Monthly Archives: July 2010

Pagbabagong P-Noy Hindi ningas-kugon?

Eskeremengoles!   Tapos  ang  tag – init! E,  init  ng  ulo  di  pa  naaalis? Doon  po  sa  atin,  ulan  e  humirit! Sus!   Bagyong  si  Basyang   sagsag e  very  quick!                              *   *   * Hataw  ni  Cabuyao!      Umpisa  na  naman, Doon  nga  sa  atin  iring  tag – ulanan! Sabagay  mainam,   dahil  ang  Angat  Dam, Natutuyuan  na!   Tsk!   Tikang  na  tikang!… Read More »

The Instalment Man

Modern business today thrives on the commercial instrument of credit.  By proper spaced payment, an item can have by a buyer from the creditor who sells the desired items.  The spaced payment is known as instalment or “hulugan”, the amount depends on the arrangements usually on the paying capacity of the buyer or customer.             Long before the… Read More »

Alarm bells on remittances

  There was a report from the Philippine Central Bank (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) last week that caught my attention. BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo warned that money sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has peaked and may soon plateau.   Guinigundo said remittances have breached a very large base, leading to a situation wherein the growth… Read More »

MAJOR CHANGES TO CANADA IMMIGRATION EFFECTIVE JUNE 26, 2010

The expression “sooner rather than later” has been my motto for Canada Immigration applicants for years. The reason is that the Canadian Federal Government often changes its immigration rules without notice. A few years back, not only did Canada change its immigration rules upon a federal election it went one step further and made them retroactive to applicants… Read More »

STRESS BUSTER

God is perfect as well as all of His creations. On the other hand, man perfected being troubled by problems and focused on the constant change of life’s cycle.  Men forget the perfection of our creation, that everything has a remedy and a solution.                                                                                                                                                                       AVV610                   Life at the start of civilization was very simple… Read More »

“WANG-WANG“: MARTIAL LAW’S BABY

The exclusive use and abuse of sirens commonly called as “Wang-Wang “ in the Philippines, was a child of martial rule  when then dictator Marcos issued Presidential Decree No.96 on January 13, 1973 declaring as “Unlawful the use or attachment of sirens, bells, whistles or similar gadgets that emit exceptionally loud and startling sounds “ .Under the decree,… Read More »

Here we go again

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is not done yet. Contrary to what she told the military during her farewell address, Arroyo is not just ready to fade away. After nine long years of near tyrannical power in Malacanang, this lady wants more. It became obvious a few years before she was to bow out of the presidency when she did… Read More »

Property Search

Q. Hello, atty., once again I am seeking your advice re: parents’ property. I went home recently and found out that one of the properties of our parents has no cadastral number . Our problem is the barrio where the property is located but we can’t definitely locate the exact or the proximate spot of this property .… Read More »

Aquino needs to do more to stop killings

President Benigno S. Aquino III has to do more than vow to go after the perpetrators of the latest spate of political killings in the Philippines. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo also vowed to go after the killers, but beyond forming Task Force Usig in the military, not one political murder was solved during her nine years of tenure.  … Read More »