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Continue reading →: An Easy-Care Rose (Knock Out) and a Motivational Tip for a Memorable Life
Originally posted on Stop and Smell the Roses – Stay Healthy and Stress Free : Knock Out® Roses, the easy-care roses hybridized by Wisconsin-born William J. (Bill) Radler, won the All-American Rose Selection (AARS) award in 2000. The Knock Out® Rose, Radler’s first commercial success, has broken all records for…
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Continue reading →: Solving the problem of homelessness
Originally posted on Subli: IF I WERE THE NEXT PRESIDENT?(Part 4 of a series) By?BEN R. PUNONGBAYAN Founder, Buklod National Political Party The present widespread presence of homeless and informal settlers in our society is another tormenting face of dehumanizing poverty in our country.?Improving their current condition clearly needs direct…
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Continue reading →: General Miguel Malvar and the Philippine Revolution – Conclusion
Originally posted on Subli: On February 23, General Antonio Luna needed Malvar and his unit to participate in a Filipino counterattack planned to regain ground lost earlier by Filipinos and capture Manila. However, the Filipino offensive collapsed. Early U.S. Operations in Southern Tagalog Region In mid-March, an expeditionary force under…
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Continue reading →: ‘Siguradong sahod’ to substantially reduce poverty
Originally posted on Subli: IF I WERE THE NEXT PRESIDENT?(Part 3 of a series) By BEN R. PUNONGBAYAN Founder, Buklod National Political Party If I were the next President, my overarching program is to substantially reduce poverty. There are several aspects to this great undertaking. I will deal first with…
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Continue reading →: My forays into edibles. What’s yours?
Originally posted on Garden Gleanings: It took me 50 years to grow edibles finally. Since I had been gardening in 1971, I never ventured into planting vegetables except for a couple of tomatoes. I have grown roses, shrubs, bulbs, perennials, and a few trees. I managed to buy a grapevine…
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Continue reading →: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner in Your Rose Garden. . .
Originally posted on Rose Gardening World: Series 1 -? Japanese Beetles Photo Credit: Ohio State University With the summer months come the inevitable unwanted visitors to your garden. They come in droves and devour the leaves, buds, blooms, and even the canes of your roses. Here is one of these…
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Continue reading →: General Miguel Malvar and the Philippine Revolution – Part II
Originally posted on Subli: After the revolt of South America and Mexico from Spain, the Philippines became Spain’s richest possession, and the spirit of colonial exploitation grew. In 1896 the Filipinos, led by Emilio Aguinaldo, revolted. Reforms, as promised by the Spaniards in the Pact of Biak-Na-Bato, were very slow…
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Continue reading →: Containing COVID-19
Originally posted on Subli: IF I WERE THE NEXT PRESIDENT? (Part 2 of a series) By?BEN R. PUNONGBAYAN Founder, Buklod National Political Party As President, I will devote my whole six-year term to provide a much more effective, efficient, decisive and widely focused national leadership with the primary objective of…
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Continue reading →: General Miguel Malvar and the Philippine Revolution – Part 1
Originally posted on Subli: Not generally known are the historical facts that Miguel Malvar succeeded Aguinaldo as president of the Philippine Republic, the last revolutionary general to lay down his arms in the war against Spain, and the last Filipino rebel to surrender to the Americans. Malvar was born in…