The complete notes include a brief how it came about and walking from Estella to the Atlantic then to London for a visit and back again to France then through the Pyrrennes to where I came in. The notes are written by two different people from two very different walks of life. See my article […]
Demand of foolproof security for Benazir’s Husband
Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party has expressed serious concern over the lack of security arrangements for the Co-Chairperson PPP, Senator Asif Ali Zardari and demanded that the foolproof security arrangements should be provided to him. In this regard, the member Central Executive Committee PPP, Dr. A Rehman Malik in a letter addressed to the Secretary Ministry […]
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a cooperative military prison and detention camp under the leadership of Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002. The prison, established at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, holds people accused by the United States government of being terrorist operatives, as well as those no longer considered suspects who are being held pending […]
RAH RAH RAH is not the usual cheering chant
Have you been watching games of the PBA (Philippine Basketball Association) on the cable tv lately? I have. I have known a long time ago that basketball is the acknowledged national diversion of many Filipinos, and today the PBA is the biggest sporting event in the Philippines in terms of the number of viewers who […]
The Park Ave Doorman: An Interview
Single women adore him, D’Agostino supermarket delivery men are indebted to him, and some dogs whimper when walking past the street he works on if their owners don’t let them stop in to greet him. He’s not the neighborhood friendly Spiderman, but he’s not far off. He’s Victor Velez, the neighborhood friendly doorman. Eight years […]
Humans are not the only sapiens
We were taught at school and college that of all animals, it is us humans who are the thinking ones, the sapient or wise ones. Now we realize how anthropocentric this claim has been. The title we have given ourselves, homo sapiens, is a trifle arrogant particularly since the antonym of ‘sapient’ is ‘stupid’. Memory […]