Monthly Archives: April 2013
Casino in Toronto!! ???
The debates at the Toronto City Council have been going on for a while now. The discussions have been heated lately. The mayor has definitely expressed his wholehearted approval of the plan to build a casino in Toronto. Those who advocate for said plan say that a casino will bring about $200M a year to Toronto and probably… Read More »
Airport is window to a country
It was heartening to know that Philippine tourism continues to grow rapidly, with Secretary Ramon Jimenez reporting that a record 854,187 tourists visited the country in January and February this year, a 10-percent increase over the same period last year. In addition, Jimenez said that for the first time in many years, tourist arrivals breached the 400,000 monthly… Read More »
Dapat nang madala! Boto dapat tama!
Alahoy! Butchukoy! Swak na swak ang jingle! Na DAPAT AY TAMA! Sa TVing GMA! Di nakakasawa! Galing na panggising Sa kakamut – kamot na voters sa atin! *** Bah, DAPAT AY TAMA! Sa SALITA, GAWA! Sa iboboto nyo! Oka – ka! Oka – ka! Kapag nagkamali, as usual tunganga! Ala nang iluha sa pagdaralita! *** Sa KAMPANYASERYE! Program… Read More »
Inter-country adoption
Q. Hello there. I am in need of information about adoption. I don’t know where to begin. My husband and I would like to adopt a relative of mine who is in the Philippines. I am still a Philippines citizen and my husband is a US citizen. We reside in the US. What steps do we need to… Read More »
Why Philippine Airlines is not a pal
Calling Philippine Airlines friendly is calling a Pit bull sheep or calling the Big Bad Wolf good. PAL, Asia’s first airline, is making efforts to resurrect its old glory after it was placed on receivership in 1998. To be truly successful in its bid PAL better does something about its customer service in general and enforce enhanced monitoring… Read More »
The beauty of giving back
Two weeks ago, I was privileged to attend the graduation from St. Joseph’s College in Cavite City of seven scholars of a Southern California-based Filipino-American retiree. It was an experience I can never forget. That the event came just a few days after University of the Philippines student Kristel Tejada ended her young life after being forced to… Read More »
PRES. AQUINO SHOULD SLOW DOWN DEPORTATION OF ARRESTED SABAH CLAIMANTS
PH & MALAYSIA HAVE “DE FACTO” EXTRADITION TREATY CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – Thanks to the audacious attempt of some of the heirs of the Sultan of Sulu to repossess their North Borneo (Sabah) homeland, it led me to stumble on some documents that show that the Philippines and Malaysia have a “de facto” extradition treaty never before publicly disclosed.… Read More »
HELLO, TORONTO!
UNBEARABLE! This what every Pinoy mutters each time he has to leave the comfort of his home to do his business outdoors. ‘Sobrang banas, talaga!’ Summertime in the Philippines today is not the funfilled summer that I and my mga ka- age experienced during our youth. Then, we would like forward to the end of schoolterm because that… Read More »
ANGELICA COMPARES LLOYDIE WITH DEREK
In a chat with a colleague, she recounted that finally Angelica Panganiban opened up, why she couldn’t help compare current bf John Lloyd Cruz with her ex Derek Ramsay. And what caused her break up with Derek . “Six years kami ni Derek but three things truly hurt me. Firstly, all the time he was a controlling bf.… Read More »