On television a few days ago, Sen. Nene Pimentel expressed his non-support of Noynoy Aquino. "He needs more seasoning," Sen. Pimentel said. Admittedly, while Noynoy has surged passed all the other presidentiables in surveys after surveys, Sen. Pimentel is correct to a point.

People are lining up for doomsday. The queue is happening in cinema houses where the film by Robert Emmerich called 2012 is being shown. The film is based on the prophecy that in the year 2010, this world as we know it, is coming to an end. But true to the Hollywood kind of filmmaking, audiences all over the world are applauding as highways crack open after tremendous earthquakes. They laugh when the cars of senior citizens hit a wall and zoom out into the outer space. It looks like Hollywood has done it again: to transform the apocalypse into comedy rather than caution.

We express support to the Regional Development Council which is headed by Albay Governor Joey Salceda for ordering the temporary suspension.of the Libmanan-Cabusao Dam Project, the controversial multi-million "promise". of Mrs.Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her son, Congressman Dato Arroyo to Libmanan farmers when Cong. Arroyo was just about to run for office.

VATICAN CITY, Nov. 15, 2009--Benedict XVI is urging bishops to educate Christian consciences so that people can appreciate human life as a gift of God and not just a commercial product.

MANILA, Nov. 19, 2009- A day after the government suspended the environmental clearance it gave to a Norwegian mining firm, protesters on a hunger strike since Tuesday refused to withdraw their agitation till the proposed mining project in Mindoro is junked.

MANILA, November 17, 2009-After over a month in captivity in the boondocks of Southern Philippines, Irish Missionary Fr. Michael Sinnott said he will definitely go back to Pagadian City.

MANILA, Nov. 20, 2009- The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is set to release guidelines for Catholic voters on how to choose their candidates in the 2010 elections.

MANILA - The more your hear and see the less you know. This seems to best describe what politicians articulate during press conferences and say in public, the current leading candidates for president included. They seem merely content with vague slogans: for Sen. Noynoy Aquino - "pagbabago" (change), Sen. Manny Villar - "sipag at tiyaga" (industriousness and persistence), Defense Sec. Gilbert Teodoro - "galing at talino" (good work and intelligence), MMDA Chair Bayani Fernando - reformer, performer, problem solver. Former president Joseph "Erap" Estrada has reprised his slogan of "Erap para sa Mahirap" (Erap for the poor).

LEGAZPI CITY, Nov. 17 -- Close to 70,000 poor families in Albay would benefit to the full implementation of "Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program" (4Ps), the Arroyo administration's flagship poverty reduction program.

True to its mission of turning its graduates into real educators, the University of Northeastern Philippines (UNEP) has reasons to celebrate and pass on its good wishes to the ten (10) Education graduates after successfully passing the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) this October and making it to the list of new educators.