Scenario: Failure of elections
On May 10, an historic political exercise will pick the next Philippine president via the first computerized automated election.
Hopefully, this will do away with the primitive manual counting of ballots that take days. Weeks or even months before any results are known, a tortuous process that has led to widespread cheating, violence [...]
AFTER 24 years, historic EDSA I peaceful revolution that kicked out 20-years of Marcos hard rule and dictatorship, remains the pillar which restored democracy in the Philippines. It is still a jewel among family of nations although..slowly losing its luster.
Today, after four presidents and a fifth to be elected…….. pundits, new generation Filipinos and historians [...]
In the course of our journey as journalists, we have witnessed heels and heroes changed the course of history, as in the Marcos years and in the redeeming people Power EDSA revolution of 1986.
We rubbed elbows with rogues and criminals; clinked champagne glasses with the high and the mighty or shared “tagays “ of cheap [...]
Many Filipino-Canadian organizations are good fund raisers. In fact, at the drop of a hat they could hold events..Concerts, dinner-dances or raffles and come up with thousands of dollars for their recipients, real or imagined.
Now, let’s see if we could use their expertise in the current efforts to rehabilitate earthquake-stricken Haiti.
Let’s repay the kindness of [...]
Now its out in the open. After weeks of speculations, rumors and innuendoes, a Toronto-based Filipino-Canadian promoter had confirmed
That “mismanagement of funds before and after the shows “ was the cause why the legendary Juan De La Cruz band was not fully paid of their talent fees.
The iconic band, composed of Jose “Pepe “ Smith, [...]
Our top news story of the year 2009 is of course the Maguindanao massacre of November 23, the mass murder of some 57 innocent civilians including 31 journalists masterminded allegedly by one of the most powerful political warlords of Mindanao, a close ally of the lame duck president Gloria Arroyo.
This brutal and heinous crime has [...]
A sweet victory for Filipina nannies and to every foreign worker in Canada. One year after the death of Juan Tejada, she was vindicated for her passionate advocacy of the so-called Juan Tejada law seeking an exemption to taking a second medical test as a pre-requisite to becoming a permanent resident here in Canada.
And Juana [...]
It was only weeks ago in November that the Filipino was the toast of the world in the persons of Manny Pacquiao and CNN Hero of the year Efren Penaflorida.
This did not last long as the glory was obliterated by a grisly incident that would shake the nation and the entire world.
The Maguindanao massacre has [...]
It was ominous and clear as day…. The November issue of the iconic Time Magazine, in its Asia edition had him as the cover ….an honor only afforded rulers of state, pop stars like Michael Jackson and even the Philippines’ Icon of Democracy” the late president Corazon Aquino.
Matter of fact, Manny Pacquiao is the [...]
In ignoring or bypassing recommendations and proposed changes to the Live-in Caregiver program (among them the Juana Tejada Law), Immigration Minister Jason Kenney tried to explain the his government’s position by saying the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) “is developing options for other improvements to the Live-In Caregiver Program (LCP)’ He further stated “ the [...]
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