You know, for a year or more now, financial times have been really bad worldwide.  The mortgage crisis has thousands of families in America losing their housing.  Banks are failing all over the world. Food prices are soaring.  Oil prices have...
Topics: Bob, Feature

Well, the wait is finally over! On Wednesday, October 8, the love of my life, Miss Rebecca Tubbali Carrao, became my wife, Mrs. Rebecca Carrao Miele. It was such a busy week, and after all of the wedding preparations, by the time we left on our short...
Topics: Feature, John Miele

A lot of people who read this site are foreigners who are married to Filipinas (or Filipinos).  Did you know that if you belong to that group, you might be a criminal?  That’s right, and it’s something I’ve known about for some time,..
Topics: Bob, Feature

One of my favourite subjects already in elementary (and later in high school and college) has always been HISTORY (besides GEOGRAPHY and - later Mass Comm). Before my several journeys to many different countries I always tried to learn more about the...
Topics: Klaus

One of the places very near to  me here in Davao that I just do not get to visit enough is the Island of Samal, and its only a few minutes boat ride from me too and not having a car at the other end does restrict me in seeing  the places like the Bat...
Topics: Feature, John Grant