Member, Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada (NEPMCC) TORONTO – Fortified by what its founder calls “staggering cash” donation of a million dollars from a Silicon Valley businessman, the Philippine-born “Gawad Kalinga” initiative embarks on its most challenging project yet. Already widely recognized for attacking… Read More »
The title of this piece smacks of ludicrous thinking. Hopefully it’s NOT libelous but catches the reader’s interests and a bit elucidating. Writing can be, especially in the Philippines a most dangerous hobby. It is a wee bit precipitous if one writes about million-US-dollars men, but read this first to its last period to see whether the piece… Read More »
Tell tale sign of things that will happen is now evident more than ever. Anybody can now easily foresee things that is about to happen. Someone who is sensitive and aware of the natural environment of all creations can foretell the next major event that will occur. AVV612 Nowadays we cannot depend on the scientific method of predicting… Read More »
We’ve heard it before. When you are feeling under the weather, like you are getting the cold, the first thought that comes to mind is, “I should really be eating more foods with Vitamin C!” What is Vitamin C and does it really have magical powers to heal our sniffles? Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is… Read More »
Have you seen a naughty cat playfully harass a hapless mouse? The cat tosses and shoves the poor mouse around, like a rag doll, until the mouse is so tired it can’t dodge the predator cat anymore. That is what China is doing to the Philippines. That is what the new superpower is doing with tiny Philippines over… Read More »
In the next few days, I will be quite busy helping fill up one big suitcase and a handcarry roller bag for Maricel, the lucky girl I wrote about in this column sometime in February this year. This lady who suddenly found herself unemployed before Christmas of last year, tried and failed to find the simplest of jobs… Read More »
This early, most anybody predicts that in the Metro Manila Film Festival 2012 this December, the movies of Vic Sotto and Kris Aquino will pit for number one spot at the tills. Last filmfest Vic’s Enteng Ka ng Ina Mo was the Top grosser, while Kris’ starrer Segunda Mano placed second. This time, Vic’s entry Si Agimat, Si… Read More »
Philippine giant network ABS-CBN through it’s the Filipino Channel (TFC) will join the downtown Toronto celebration of “Filipinos making Waves Festival“ (FMWF) at the famous Dundas-Yonge Square on August 18/2012. Now on its 6th year, organizers of the biggest free-to-the public event and festival showcasing the varied culture of Filipinos have signed an agreement with ABS-CBN officials recently… Read More »
I was in a restaurant two days ago; Next to our table was a young family, a couple with three children. The eldest child was about six, the second, maybe three and the youngest, a six month infant. It was a buffet and the mother left the table with the two older children to get food. The father… Read More »
The decision of the Philippine government to pledge $1 billion to the $456-billion standby fund being put up by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help distressed countries in Europe has raised questions from several sectors. Foremost of these questions is why lend $1 billion when the Philippines is drowning in debt? Another question that has been raised… Read More »