If plans don’t miscarry Nora Aunor and Lovi Poe will grace the Toronto Film Festival this month after attending the Venice Film Festival. The two are the stars of the official Philippine entry Thy womb. Its helmer, the internationally acclaimed director Brilliante Mendoza, definitely would grace the said film fests too.. The movie’s plot wobbles on the ethnic… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – Attorney Hector Villacorta apologized to American Sarah Pope for not attributing to her blog (combination of the terms web and log) a portion of a speech he prepared for his boss, Sen. Vicente Sotto, III, but Mr. Sotto’s chief of staff’s apology left a bad taste in the mouth. The apology did not carry remorse… Read More »
MANILA Believe it or not some Philippine communities in the areas ravaged by the monsoon rains in the first week of August are still flooded. And even when the water goes away, there will be a lot of cleaning up to do and picking up of the lives of the flood’s victims. In the aftermath of typhoon Ondoy… Read More »
Q. Sometime in 2007 while in the Philippines, my husband abandoned me and our two children. The incurable promiscuity, vicious vices like gambling and his volcanic temper were the primary causes of our marriage breakdown. Freed from this bondage, I did not contest our separation. Thereafter, I and my children left the country and are now settled in … Read More »