Deforestation by legal and illegal loggers with no tree replacement has reduced the number of trees. Large amounts of arable land remain in the hand of absentee landowners who were given land grants during the Spanish colonial period. Although land reform legislation has been passed, loopholes ...
Note: the history of my immediate family branch (that of my first cousins the Borromeo family of Southern California, of the Querouz family and the Atega family) and the “Rallos” family tree may both be found at the end of the article on my illustrious maternal grandfather Judge Andrés ...
As I watched my children in the kitchen cook a special Mother’s Day lunch for Dada and me, I whispered a prayer of thanks to the Lord for blessing me with the inestimable joys of motherhood and for allowing me a taste of heaven here on earth. Thank you, Dada, for bringing me into ...