Ni Duoi Ampilan 31 May 2023 Habang tayo ay may hininga, walang patid sa pagkislap ang pag-asa. May mga pagkakataon na tayo ay sawing-sawi pero dinig lahat ng Langit ang bawat hikbi at panalangin. Kung hindi man ngayon, baka bukas ay oras natin upang malampasan ang mga hamon at magtagumpay sa mga hangarin. Hindi nasusukat sa mga kayamanang tinag ang tagumpay at ligaya.  Sa iyong busilak na puso, sa iyong pagpapagal at mahigpit na kapit sa iyong Pananampalataya, hindi malayo na darating din ang inaasam na ligaya at tagumpay. Mananatili tayong nakayapak sa lupa at nakatingala sa langit. KAPIT LANG

ODA PARA SA MGA BITUING NAGLALARO SA LUPA ni Rado Gatchalian Sa silong ng alapaap kung saan ako’y sumuko May tulang naghihintay, maging diwata’y sinusuyo. Sa ilalim ng mga punong humahalik sa langit Ang handog ay walang katulad na panalangin. Sapagkat hindi lamang dahil ako ay nananabik, Maging ang abang musmos ay kalaro ng mga bituin. Marahil may mga bulaklak na kusang naghahanap, Hindi lamang ng pag-ibig, kundi ng kapayapaan. Hayaan mong ako’y maging alipin ng iyong ganda, Narito ako’t magsisimulang balikan ang sinumpaang panata. Kung ang mundo’y sabik sa aking pagbabalik, Ano ang aking ipagkakaloob kundi isang banal na halik? At kung ako man ay mabigo sa nakatakdang gantimpala Hayaan mong ang aking sining ang siyang magbigay saya. At sa aking pamamaalam sa maghapong pakikipagtunggali, Mananaig ang may ginintuang puso gaya ng mga dahong naghihintay sa binibini.

Lifted from Philippine Stamps Collector's Society (PSCS) 22 May 2023 Gallery of Manila Central Post Office MCPO

Lifted from JVD-Occena 23 May 2023 The Manila Post Office after the Battle of Manila in 1945 and earlier today, history repeated itself indeed 😥 Ctto Prayer by Chiklet Frasler Moderator: Philippine Stamps Collector's Society 24 May 2023  PRAYER FOR MCPO. Dear Lord, The MCPO may be where our hearts are, but now we have been looking at burning embers where our home used to stand. It hurts so bad, Lord, I almost don’t have any feeling left. I offer this prayer with a broken heart and open hands, Father God. Bring restoration and provision to us in the name of the Risen Son, Jesus Christ, Amen. #weloveyouMCPO

Lifted from Chiklet Frasler  PHILIPPINE Stamp Collector's Society  24 May 2024 Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan on Monday allayed public speculation that a new structure will replace the Manila Central Post Office, which was gutted by a fire that firefighters only managed to put out on Tuesday.  Several social media users raised speculations that the 30-hour fire at the Manila landmark was intended to pave the way for new high-rise private or commercial buildings. Manila Central Post Office fire damage estimated at P300 million In a televised briefing, Lacuna addressed these and stressed that the Manila Central Post Office site is protected by the city government’s zoning ordinance and its Important Cultural Property status (ICP). The Manila Central Post Office building, inaugurated in 1927, was designed by architects Tomas Mapua, Juan Marcos de Guzman Arellano and Ralph Doane. It was declared an Important Cultural Property in November 2018. This is where the Philippine P...

Foreword from the Admin. Sometimes others can see and discern better. The people cried, the leader listened. Together they worked very hard helping each other all for the love of their country. From nothing to riches, they rose. Question: How many Catholic dominated countries in the world that are rich and giving by taking care of the poorest poor? ✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️ Lifted from Bong Rabino 15 May 2022 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 : Sharing an essay written by a Korean student for the Filipinos out of love for the Filipinos. 𝗠𝗬 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗬 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗲𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗺 Filipinos always complain about the corruption in the Philippines. Do you really think the corruption is the problem of the Philippines? I do not think so. I strongly believe that the problem is the lack of love for the Philippines.  Let me first talk about my country, Korea. It might help you understand my point. After the Korean War, South Korea was one of the poorest countries...

