Monthly Archives: May 2013
Si Grace Number One!
Survey ay sumablay! Alahoy! Poesuuy! Grace Poe e Number One! Pipol natauhan! Survey e sumablay! Si FPJ et al, dun sa kalangitan Tagay alang patlang! Sigawan! Mabuhay! *** Si Loren Legarda e pumangalawa, Na ayon sa survey lagi nang primera! Pero happy naman kahit na segunda, Kay FPJ noon, nag – Bise sya diba? *** Sir Tomas Kaluban!… Read More »
CANNES HONOURS PHIL MOVIES
The world most popular, prestigious movie festival, the Cannes International film fest in France, recently honored the Philippine movies. It included the late Lino Brocka’s masterpiece Maynila sa Kuko ng Liwanag as part of Cannes classic films. During the screening of Maynila..last May 17, 2013, its lead star Hilda Koronel who was personally invited graced the affair. Hilda… Read More »
Hello Toronto
Q.Good day. I just want to get some advice regarding my failed marriage. I had a civil marriage last February 1998 . My relationship with my wife lasted only for a year. She went back to the Philippines with my son sometime in 1999 . Since then I did not have any contact with them. I did all… Read More »
HUSBAND TO MARRY SOMEONE
Q.Good day. I just want to get some advice regarding my failed marriage. I had a civil marriage last February 1998 . My relationship with my wife lasted only for a year. She went back to the Philippines with my son sometime in 1999 . Since then I did not have any contact with them. I did all… Read More »
Consulate Endorses But Refuses to Tell Role in Fashion Event
TORONTO – Officials were not answering questions about the extent of involvement of the Philippine government in a fashion show whose main beneficiary is a private foundation based here. Dubbed Canada Philippine Fashion Week (CPFW), it lists the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Tourism as “our partners”, essentially making it a semi-government affair. Queried initially… Read More »
EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY Have No Fear, Speak Up!
In the last 14 months we’ve been seeking answers to many questions about the way individuals and organizations seduce the community with a combination of guile, sweet-talk and appeal to our sense of compassion. There seems to be a widening scheme to keep quiet among officials, in and out of government, associations and plain citizens. An invisible wall… Read More »
An upright man who could write
MANILA I would like to tell you about a man from whom I learned a lot about writing and news reporting. He passed away at age 78 last May 15, the day our last issue came off the press. His name was Raul S. Gonzalez. He was truly an outstanding man of letters. He was a writer, editor,… Read More »
When export of labor becomes a liability
On August 23, 2010, President Aquino had barely warmed his seat in Malacanang when a disgruntled police officer hijacked a tourist bus and took hostage several Hongkong tourists, touching off a crisis that tested Aquino’s mettle in leadership and diplomacy. Eight of the tourists were killed along with the hijacker in the bungled rescue operation that was witnessed… Read More »
Brave words don’t stop bullies
AMID the escalating tensions in the South China Sea, the United States remains non-committal, emboldening China to intensify its aggressive behavior in the disputed waters and to continue its bullying tactics over its neighboring countries. The silence of the American government followed the intrusion early this month by a fleet of Chinese fishing vessels, two large civilian ships… Read More »