| Natividad ‘Baby’ Sarenas Iñigo turns 80
The glow of youth, indeed, has never left Tita Baby. She is from the old school where a woman�s primary duties were defined as care of the family and the home. And she took pleasure and pride in her reproductive and nurturing role, in her tasks, however mundane, in sustaining the generations with her labor.
A few years ago, the director of the Japanese Studies Center of the Ateneo de Manila University, Prof. Lydia Yu-Jose, commented, �What an amazing woman! She is truly captivating as a storyteller. How I wish she could write a book about her experiences in life in Davao.� Prof. Jose came all the way from Manila then to interview tita Baby about the Japanese presence in Davao�s prewar history. The director could have interrogated her for more information had not the protective eldest son, Jessie, come to fetch his mom for another appointment.
Is Angelina Jolie Pregnant?
Actress Angelina Jolie has canceled plans to give a lecture in Italy this week, amid reports she is pregnant with her and Brad Pitt's second biological child. The beauty was due to give a talk at the Pio Manzu Centre near Rimini as part of a conference entitled "The Flight of the Hummingbird: The Future of Children in the Mind and Society of the World" -- but pulled out at the last minute. Local newspaper reports claim Jolie canceled the appearance after discovering she was expecting -- and a spokeswoman for the Pio Manzu Centre appeared to "confirm" the media speculation. Letizia Manjani says, "Angelina canceled last week. Due to her privacy I can't confirm her pregnancy, but I can say that the Italian newspapers are correct in their reports." Jolie and her boyfriend Pitt have four children -- Maddox, 6, Pax, 3, Zahara, 2 and Shiloh, 16 months.
Ward manager jailed after stealing cheque
Abdi Yussef, 38, was working as ward manager in Magnolia ward at the hospital when he stole the cheque from Anthony Gould who had been admitted to the hospital in April 2006. Yussef was suspended from his job in June 2006 after it emerged he claimed his father had died in Sweden and wanted compassionate leave when he was actual on remand in custody for a drink-driving offence. .
Extra! UIdaho Student Found Shot to Death
A 21-year-old University of Idaho senior was found shot to death early today in his Moscow apartment.
David Robert Boss, a history major and Boise native, was found dead by a roommate about 2 a.m., Moscow police officials said. Boss� roommate apparently arrived at the apartment at 1218 S. Main St. about 2 a.m. and found the victim on the floor in the kitchen area of the apartment, according to a press release. The roommate called police. The death is being investigated as suspicious, said Moscow Police Department Assistant Chief David Duke. The apparent cause of death is a single gunshot wound to the head. No gun was found in the apartment, Duke said. .
Life in Romania - Telegraph Mentor
Bureaucracy: When the country experienced a 6.0 Richter scale earthquake in November, one radio commentator remarked that at least something in Romania was moving. Bureaucracy can be a huge headache throughout the country, which is still trying to emerge from the communist mentality. Simple, everyday tasks that would not take more than five minutes in Britain, such as getting a receipt or a guarantee for an appliance, require reams of forms and queuing. Getting a work permit is especially laborious, with low-level officials seemingly taking a perverse pleasure in finding one of your photocopies or translations missing and sending you away to return on multiple occasions. Sometimes they want a bribe, sometimes it is inefficiency, sometimes pure stubbornness. Unfortunately bureaucracy is an ingrained part of life here, so looking upon it as a cultural experience is probably the best way to keep stress levels down.
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