Emata: The excessive heat
FILIPINO-AMERICANS who visited the Philippines recently recalled the exceeding heat of the sun that drove them to stay inside air conditioned rooms for nearly 24 hours a day. “It was unbearable,” a Balikbayan from New York City said upon arrival. He revealed he wanted to stay for a good vacation...
Emata: Evils in our midst
THE world will never be peaceful to live in. It will never be. People can never live in peace. We will always be in trouble every now and then. The reason is that evils are in our midst. We live with it. We breathe with it. We see it almost every moment. We feel, we touch, we are surrounded....
Emata: World peace in peril
MORE and more people from various countries throughout the world do not seem to understand with each other anymore. Some just could not look direct to the eyes of one another while others just refuse to engage in a conversation. It is getting rough nowadays and it looks diplomatic relations...
Emata: Avoid war if possible
WAR between the Philippines and China looks ripe. With all those ships belonging to the two countries in the battleground in Scarborough Shoal, it appears the situation needs nothing but more exchange of heated words and the first sound of a gun. The scenario is really hot. These ships are ready...
Emata: The Philippines and China
IT IS very clear that China, which is aware of its size and strength, is bullying our country for us to run away from our claim of the Spratlys Islands.
Indications showed crystal clear that the former just want the latter to get out of the disputed area and cry forever. This matter does...
Ematal ang mga magbabalaod
Daghan kita mga magbabalaod kon congresista o senadores nga medyo hinay ang kalihokan sa paghimo sa balaodnon. Kulang sila sa hibalo sa pagmugna ug mga maayong balaod sa nataran sa kongreso kon senado. Ang nahitabo daghan kita mga balaod nga dili kaayo mayo o ang uban dili na kinahanglan o kaha...
Emata: The Philippines and America
OUR country has successfully removed the American bases some years ago. It was really bad news to the Americans but because the Philippine Senate was strong enough to manipulate things, the country utterly kicked out the bases.
Emata: Philippines, China and Taiwan
THE Spratlys Island is a subject matter that could destroy relationships between and among our country, China, Taiwan, Vietnam and others. It is an area in the China Sea that is very near to us and believed by everyone to have lots of oil reserves.
Explorations have been undertaken...
Emata: Problem in the Middle East
THE matter that stirs peace in the Middle East may appear so little to the eyes of a lot of people, but it certainly is so big, it can ignite a global conflict. The trouble in the region has been there for a long, long time and it never displayed even a bit of peace.
Emata: The past presidents
I WAS still a little boy when Presidents Sergio Osmeña, Manuel Roxas and Elpidio Quirino were president of the Philippines. I did not have so much information about them the way they managed the affairs of the government and other things such as their personal behavior and achievements. Of...
Emata: Crimes drive people away
ONE of the dreadful problems confronting the Philippines is the incidence on crimes. It is so scary to read the newspapers as well as watch and hear news reports on radio and television every day. What you get are all sorts of murders, shootings, stabbings, robbery and nearly all kinds of crimes...
Emata: Hunger everywhere
I WAS watching the Filipino channel in Northern Californian that carries TV Patrol broadcast direct from the Philippines. One of those featured was Filipino children going hungry everyday for lack of food in their homes. They were being fed by a charitable organization, which prepared the food...
Emata: Filipinos are strong and brave
THE Philippines frequently hit the international media because of disasters and all sorts of calamities that occur every now and then. Incidents do not come in small matter the reason why it attract the attention of people from far and near. The tragedies usually come with hundreds or thousands...
Emata: Kahimtang sa nasud karon
TAUD-TAUD na nga dunay bag-ong administrasyon ubos ni Pres. Noynoy Aquino apan hangtud karon mura man daw wala matarog ang hahimtang sa Pilipinas. Daghan gihapon katawhan nga walay mga trabaho ug natural naglisud na sila sa ilang kahimtang labina ang kabahin sa pagkaon ug ubang pang...
Emata: The future of the Philippines
THE economy of the country is quite bad and unless the present administration hit the right direction, chances are, we dive to the lowest level of poverty. So many problems that have been there remained untouched and still the things that trouble us so much. All these things seem neglected...
Emata: In excess of politics
MANY years ago during the time of Presidents Roxas, Osmeña, Quirino, Magsaysay and Garcia, excessive and dirty politics were unknown. Good and qualified people ran for various positions with nothing in mind but to serve. There was no vote-buying, no dirty campaign, no personal attack and other...
Emata: What it is to be Mayor
IT IS a fact a lot of people want to be mayor or chief executive of a city or town. This is the reason why every local election, too many file their certificates of candidacy for the position of chief executive. Some of them fight it out, blood for blood, to ascertain victory during elections....
Emata: Aquino should know other problems
SENDING people to jail, left and right, to stop graft and corruption in the country is not the only problem that the president should know. The country has a lot of other problems even bigger than anything else. For instance a lot of people walk in the streets with empty stomach and penniless....
Emata: Cagayan de Oro, the beautiful city
NOTWITHSTANDING the continuous heavy downpour that came in the middle of total darkness, the helplessness of its people who were asleep, the city that has always been beautiful remained nearly untouched and still standing proudly. It is the usual brave and strong that resist anything that...
Celebrating Christmas in the midst of adversities
THE air is filled with Christmas messages, songs, poems, lyrics, of love and of affection not only each of us but above all to the Lord Jesus, whose birthday we are celebrating.
The truth is, there is really joy in our heart and we are happy every day during the celebration. It is a...
The City of Golden Friendship
THE city is serious in its growth. It meant business and going straight towards modernization, attraction and developing itself into such cities as Manila, Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore and other bigger cities in the orient.
Emata: Enemies of press freedom
THE incident that brought down to the ground Michael James Licuanan after he was hit by a single bullet from a .45 caliber pistol is indeed very unfortunate. It simply put on the surface that there are enemies of the media in the local scene. That men and women in the media are not safe. That...
Emata: Madam Glo deserves respect
MADAM Glo is not an ordinary woman in the streets. She is not someone who exchange glances with anyone in the market place. She is not a woman you will meet anywhere, day in and day out. She was a product of a great American university, Georgetown University, where Pres. Bill Clinton attended...
Emata: Retirement
RETIREMENT as the last destination of a working person is just so nice and beyond compare. It is a time when you own yourself, you own your time, your decisions and everything that take place in your mind. It is the sweetest thing that can happen to anyone and truly a wild sensation ever after....
Emata: World peace is disturbed
WORLD peace in general is shaky. A lot of countries are not stable. Some are disturbed badly by protests and civil wars while others are having misunderstanding with their neighbors. Some countries that used to be peaceful over the years are now having a bad situation with its own people. In...
