Is there logic in these road repairs?

Jobers R. Bersales 07/02/2015

Unburied cement drainage culverts line the section of the road across the University of San Carlos-Talamban Campus, further narrowing an already congested highway leading to Talamban and beyond. A huge cement box culvert lies on the recently…

Pinoy teachers as ‘Thomasites’ in America

Jobers R. Bersales 05/28/2015

New York – The irony is probably not lost on them. Their great grandparents were taught by American teachers called Thomasites, named after the USS Thomas, the American transport ship that brought in the largest single batch…

In the land of K to 12

Jobers R. Bersales 05/21/2015

Clarence Pesodas first came to the United States in the early 2000s to teach at the senior high school level, that is Grades 11 and 12, at a public high school in downtown New York City. She…

OJT in the USA

Jobers R. Bersales 05/14/2015

There are 15 of them working at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, the amusement theme park in Vallejo, California, just a few minutes from the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Many more are spread across mainland United States of…

Manny’s bad dreams

Jobers R. Bersales 05/07/2015

I am tempted to visit the great Manny Pacquiao in Los Angeles as we go about launching the book “Pagsulay: Churches of Bohol Before and After the Earthquake of 2013,” published by the University of San Carlos…

Two Anvils for ‘Salapi’

Jobers R. Bersales 04/23/2015

An early Christmas gift of sorts came my way last Friday during the 50th Anvil Awards held at the Grand Ballroom of Marriott Hotel Manila. Caloy Apuhin, senior manager and assistant vice-presidnet of the Bank of the…

Two Anvils for ‘Salapi’

Jobers R. Bersales 04/23/2015

An early Christmas gift of sorts came my way last Friday during the 50th Anvil Awards held at the Grand Ballroom of Marriott Hotel Manila. Caloy Apuhin, senior manager and assistant vice-presidnet of the Bank of the…

Trillanes gambit

04/16/2015

Will Sen. Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes’ so-called trial by publicity of the Binays – especially Vice President Jejomar Binay and his son, beleaguered Makati Mayor Junjun Binay – work? His latest move of accusing two Court of Appeals…

Deeper look at the Pasos of Bantayan

Jobers R. Bersales 04/02/2015

“People think this is just a way for old families to show off. It is not.”  Dr. Silvino “Dodong” Du, Jr. expressed his lament at the misconception people have of the processional images and tableaus in the…

Deeper look at the Pasos of Bantayan

Jobers R. Bersales 04/02/2015

“People think this is just a way for old families to show off. It is not.”  Dr. Silvino “Dodong” Du, Jr. expressed his lament at the misconception people have of the processional images and tableaus in the…

Is a Basic Law for Cebu not far behind?

Jobers R. Bersales 03/19/2015

Lost in the ensuing arguments against the Bangsamoro Basic Law or BBL is its potential as a model for all other parts of the country to secede from troublesome Metro Manila. And the most naughty of these…

Losing fences, mending fences

Jobers R. Bersales 03/05/2015

Two quite unrelated stories have been bothering me these past few weeks– and both have to do with fences, one literal, the other, figurative. I live in a  subdivision with my sister’s family. It is named after…

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