Tula ni Merlinda Rigua Dancel (Inspirational) 23 May 2023 Kapag pagod kana, Magpahinga ka muna, Huminga ka nang malalim, Isantabi mo muna ang mga gawain.  Kapag mabigat na, Ibaba mo muna, Hayaan mong ang iyong sarili'y makaramdam ng gaan, Tandaan mong hindi ka nakikipag-unahan.  Kapag gustong tumulo ng iyong luha, Hayaan mong kumawala, Makakatulong ito upang madiligan ang natutuyo mong mukha, Dahil sa init na hatid ng samo't saring problema Kapag ayaw ng katawan, Huwag na sanang pilitin, pupwede namang subukan kinabukasan.  Kailangan rin nito makaipon ng panibagong lakas, Dahil mahaba-haba pa ang babagtasing landas. Tandaang mong may limitasyon ka. Katulad ng makina, nauubusan ka rin ng gasolina, Nasisiraan, nagkakaroon ng aberya, Nauubusan ng baterya.  Tao ka rin, 'wag mong sagarin. Hindi masamang magpahinga. Hindi masamang huminga. Hindi masamang lumuha. ساره... ✍️

Lifted from BELLA FLORES Date of Birth February 27, 1929  Date of Death 19 May 2013, Quezon City, Philippines (complications after hip surgery)  Birth Name: Remedios Papa Dancel  Mini Biography Bella Flores was born Remedios Papa Dancel in Sta Cruz, Manila. Her parents are Emilia Papa and Matias Dancel. She married Nestor Reyes, a detective police officer, with whom she has one child, Ruby Rose Arcilla, who lives presently in Las Vegas, U.S.A. Bella studied at the Cecilio Apostol Elementary School and Arellano High School, finishing her secondary education at Roosevelt College. She was a college sophomore at Far Eastern University when she decided on a movie career. Flores was only 21 years old when she made her first movie, Tatlong Balaraw (1950), with Premiere Productions. She took a screen test at Sampaguita Pictures and was placed under a four-year contract. Her first big role was in Roberta (1951), as the cruel stepmother of child actors Tessie Agana and Boy Alano. T...

"Laughter is the best medicine." Pagkataas nga sugilanon. Giagwanta ug asoy. Mangatawa ta bay kay mituskig na ta paminaw aning mga pahugot... aning kalibutanong kaguliyang. Lifted from Oponganong Ambot lang via Benjamin Delos Santos , ako classmate sa St Mary's High School sa Marawi City. Larga.... Ang nawng  ni Cynthia Villar noh kay kana bitawng bata nga dili gwapa pero limpyada bright dayun sugo sugoons maistra og papalit og bam-e inig recess nya ma honor student nalang pero kutob ra jud sa 4th honorable mention hahahaha Si Grace Poe sad, gwapa nga naay ikabuga kanang maoy permi himoong muse basta naay intrams sa school. Nya klase sa bata nga nakaprogram na sa utok nga She wants to be a nurse when she grows up. Kanang bata nga hinhin og lihok, naay labakara permi sa bukobuko, hitsas sa health kit nya hinatdan permi og gatas sa inahan kay naa ra gapuyo kilid sa skwelahan inshort, maoy tig dala sa yawi sa classroom hahahahaha Dayun kani sad si Bong Go, klase sa bata nga ...

May 13, 2023  Dear President Bongbong Marcos: Jun Abines I voted for you because you promised continuity of FPRRD's policies like War on Drugs, Anti-insurgency, Independent Foriegn Policy, Anti-corruption and Build, Build, Build projects. You also promised agriciltural prosperity and food security to make rice, sugar and basic commodities affordable. It's almost a year now since you sit in Malacanang. Yet none of your promises are coming true. What we see are the exact opposite. PBBM sir, it appears you have abandoned your promises. You allowed yourself to be used by the globalists, the war mongers and the deep state. You  betrayed the Filipinos by making Philippines the possible launch pad of the United States to start a war in Southeast Asia. You have betrayed your father. You betrayed your sister Imee. You betrayed Sara Duterte. You betrayed the 31 Million Filipinos who voted for you. You betrayed your own people. Your duty as President is to advance the and protect the wel...

Lifted from Likhaan “Identity is the history that has gone into bone and blood and reshaped the flesh. Identity is not what we were but what we have become what we are at this moment.” ~Nick Joaquín, in “Culture and History" *** He might have preferred to keep his birthday a secret, but 106 years ago, a titan of the Philippine letters was born in Paco, Manila.  A genius of narrative be it in his works in fiction, journalism, poetry, and drama, Nicomedes “Nick” Joaquín, who also wrote under the nom de plume Quijano de Manila, is widely regarded as the most prolific Filipino writer in English – and even as he wrote in a borrowed tongue, his works are unmatched not only in his mastery of the language but above all, in their incisive exploration and interrogation of what makes a Filipino, especially with his signature baroque, Spanish-flavored English. Through celebrated works such as novel “The Woman Who Had Two Navels,” the short story “May Day Eve,” and the play “A Portrait of the ...

