, 'Physician, cure yourself,' and say, 'Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.'" And he said, "Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land. It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian." When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. But he passed through the midst of them and went away.
Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online
jingoism • \JING-goh-is-uhm\ • noun
: extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy
Example Sentence:
Albert Einstein was a pacifist who found German jingoism, with its ultra-nationalistic ideology and militaristic policy, so objectionable that he left his homeland in 1933, never to return.
Did you know?
"Jingoism" originated during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, when many British citizens were hostile toward Russia and felt Britain should intervene in the conflict. Supporters of the cause expressed their sentiments in a music-hall ditty with this refrain:
"We don't want to fight, yet by jingo if we do,We've got the ships, we've got the men,We've got the money, too!"
Someone holding the attitude implied in the song became known as a "jingo" or "jingoist," and the attitude itself was dubbed "jingoism." The "jingo" in the tune is probably a euphemism for "Jesus."
Your money’s worth today
Source: XE.com
US$1 = Php48.76
Teaching for the day
Source: Margarita Garcia, Paranaque City
"Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are to some extent a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece—by thought, choice, courage and determination."
— John Luther
Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox
Flanax
isang lolo ang humatak sa isang babae sa talahiban...BABAE: di nyo ko kayang gahasahin dahil susumpongin lang kayo ng rayuma niyo!LOLO: watch me nag flanax ata to!
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