Monthly Archives: June 2010
Filipinos outside the Philippines on Independence Day
June 12 is a date significant to Filipinos. It does not matter whether they are in their native land or in another part of this planet, June 12 is a date wherein Filipinos congregate and raise their national flag, June 12 is Philippine Independence Day. In Markham, Ontario, the town council declared a Philippine Independence Week, starting… Read More »
PNoy ang Pag-asa!
Alahoy! Halahoy! Sa prexy at bise! Yuh! Congrats! Mabuhay! Wow! Sa inyo, Noy – B! Bayan e nagbunyi! Hangad natin kase Iring pagbabago e siyang mangyari! * * * Sa bagong president, umaasa ngayon — Buhay nating Pinoy! Aangat! Aahon! Kahit di silipin sa inyong Kristal bol! Bagong Pilipinas! yoNyoN! Si PNoy! * * * Tamaaa! … Read More »
‘sa totoo lang’ – ang pinoy na si binay
Proclaimed na proclaimed na! President- elect at Vice President- elect of the Philippine Republic respectively na sina Noynoy Aquino at Jesus Jose Maria aka Jojo Binay. Eight days after the Board of Canvassers, composed of members of the Philippine Congress went to work, the two top officials of the land were officially proclaimed amidst shouts and chants of… Read More »
BEYOND THE “GALUNGGONG” PRESIDENCY
CHICAGO (JGLi) – Sen. Noynoy Aquino has also Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to thank for, for his ascent to Malacanang. Noynoy was the main beneficiary of the peoples’ hatred of the Mrs. Arroyo. They don’t want her to stay nano-second longer in the Palace, which would only make the Arroyo-hater meter rise. And the campaign of Aquino was able… Read More »
Goodbye, Gloria
It won’t be until noon of June 30 that Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will exit Malacanang, but I can’t wait to bid her farewell. Goodbye Gloria, but no thanks for the bad memories. You said you will just fade away after that day, but I assure you that you will not be forgotten. Infamy awaits you at the… Read More »
Canadian Immigration Minister to change laws on skilled workers, citizenship and illegal consultants
It’s been a busy week at immigration headquarters in Ottawa where the Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has unveiled new proposals from the acquisition of Canadian Citizenship to those who prey on vulnerable immigrants. For decades, Canadian Citizenship was bestowed on applicants who were able to show they “resided” in Canada for three years in the last… Read More »
Curbing corruption should be priority
With the recent ruling by the Ombudsman to clear Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her husband Mike Arroyo of involvement in the controversial $329-million NBN-ZTE deal, it has become even more important that incoming President Noynoy Aquino make good on his promise to create a special commission to investigate allegations of corruption during the Arroyo administration. Nobody… Read More »
Mang Badong, The tennis caretaker
No one could remember how Salvador Nolasco got the job as a caretaker of Victoria Tennis court before the outbreak of the Pacific War. Nobody seemed to be interested for in the first place, he was doing a hell of a good job. What many knew, to include many players, was that this man of over fifty was… Read More »
What makes us proud?
A few days leading to June 12, Philippine Independence Day, a slew of Filipino celebrities and stars trooped to Toronto and other parts of Canada for a series of performances and concerts. Among them were “songbird“ Regine Velasquez, songwriter Ogie Alcasid, Sarah Geronimo and of course diminutive international singing sensation, Charice Pempengco of Oprah fame and a protégée… Read More »