By Vanlakwatsero  2 May 2023 𝗖𝗲𝗯𝘂 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 ↦ Oldest City in the Philippines 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗼 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 ↦ Largest City in the Philippines 𝗧𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗺 ↦ Music Capital of the South 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗹 ↦ Phil. Island Garden City 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲 ↦ Banana Capital 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗶 ↦ Coconut City of the South 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗼𝘀 ↦ Clay Capital of Mindanao 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮 ↦ Banana Capital of Davao 𝗞𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗻 ↦ City at the foot of Mt Apo 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗼 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 ↦ Durian Capital, Cacao Capital 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗹 ↦ Ilonggo City of the South 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 ↦ Tuna Capital  𝗕𝘂𝗸𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗼𝗻 ↦ Pineapple Capital 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆 ↦ Summer Capital of the South 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗼 ↦ Fruit Basket and King City of the South 𝗖𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗼 ↦ City of Golden Friendship 𝗜𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗻 ↦ Oil Palm Capital of the Philippines 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗻 ↦ Island Born of Fire 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗸𝗮𝗶, 𝗧𝗮𝘄𝗶 𝗧𝗮𝘄𝗶 ↦ Venice of the South 𝗖𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗼 ↦ Land of Mightiest Mountain 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗿 ↦ Cradle of Musli...

IF I AM LECTURED BY By Jose Alejandrino UNCLE SAM: Your country must fight for democracy and freedom by assisting other countries in the fight for theirs. We will assist you in this fight by providing the resources at our disposal as we did to Ukraine. Now, Taiwan needs your country’s help because you are next to them and we need access to your military bases to support the Taiwanese. JOE: Firstly, before asking my country to fight for democracy and freedom, should you not begin by fighting at home for yours? Your former president Jimmy Carter said the US is no longer a “functioning democracy.” Secondly, if we are invaded by any country, certainly Filipinos will fight to preserve their freedom and independence. But what resources have you provided us in the past? You have given $75-billion to Ukraine. You are giving $3.8-billion annually to Israel and $12-billion to Taiwan, and billions more to other countries that host no US bases while you are offering us $100-million of which $82-mi...

3 May 2023 From Krizette Laureta Chu  Guys looking for writers (Hindi kailangan professional, you can just be a hobbyist with a story to tell) who would love to contribute food articles, travel articles, art and culture, human interest stories, pop culture, music, home and lifestyle articles, and other stories to MB’s Lifestyle and Panorama sections.  If you’re interested kindly email us a sample of your work (best at 800-1200 words so it’s easily and quickly readable) at mblifestyle@gmail.com and say something about yourself.  My editor will go through them. Personally I wish we would get contributors from all over the world so we can have as many stories from as many Filipinos in the paper. Gusto ko sana writers from Mindanao, Visayas, Luzon, Denmark (random lol), basta all over the world, as long as you’re Filipino. We would also like to work with LGUs. If you have stories to tell and tourism activities in your area, we hope to be able to support them in our pages. Any...

By Caloy Bueno 2 May 2023 "Why is life so unfair?"   Life isn't fair ~ nor unfair.  It just is, or it's whatever it is ~ essentially an unbroken cycle of cause-and-effect (from the smallest insignificant thing to the biggest catastrophe imaginable), an ever-flowing current of change through time and circumstances, which grip and affect everyone equally and without exception. There is no fairness nor unfairness to it ~ because fairness is just another measure of mankind's ego, that demands satisfaction according to intellectual/rational or even emotional and spiritual standards (all invented by man). So depending on how we see ~ and more importantly, how and what we ourselves make it ~ such is life . . .   If you ask various people about whether life is fair or not, of course you will get different answers ~ all with competing perspectives and standpoints, even also with repetitive inanities, or perhaps arrogant impertinence. Thus, for people life actually isn'...

By Tessa Roines I do not claim to be an expert, my rantings are all about my beliefs and the small knowledge of the issues upfront and behind the scenes. Feel free to discuss and have constructive arguments over the issues. Ad hominem and name calling won't change my mind nor how I look at the global issues.  I am still a Filipino and I care about my birth country. It is my birthright. You can not stop every Filipinos all over the world to care about the Philippines - it is our birthright.!! You all should accept the fact that the Overseas remittance from all Filipinos around the world (OFWs and Ex-Filipinos) contributes a lot to the Philippine economy and by maligning and brushing us off as if we are the OUTCASTS is the biggest bigotry in Philippine culture.  You do not bite the hands that fed you. You dare to tell us to stop dipping in Philippine politics that concern our families and friends, our lands and ancestral homes, our cats and dogs, our carabaos who are still livin...