Archive for the 'Asia' Category

PHILIPPINES AS FRIENDSTER CAPITAL: SOCIAL & SPIRITUAL FACETS

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Erle Frayne ArgonzaMagandang hapon! Good afternoon!A gladdening news just filtered out recently about the Philippines having now capped the Top Friendster end-user notch. Accordingly, there are today 30 Million end-users in the Philippines of the top social networking platform, the Friendster, out of a total of 85 Million users worldwide. Just couples of months back, […]

PEACE & HEALING IN THE FORTHCOMING USA ELECTIONS

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Bro. Erle Argonza / Guru Ra

[Healing Meditations 08-01. Writ 02 November 2008, Manila, Philippines.]
 
Citizens of Terra, Peace & Love!Within a few days from now, on November the 6th, the USA electorate will choose  a new set of federal leaders. As observed in all quarters, this giant pillar of the global economy is currently on a […]

PROF ERLE ARGONZA INTERVIEWED ANEW BY GMA7 KAPUSO PROGRAM

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Prof. Erle Frayne Argonza, sociologist & economist, was interviewed anew by the team of the Kapuso program of GMA7. The Kapuso is hosted by Jessica Soho, and operates the 9:30-10 pm block time every Saturdays.
The topic for the September 27 episode, where Prof. Argonza appeared, was about gender and beauty expectations. The title “Kontra-Losyang: Why […]

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES: HAPPY CENTENNIAL!

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Bro. Erle Frayne Argonza y Delago
Happy Centennial Anniversary to my Beloved Alma Mater, the University of the Philippines!
Being a development expert, I wish to highlight in this briefer the developmental side to the premier university of my beloved country. The University or the Philippines or U.P. is foremost of all an indication of the maturity […]

GURU OF NATIONHOOD

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Erle Frayne Argonza
Good afternoon from Manila!
Is it possible to practice guru for nationhood? Everybody who knows the term ‘guru’ or teacher expects the role of somebody who mentors on the level of the individual psyche, or intervenes on the individual level. Let me shed light about the matter.
There are different levels of consciousness and awareness. […]

FORBIDDEN KINGDOM: ASIA’S RISE, SEEKER’S PATH

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Bro. Erle Frayne  Argonza y Delago
Asia’s rising. Pacific Asia, to stress. But likewise are other regions moving up. And the pace of progress has been sustained.
The ‘culture offensive’ of Bollywood and Sinowood movies internationally is more than enough to show the rise of Asia as a whole. Greater China (China + Chinese overseas) and India […]

TESTING NEW EARTHQUAKE-CAUSING WMD ON CHINA

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Erle Frayne  Argonza
As I was browsing through the pages of the newspapers this morning, my eyes immediately caught the item about the China earthquake update. The latest quake flattened many towns to ground level, killing over 22,000 folks, and destroyed infrastructures thus cutting off the affected areas from outside relief operations. The quake registered 7.9 […]