The people cheered when President Aquino called them his “bosses” as he thanked them for treading “the straight and righteous path” and creating change during his second State-of-the-Nation address on July 25, 2011. Now, more than two years later, his sincerity in calling the people his “bosses” and in promising to tread the “daang matuwid” with them is… Read More »
By Edwin C. Mercurio I am not the superstitious type, but trust me I believe we all have a ‘spirit’, or souls if we want to be specific for Halloween. While North Americans celebrate All Souls Day with macabre images of the dead, skeletons, scare crows and images of the “Walking Dead,” and all things scary, Filipinos visit… Read More »
~ “The land of the free and home of the brave” lies just south of Canada. America’s proximity, however, seems to fail to rub on some people in Toronto’s Filipino community who’d rather live in the Dark Ages. It’s not an exaggeration because self-appointed thought police are roaming around community organizations where censorship is most unlikely to happen… Read More »
Canada and the United States of America have different views of newcomers to each country. Canada has a policy of integration; the United States, of assimilation. An immigrant to Canada is given the privilege of retaining his or her identity, preserve the traditions of the country of origin as well as celebrate them and settle peacefully with other… Read More »
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 »
The problem with our so-called public servants is that they join the government hoping to make money out of it and to enjoy the perks and privileges that often go with the position. Thus, after every presidential election, supporters of the winning candidate jockey for so-called juicy positions, such as directorship in government-owned and controlled corporations. The government… Read More »