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One of the perks of being married to a humorist is I get to read the funny pieces first. Alan never ceases to amaze me with his wit. In this piece, he suggests how to use a widespread emotion to power up our homes: Inventor wants to tap disgust as an energy source Hot Manila – by Alan Robles Posted [...]
By Raïssa Robles “Raissa” KAREN DAVILA said, “were you surprised, nagulat ka ba sa resulta (ng eleksyon)?” That’s how my 15 minutes as an election analyst started. After thousands of hours conducting interviews in all sorts of places – including the garage of one politician who didn’t want me stepping inside his house – it was my turn to be [...]
If, like me, you long for a priest who will nourish your spirit and fill the emptiness, If, like me, you tune out your mind every time a priest droned on and on with his sermon during mass, If, like me, you want a priest who speaks simply about the most serious stuff, Then you may want to try out [...]
Seeing that Holy Week is nearly upon us and most Filipinos have fled their homes to go out of town or out of the country, do you think I should write something about religion this week and save my exclusives on Sabah for after Holy Week? Please tell me what you think, Raissa
And a quiz on Sabah In today’s Hotmanila column Alan takes a look at one of the oldest fixtures of the Catholic church – the confessional box. If you recall, that was the same box that did in the Philippine’s first liberation movement. If priests talk about their congregations’ confessions, what can we do about it? Hot Manila – by [...]
The problem hasn’t gone away, in fact it’s beginning to look like cancer. The message that says “Error establishing a database connection” has been steadily multiplying. Often I can’t even read my own site. Trying to address this problem has gotten in the way of my finishing new articles, including reports on Sabah. And on top of this, I’m flooded [...]
I am. I have examined why and I’ve noticed that my site is being spammed intensively and continuously. I don’t rule out malicious attacks. I’m trying to study the problem. I’ve just installed another anti-spam filter. So if you see that your comment does not get through within 24 hours, that could mean the anti-spam filter misread your comment as [...]
Filipinos are extra-good at humor because we’ve seen and experienced so much pain. Laughter is our way of dealing with the pain. And so I’d like to encourage you guys to read my hubby Alan’s two latest humor columns. The one today is entitled Fly-by-night nursing schools? What? Hello, my name is Jumbo Urinal. I’m the owner, manager, director, main [...]
Exclusive By Raïssa Robles The amended Intellectual Property Code, Republic Act 8293, allows warrantless searches and raids and seizure – a violation of the Bill of Rights of the 1987 Constitution. Several lawyers said the amended law actually gives copyright owners more rights than victims of such crimes as murder, rape and terrorism. It gives the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) [...]