OFFBEAT MAIL

It was early morning Friday when Carson Mayor Jim Dear walked into one of the houses along Moneta Avenue, not to campaign for votes in one of Los Angeles' cities where 47 percent of the residents are Filipino-Americans. The mayor's action was part of his love for his thousands of constituents, especially the Filipino-Americans, who had contributed a great deal in giving him the much-needed edge to win the last elections for the mayoralty posts in Los Angeles county. With leaflets in hand, the mayor was out early to distribute to his constituents an important announcement. The leaflet reads: "Finally, he is here! Celebrate the unveiling of the "Rizal Monument." After many months of delay, the unveiling of such marker came true. The Rizal monument may not be as elegant as the one at Luneta Park in Manila, but a simple pedestal where Filipino-Americans can still revere the late national hero's accomplishments during the more than four decades of Spanish o...

The strong typhoons that hit some parts of the Philippines late this year were testaments to the unquestionable tempest of nature’s fury. In fact, these had resulted to the loss of many lives and brought extensive damages to properties and agricultural lands worth billions of pesos. Eventually, these natural calamities gave trauma to many Filipinos, especially those whose houses are still under water in Central Luzon. Yet, many of us continue to ignore the signs of dangers, especially during the rainy season, when most water tributaries would have the tendency to overflow during heavy downpours. As gleaned from news reports, most of the victims and fatalities were reportedly living along or close to the rivers and creeks, where debris, effluents, flotsam and water hyacinths are abundant because of the dwellers’ uncaring attitude toward the environment. Obliviously, they make the water tributaries their depots for wastes, instead of throwing them where these garbage are supposed to...

One wonders how those ancient pyramids in Egypt and South America, stonehenge, and monoliths were constructed. Were they built with the aid of aliens who came down from the sky to help human in exchange for something? Nobody has the correct answers to these questions. But if we make a thorough research on whether the earth's ancient civilization had attracted other beings from outerspace, we may be able to find theories and codes that will make us stitch together some facts which will make believe that some extra terristrial beings had visited the earth thousands of years ago. A closer look at the oldest monuments that have pockmarked some strategic places on earth made us believed that it could be possible. Looking at those gigantic ancient structures, it would be impossible for ordinary humans, with crude instruments and technology, would ever succeed in constructing such monumental feats, without the help of beings from other planets who must have come down for curiosity or ...