Monthly Archives: May 2013
President Aquino gets his wish
MANILA The Filipinos have just given President Benigno Aquino III a solid majority in the Senate, with nine out of 12 posts up for grabs going to the chief executive’s chosen candidates. The 24-member upper chamber of the Philippine Congress is now in the President’s pocket. The pre-election surveys had forecast this outcome, and even titillated Mr. Aquino… Read More »
LEGALITY OF MARRIAGE
Q. Hi Sir, caregiver po ako dito sa Canada. Widow po ako since 1994. Bago po ako pumunta dito ng 2006 ay may pinakasalan po ako, hiwalay siya sa asawa niya ng mga 20 years na. Kinasal kami na single ang nilagay niya. Pero nakarehistro pa rin ang kasal niya sa una at yung sa akin sa munisipyo.… Read More »
ELECTION REFORMS SHOULD TRUMP POLITICAL DYNASTIES
CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – Less talk, less mistake. No talk, no mistake. This appears to be the mantra adopted by Vice President Jojo Binay’s daughter, Nancy Binay, whom I will not be voting for senator in the May 13 mid-term elections. By snubbing fellow senatorial candidate Risa Hontiveros of Team PNoy to a debate, United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) candidate… Read More »
Denials won’t solve problem
Looking north as you are driving on the South Luzon Expressway near the Alabang Exit, you’d think you are in a highly progressive country, with skyscrapers dotting the skyline of Metro Manila, from Manila on the left side through Pasig and Mandaluyong in the middle and Makati on the right side. Almost anywhere you go in Metro Manila,… Read More »
2013 polls are over, now 2016
With the mid-term elections barely behind us, the attention of Philippine politicians would soon be focused on the presidential elections in 2016. Many political pundits believe that with the overwhelming victory of President Aquino’s Team P-Noy in the senatorial elections, whoever he anoints for the 2016 elections would almost certainly be the next president of the Philippines. It’s… Read More »
REGISTRATION FATIGUE SLOWS VOTERS TURNOUT
CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) — In some parts of the United States, anybody who wants to vote can do so by registering to vote: a) in person or by mail, by completing a mail-in registration form and delivering it to his city or town election officer; or b) at any local election office in any city or town in the… Read More »
Stories from Home
People from all over the world come to Canada in thousands every year to settle and start a new life. The Philippines has always been one of the top ten source countries of immigrants to Canada. There were several years when Filipinos made up the first five largest groups of immigrants. Aside from those who come in with… Read More »
‘unexpected surprises’
My kabarangays, my friends, and folks I talk with seem to be generally contented with the outcome of the midterm elections. Being also an exercise to vote for local elective officials, the public expected and feared violence to ensue between and among political rivals in towns and provinces especially those far from the center of the respective local… Read More »
Fast Food For Thought
THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY, Part I By Rudy M. Viernes May is the month of fiestas, State it the other way. We Filipinos are never more fiesta-prone than during the month of May. May is also the flower month, and the Virgin Mary. . Being family-oriented as we Filipinos are May isn’t just a month of fiestas,… Read More »