Month: July 2024

MWSS, Million Trees Foundation get pledges to plant 2.7-M trees in watersheds in  2025

QUEZON CITY – The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) and the Million Trees Foundation, Inc. (MTFI) received pledges from its 31 partners to plant more than 2.7 million trees nationwide, especially in the critical watersheds, in 2025 to ensure the…

EDITORIAL: One bad day does not undo President Biden’s massive accomplishments

Ever had a bad day? We all have. President Joe Biden certainly did in his first debate with private citizen Donald Trump last week. Biden’s camp said he was nursing a cold, and we can believe that. Unfortunately, because he…

Alice H Reyes: Kudos, Josie Licavoli!

On June 8,2024, my granddaughter, Josephine Anna Reyes Licavoli, nicknamed Josie, held her art exhibit on Mission St., San Francisco. In full force were the Licavoli and Reyes families as well as Josie’s fellow artists, former schoolmates and friends. On…

As I See It: Donald Trump on his way to the White House?

Is there any indication that former President Donald Trump can’t be stopped from going back to the White House? Latest developments show that he is speeding up his momentum to his second term as president, despite the fact that he…

Health & Wealth: Deed of extrajudicial settlement of estate with special power of attorney

The  other week after our arrival in San Francisco, California from our Carnival Cruise in Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada, B.C. Mexico as penultimate celebration of our 50th Wedding Anniversary with our daughters, grandsons and son-in-law, I received voicemail messages…

Offline: Some not-so-important matters

Allow me, if I may, engage in some bellyaching on a couple of matters that affect a lot of Filipinos. First is the growing presence of social media “influencers” who present themselves as experts on a variety of topics, mostly…