Archive for the 'Politics, Social issues & Current events' Category
Nowadays the Supreme Court has been made the center of attention in the headlines because of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Coroina. But recently another member of the Supreme Court has made headlines, not connected to the impeachment trial but because the video became and instant hit and became viral in a matter [...]
January 31st, 2012 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments
Tropical storm Sendong has become the deadliest cyclone to hit the Philippines in the last 12 years. To date the death toll has reached more than a thousand surpassing that of 2004’s typhoon Wennie, considered to be the deadliest before Sendong with causalities of only 893.
December 20th, 2011 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments
All work with no play makes John a dumb boy, all play no work makes John dumber. This is what our parents and their parents taught them and all throughout the decades and centuries, the traditional view of playing games is that its childish, useless and done just for fun and that nothing good will [...]
November 3rd, 2011 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments
I just discovered that a guy named Christopher Lao has become an online sensation. The event that made him famous online happened sometime in July or August 2011. I’m an active netizen but it seems that his popularity has skipped my almost 10 hours a day online.
October 13th, 2011 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments
Below is President Benigno “NoyNoy” Aquino III State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2011. For the Filipino translation of the 2011 SONA click here. Good thing all our t.v and radio stations have a honda generator, otherwise we would not be able to hear the SONA if there was a black out.
July 26th, 2011 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments
To all of you who are looking for President Benigno “NoyNoy” Aquino III’s 2011 State of the Nation address here it is. (Note this is the FILIPINO TRANSLATION (Speech originally delivered in Filipino) Click here for the SONA 2011 English translation) Don’t go anywhere else you might end up looking at restaurant supplies.
July 26th, 2011 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | 1 Comment
This is the last part of my essay on Solving Asia’s Poverty problem my official entry to the Time Magazine essay writing contest. For the other parts, click here for Part 1, Part2 and Part 3. Now we continue with part 4 of this essay.
December 1st, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments
A family strives to survive to provide a better and satisfying life. The father, as the breadwinner, earns less in carpentry to support the needs of the family. The mother, a housewife, tries to find a job to sustain their financial needs. Working as a house helper is the only means of getting employed. They [...]
November 29th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments
The world’s eyes are now fastened on the Korean Peninsula as the two Koreas, North and South Korea, is determined to make history. As to whether this will result to a third world war, a regional instability brought about by a war or it ending in a peaceful resolution of the conflict will be remain [...]
November 24th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments
This is a continuation of my on solving Asia’s poverty problem which is my official entry to the Asia Challenge 2010. Click here to view Solving Asia’s Poverty Problem – Part 1 and click here to view Part 2.
November 24th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments
This is a continuation of my on solving Asia’s poverty problem which is my official entry to the Asia Challenge 2010. Click here to view Solving Asia’s Poverty Problem – Part 1.
November 16th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments
This is my official entry to the Asia Challengee 2010 essay writing contest. Unfortunately I did not win this contest so I am posting it in my blog. Otherwise you would be reading it at Time Magazine, so be happy that you read it first here at www.zdiaz.com. hehehehehe
November 9th, 2010 | Posted in Politics, Social issues & Current events | No Comments