Christmas is on the air again. It is a celebration of the most wonderful time of the year. It is a time for families and family gatherings, a time for tasty holiday recipes and sumptuous meals. It is a time for Santa Claus in his many faces, a time for gift giving, a time for [...]
DALLAS, Dec 18, 2008 / FW/ — For George W. Bush’s final Christmas Card while he is in the Oval Office, the White House has selected an exclusive design of a view from the Truman Balcony of the White House that Hallmark Cards, Inc. had been commissioned to produce.
The First Lady chose Maine artist T. [...]
Sent by Belen Villanueva Gipson
Knoxville, TN
Beautiful story…. makes you understand that things happen for a reason
The brand new pastor and his wife, newly assigned
to their first ministry, to reopen a church
in suburban Brooklyn , arrived in early October
excited about their opportunities When they saw
their church, it was very run down and needed
much work. They set [...]
Overheard in a clssroom by Fr. B. R. San Luis
A religion teacher once asked her class: “Where can you find God?”
One pupil stood up and replied, “In church.” Another one volunteered: “At home, in school, in the parks.” “Correct,” the teacher said approvingly.
One serious child also offered his answer: “Ma’am, we can find God in [...]
The simbang gabi, a Christmas tradition in the Philippines, is a series of nine dawn masses that starts on December 16th and ends on the midnight of December 24th of every year. The mass starts as early as 4:00 o’clock in the morning.
Simbang Gabi is also known for its Spanish name misa de gallo or [...]
How one could imagine, a child having physical difficulties could manage to stay on top of the others, making his way to a more challenging life. Would you believe that these things happened in an unexplainable way that no one can tell God’s Master plan for what is happening in one’s life?
We don’t have the [...]
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has approved to increase the pension of old–age and disability pensioners effective January 1, 2009. The pensioners will receive an 8.33% increase over the amount they are receiving at present
Those who would be eligible for the increase, GSIS said, are those pensioners included in Republic Act 8291 or the 1997 [...]
Bohol Town Parades Lanterns In X’mas Festival
Residents from 22 barangays in Maribojoc town in Bohol province carried with them little lanterns and gathered at Rizal Plaza, Saturday evening to celebrate their first-ever Christmas Festival.
The lanterns in different colors and designs lit up the entire plaza.
Maribojoc Mayor Leoncio Evasco Jr. said that the lanterns would symbolize [...]
Pampanga Mall Makes Fairy Tale True For Children
SM CLARK, ANGELES CITY- These children could not conceal their happiness when they saw with their own eyes a life-sized gingerbread house that previously they knew existed only in fairy tales.
The house stands 15-foot high and stretches up to 22 feet.
Although it is made out of pure wood it looks [...]
Filipinos worldwide burst into wild applause and cheers on Sunday, December 7, 2008 (Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) after local boxing hero Manny Pacquiao defeated the Golden Boy, American Oscar de la Joya who was forced to quit at the end of the eighth round.
The large flag- waving crowd of the Filipino fans at [...]
A native of Cavinti, Lucila C. Oblena spent all her working years as an educator, beginning as a classroom teacher in 1944, then a Guidance Counselor and retired as a school Principal. She is also the founder of CLOTA (Cavinti Laguna Overseas Teachers Association). She is the Editor of Tipakan.com (Cavinti Diaspora).
