Monthly Archives: November 2013
HELLO, TORONTO.
This writer feels like other kababayans in our country these days- saddened by the fate suffered by most of our kababayans in Eastern Visayas (with Leyte, Samar and part of Capiz provinces worst- hit), sobered by the thought of the magnitude of assistance that they will be needing to rebuild their lives, and deep thoughts of how to… Read More »
Land Ownership and Dual Citizenship
Q. Dear Atty. I read your column on dual citizenship and land ownership recently. Sir, I want to ask if a person born in foreign country who was recognized as Filipino citizen (dual) can acquire real estate property in the Philippines. This person is a family friend. He was born in Germany by a German father and Filipina… Read More »
WHEN DONATIONS END AT THE POCKETS OF THIRD-PARTY DONORS
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” — Harry S Truman, 33rd president of US (1884 – 1972) CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – If fence-setters are frustrated in wondering where the donations for earthquake, typhoon and disasters end up, think of those overseas Filipinos and other foreign donors how helpless and… Read More »
U.S. DOJ TELLS DONORS OF TYPHOON HAIYAN: BE WARY OF FRAUD!
CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – As President Obama encouraged Wednesday (Nov. 13) “Americans, who want to help our Filipino friends,” who survived super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), his Department of Justice, the FBI and the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) warned the “public that there is a potential for disaster fraud in the aftermath of a natural disaster.” Meanwhile, it… Read More »
‘Pork Queen’s’ Senate Debut a Wet Firecracker
MANILA The real highlight of the Senate hearing on the pork barrel scam last Nov. 7 was not the appearance of alleged pork queen Janet Lim Napoles. That much-touted Senate debut was a non-event. As the Brits like to say, it was a damp squib, a dud of a firecracker. The real substance came when whistleblower Benhur Luy… Read More »
Turning off the independents
MANILA The first point to make is: don’t call them “Million People” marches against the sensational pork barrel scam here because the turnouts so far have been nowhere close to that number. Nobody is complaining about this discrepancy between the advertised turnout and the actual numbers because people are loath to be called spoilsports or killjoys and attract… Read More »
SHARON NOT AGAINST PAULO AS KC’S BF TO BE
With the spreading words that Paulo Avelino is the latest suitor of KC Concepcion, her mom Sharon Cuneta stressed. “ I really don’t know. But if it’s true. I think Paulo’s ok. Honestly, I’d like my daughter to have a serious lover. Gusto ko siyang magpakasal. I do pray to have a grandchild at this point in my… Read More »
PR gimmick, prime time TV won’t do it
President Aquino must have really been piqued being called the “Pork Barrel King” because after critics gave him that title, he went on a series of speeches attacking his critics and defending again his misuse of both the congressional pork barrel, the Priority Development Assistance Fund, and his own pork funds, the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). Aquino added… Read More »
A CHAMPION OF TRUTH: Remembering Ruben Cusipag.
There is a story of a man who braved the highest mountain in order to get closer to the Lord. Many years had past while he struggled to reach the top. Along the way, he survived dangers, sure deaths, and dark moments. Until one day, he found himself at the base of the summit, smiling up at the… Read More »