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“Jack of All Trade, Master of None” Bro. Anthony Apostol My first quarter (July to September) assignment at Pila was not only a stay like any other but also an opportunity to meet others. And lo and behold, I met a Pileno priest with a name “Cornelio” - but already in a casket laid in state at the Shrine of San Antonio in mid-August after having succumbed to Cardiac Arrest on August 13. For days, relatives, friends, and fellow priests visited his remains to pay their respects for this one-of-a-kind presbyter of the Catholic Church serving the Imus Diocese. The overflowing sympathies and unmatched manifestation of sorrow during the funeral mass before interment made me ask the question, “How did this man live his life as a priest?” And this is his story...      Fr. Cornelio “ Nel ” Matanguihan was eighth/ninth among 14 siblings. He studied at Pila Elementary School and later transferred to St. Anthony Academy (now Liceo de Pila) for his high sch...

Kabuhayan at Pamayanan, Pondo ng Pinoy, Tilamsik by frjessie

Today's front news announces the closing of Intel corporation in the Philippines. Its plant is situated in General Trias, Cavite, Philippines. Intel is one of the biggest microchip manufacturer and contribute also to the Philippine exports. It is the first American company that arrived in the Philippines and the first semi-conductor firm that was been in the country. On this closure, about one thousand eight hundred (1,800) Filipino employees will be affected. Yes, they will be compensated with their length of service and hoping to be rehire by the company subsidiary Numonyx. Why some companies have opted the neighboring Asian countries for plant operation instead of the Philippines. Some analyst have given two answers. Expensive labor and electricity cost. Speaking of electricity the Energy regulatory board just announced that it permitted the raising of electricity bills of ten pesos per hundred kilowatt consumption from Meralco customers and twenty pesos from other electric pr...