A Most Inspiring TV Commercial for These Trying Times

If you haven’t seen it, I’m posting it here. My good friend, Fr. Mon Bernal gave me the tip about this well-produced Pantene shampoo commercial in Thailand. Although I am not plugging or endorsing the shampoo brand, I do appreciate Continue reading A Most Inspiring TV Commercial for These Trying Times

RALPHGUZMAN.ORG at the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards!

Note: ratedralph.com is now my official website. When I decided to leave the mainstream media in 2008, I was set to venture into new avenues of growth in a different industry.  But one thing’s for sure: I did not want  Continue reading RALPHGUZMAN.ORG at the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards!

Ask Ralph: How do you help a wrist-cutting friend?

Friends enrich our lives and we love them.  But how do we deal with friends who are depressed and may even have a psychiatric condition?  That is the concern of our friend from Selangor, Malaysia. The person chooses to be Continue reading Ask Ralph: How do you help a wrist-cutting friend?

How to Prepare for Disasters and Calamities

To say that Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng are eye-openers is an understatement.  Nevertheless, the two typhoons do underscore the fact that both government and the public need to be prepared for any disaster. As a former television reporter, I saw Continue reading How to Prepare for Disasters and Calamities

Still Showing: Ads of Trapos during Ondoy's Aftermath

It is good that partisan politics has virtually been set aside with the aftermath of typhoon Ondoy.  Personally, what is top priority now is to help the victims, rather than point the blaming finger on the accountable officials and agencies Continue reading Still Showing: Ads of Trapos during Ondoy's Aftermath