Monthly Archives: October 2013

Changing Surnames in the Birth Certificates

Q. Hello po Atty. R. Wong. My husband has illegitimate children and carrying my husband’s surname. From what I gathered, under Republic Act No. 9255, illegitimate child can only carry the father’s name with signed consent or notarized document. Given that there is no marriage between the children’s father and mother, “and” there is no proof of consent… Read More »

OBAMA’S NON-VISIT TO PH WIN-WIN FOR PNOY

CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – The honeymoon of President Aquino with the Filipino people is apparently coming to an end. And he has nobody to blame but his instinct and his sub-alterns. Mr. Aquino might claim to have anti-corruption crusade up his sleeve. But ask him about his labor and human rights records. In 2010, members of the Philippine Airlines… Read More »

The memories of St. Barths

By Merci Maliglig The unforgettable memories of the grandeur of St. Barths keeps coming back to me, I can’t help but reminish and write about it again. From Toronto, St. Maarten is four and a half hours flight. Getting to St. Barths from St. Maarten, on a puddle jumper ride, only the good-looking pilot and co-pilot can make… Read More »

DEPRESSION ENGULFS PAULO?

The usually cool, composed Paulo Avelino has been bruited lately to be engulfed with depression. So much so that he allegedly attempted suicide. But according to my source, his manager Leo Dominguez dispelled the talks as daffy and balderdash. “In truth, Paulo starts filming Pagpag, with Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla. He’s about to start a new TV… Read More »

USAPANG PINAY

By Rudy M. Viernes Once again a Filipina beauty is on top of the world as the most beautiful having been crowned “Miss World 2013.” She is Filipino-American beauty Megan Lynne Young, 23, besting other 126 candidates from countries all over the world in ceremonies held in Bali, Indonesia recently. In fact Megan made history as the first… Read More »

Paalam, Inay

My heart raced fast as we approached Binan Doctors Hospital last Friday. My daughter and I had just landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and asked to be driven straight to the hospital where my 89-year-old mother had been lying in bed for 19 days. My brother had e-mailed me two days earlier to suggest that if… Read More »

Views from the Fence

Government of the People, for the People and By the People The government of the most powerful country in the world, the United States of America, has closed down! Thousands of Federal employees have been furloughed. Special benefits have stopped, national parks have been closed, and the military for a while did not get their pay. A veteran… Read More »