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Dela Hoya ‘sings’ for Pacquiao …

The burden of the US economic crisis on Filipinos

US financial woes become personal to Filipinos LALA RIMANDO, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak | 09/18/2008 5:33 AM Send to friend The fate of Wall Street luminaries became a personal concern to Filipino investors this week. News about bankrupt Lehman Brothers triggered locales to ask how safe is their money invested in the insurance policies and in local banks … Continue reading »

A rise in American political graphic art

This Election’s Poster Child By Steven Heller, the co-chairman of the MFA Design program at the School of Visual Arts. (Full biography.) In the past, artists and designers occasionally contributed their own images to a candidate’s campaign as a sign of solidarity or as an alternative to the mundane election fare. But never, as far … Continue reading »

The unofficial 2008 Filipino American Voter Survey

In a previous voter poll (countywide voter poll in 1998) that I was involved with exactly a decade ago, results showed that Filipino Americans were evenly split between Republicans and Democrats. Close to two-thirds of respondents were naturalized citizens, a reflection of the true size of immigrant Filipinos in the US. Less than a week … Continue reading »

The ugly truth

Sheer madness is the best way I can describe how Palin and McCain’s surrogates and flacks have twisted the truth. In the same breath they poison the atmoshphere with incendiary lies as they charge Democrats and Obama of being untruthful. What is worse is the widening discovery of who the true Republican base is — … Continue reading »

A beautiful word

Much is being made of race again, less than 3 weeks before election day. The public is learning more about the “Bradley effect” that attributes the defeat of non-White candidates to their race. The jury is still out on whether this dynamic will be in play on November 4… With race back on the agenda … Continue reading »

Good bye, Republicans

With the way things are going — the shifting demographics, the shifting political attitude — it will take at least a generation to rebuild a worthwhile and relevant Republican party. The McCain campaign got the formula wrong this election year. A campaign driven by the incendiary culture-war rhetoric of skirmishes past, did not work this … Continue reading »

To McCain: “All right, sir?”

Is country truly first for the great senator from Arizona? Since I saw a montage of the McCain campaign being prodded by angry supporters to get tougher and meaner on Obama, I — and I suspect others who’ve also seen the same montage — have been preoccupied by a dark worry. The full-bodied contempt, rejection … Continue reading »

Instructional videos on financial crisis

Go to youtube and search “salman khan”, or visit www.khanacademy.org for easy-to-understand videos on the financial crisis. Salman Khan is the instructor. This dude is kewl! Learn practical financial management to understand the global financial crisis, and to manage your own finances. Salman Khan (Sal) founded the Khan Academy with the hope of using technology … Continue reading »

Definition of “points” on the Dow Jones

Here’s the result of a short online research I did on the Dow Jones and its points: The movements of stock market averages, such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, known as points refer not to dollar amounts but to units of ‘movement’ (i.e., buying and selling) in the stock market. So, a 1,400-point downward … Continue reading »

McCain: The Undeserving Groom

The American people are fed up. Weeks away from electing the 44th president of the United States, many are seething with anger. And the culprit is not a particular party, not a particular event. The culprit is the cumulative burden of a) rising ‘working poverty’ even among college educated professionals, b) depressed wages, c) health … Continue reading »

2nd presidential debate: A wasted opportunity

Tonight’s debate was a wasted opportunity to restore confidence in the future and promote hope. So many of us who are still digesting what’s going on in Wall Street and in the economy needed some reassurance that our lives from now on will not be irretrievably altered for worse. What we got instead was a … Continue reading »

Wall Street crisis expands globally, raising specter of global recession

Chaotic Day Ends With Stocks Off 3.8% By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM The NY Times Published: October 6, 2008   Panic came to Wall Street on Monday morning, but its stay was brief, at least for one day. Skip to next paragraph The Dow Jones industrials finished more than 360 points lower, dropping below the 10,000 … Continue reading »

RP asks for help amid growing global financial crisis

Arroyo admits RP can’t weather financial crisis alone abs-cbnNEWS.com | 09/24/2008 9:11 AM   President Arroyo boasted gains made by the Philippines despite the global food and economic crisis before world leaders at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York City on Tuesday.   Mrs. Arroyo, however, admitted that the Philippines needs the help … Continue reading »

Pacquiao puts his life on the line in upcoming fight against De la Hoya

Pacquiao: For this fight, my life on the line abs-cbnNEWS.com | 10/07/2008 12:53 AM The stakes have gone even higher two months before the epic welterweight super bout dubbed “The Dream Match” between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and 10-time world champion Oscar de la Hoya. At least for Pacquiao, the reigning World Boxing Council … Continue reading »

Update on De la Hoya v. Pacquiao fight

(Update) Pacquiao shows no fear of De la Hoya abs-cbnNEWS.com | 10/01/2008 9:00 PM   Filipino boxing idol Manny Pacquiao maintained his fearless stance against six-division world champion Oscar de la Hoya as he remained unfazed by his opponent’s decision to hire renowned trainer Ignacio “Nacho” Beristain.    In an interview at New York City’s … Continue reading »