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Joan Solsona says, “Rafa Nadal Bids Farewell To Paris As A Legend After Falling To Zverev” (Tuesday, 28 May, msn.com ; image from cdnimages ). I say, “Farewell as a legend – that hurts much!” “The Spaniard was defeated in a match that lasted three hours and five minutes. “Roland Garros legend Rafael Nadal bid farewell to the tournament on Monday after a tough battle against Alexander Zverev. Nadal, who has dominated the clay courts of Paris for years, lost 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-3 in a gruelling match that lasted three hours and five minutes. “While only Nadal and his body know if this is a definitive goodbye, all signs seemed to point in that direction.” I, as an intellectual player, at 83 (in 4 months, 84), I thank God I am neither planning nor feeling toward saying goodbye to writing, after 24+ years, mostly blogging. The writing has been mostly inspiring – to myself and aimed to be inspiring to others. Lawn tennis and digital writing? The physical has limits – the mental has non...

Bella Cariaso of PhilStar reports on Tuesday, 27 May 2024, “Department Of Agriculture Chief Completes Dream Team, Biggest In Agency History” ( PhilStar ).   We Filipinos have just made history by appointing 26+ 1 heads at the top of the Department of Agriculture (DA) – 13 Undersecretaries, 13 Assistant Secretaries, added to 1 Secretary. The news states that the “Department Of Agriculture Chief Completes ‘Dream Team,’ Biggest In Agency History” (27 May 2024, PhilStar ). “Dream Team? Let’s see if Ag Sec Francis Tiu Laurel is not dreaming! If you ask me, with the newly declared appointments of top officials of the PH DA, the “Strategic Management” of the DA is now upside down! (see images above). Above, the top image of “Strategic Management” is from SlideTeam.net – it is titled “Four Steps Pyramid Vision and Mission Strategic Management” (owned by Vier Schritte Pyramide Vision und Mission Strategisches Management, German ). What the PH DA has done is much unprecedente...

Questions, questions, questions! If you don’t know, ask. You go to school because you don’t know. You ask questions to know more. You read more because you want to know more. Not to forget to check what you think you know. The biggest question box in the world is your laptop; the biggest library is the Internet . (image from pixabay ) Here are questions for you as a scientist, whoever you are, who wants to be recognized. I am thinking of a book of experts to be published for consulting by those who are looking for scientific partners in their projects, individual or institutional. Original. As a one-man-band digital writer, editor, and desktop publisher, if I were to collect curriculum vitae (CV) to include into a book to publish Filipino scientists, I would include the following (in the listing, what I believe is most important comes first, arrangement not alphabetical): 1.    Main/Special Expertise/s? (Never mind if they are technical in words – someone who is lookin...

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa tells Harvard U graduates: “Our world is on fire. Welcome to the battlefield” (23 May 2024, “Maria Ressa Tells Harvard Graduates: ‘Our World Is On Fire. Welcome To The Battlefield’" Rappler.com ). On May 23, Ms Ressa receives her Doctor of Laws honorary degree from Harvard University ; she addresses the estimated 30,000 graduates of Harvard Class of 2024 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Before that date, the Harvard campus has been the site of a 20-day pro–Palestine encampment. “The campus protests are testing everyone in America. Protests are healthy; they shouldn’t be violent. Protests give voice; they shouldn’t be silenced.” I self-declared Development Journalist agree with Ms Ressa 100% – but I can see that with her Nobel Peace Prize attitude, she is helping advance the cause/s of protests but not of progresses  – I mean, where do we go from here to be in pursuit of the good of all and not simply to be anti ? (I’m calling the attention of the Nob...

Surprise! The PH Department of Agriculture (DA) is the Turtle (Tortoise) in the famous Aesop’s Fable race while Climate Change is the Rabbit (Hare)! By law, May is “Farmers’ And Fisherfolk’s Month” via Presidential Proclamation 33 that Corazon C Aquino signed in 1989. Some 35 years later, have the lives of farmers and fishers improved? Good question! According to ANN (20 May 2024, Author Not Named, “DA Pays Tribute To Farmers And Fisherfolk In FFM Opening Ceremony 2024,” Department of Agriculture ): The Department of Agriculture (DA) acknowledged the vital contributions of farmers and fishers to a thriving and prosperous economy as it kicked off the celebration of the 2024 Farmers’ and Fisherfolk’s Month at the DA Central Office on 20 May 2024. Did you see that?! The whole PH DA is 19 days late in celebrating something that is of national importance! The more important consideration is: “Do we now have “a thriving and prosperous economy”? No Sir! Agriculture Secretar...