By ALINA SELYUKH A tourist cools off his head into a fountain in Rome’s People Square, Friday, as temperatures are expected to reach 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) over the weekend in central and northern Italy. The world is enduring the hottest year on record, according to a U.S. national weather analysis, causing droughts worldwide [...]
From the Internet A man was exploring caves by the Seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn’t look like much, but they intrigued the man, [...]
By Gordon Brown Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada I am publishing this to find out how smart we are. See if you can figure out what these words have in common. There are two (2), but even then, maybe, most won’t figure them out without checking the answers. 1 Banana 2 Dresser 3 Grammar! 4 Potato [...]
Sharing this write up on Charice maybe of interest to the Tipakan bloggers. Charice,like Pacquiao, is a diamond in the rough who is giving every Filipino and the Philippines in general an immense pride. For our fellow Filipinos who are in quixotic search for an excuse to celebrate, Charice provides an opiate that lifts the [...]
A Filipina high school student bagged the silver medal at the 51st International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held in Astana, Kazakhstan. Carmela Antoinette Lao, a senior high school student from Saint Jude Catholic School in Manila, received the silver medal at the prestigious contest. She also received a bronze medal in last year’s IMO. Fellow Filipino [...]
by Dr. Mark Wiley I am often asked what type of exercise regimen one should begin as part of a health restoration program. There are so many different types of exercises available and so many places to do them that beginning such a program can seem daunting. This is especially true for those who have [...]
By Rodney Jaleco, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau FAIRFAX, Virginia – The Maryland Department of Labor reversed an order that withheld unemployment benefits from one of three Filipina nurses who were fired from a Baltimore hospital for speaking Tagalog. Administrative judge Stuart Breslow sided with the nurses when he said in his ruling that no [...]
You may know how to cook sunny-side up eggs, but you may not be able to actually cook it perfectly or properly. Sunny side-up eggs come in so many varieties. Hard cooked…medium cooked…soft cooked…whichever they are, some tastes good and some don’t. Some say that it depends on the kind of egg. What is right [...]
Author not cited! I saw this in my Inbox, read it and decided to share it with you for your reading pleasure. There was a man, who had worked all his life, had saved all of his money, And was a real miser when it came to his money. Just before he died, he said [...]
Major events in President Noynoy Aquino’s life06/30/2010 | 01:39 PM Feb. 8, 1960: Born as the only son and third of five children of Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. and Corazon “Cory” Cojuangco Aquino, who will later be hailed as democracy icons for their opposition to dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Aug. 21, 1983: Father is assassinated [...]
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).
