“Sunlight is the best disinfectant.” ― William O. Douglas What a happy coincidence! The arrival of spring and the change in leadership in the Toronto Filipino community’s top organization. The season of rebirth comes and goes without fail, year in and year out. But up there in PIDC (Philippine Independence Day Council), the umbrella for “almost 300” community… Read More »
They’d rather endure the cold, the snow, the rain; the many risks along the slippery road; the wait and all the discomforts that come with being a commuter. When told to transfer to another bus because the one they’re in has just been ordered to short turn, the situation turns from bad to worse. From my experience, a… Read More »
Saying it obliquely is perhaps the most effective, least antagonistic manner to focus attention on some pernicious character traits that plague Filipino individuals and institutions. On Feb. 17, officials in Toronto announced the team-up of the Manila-based network giant ABS-CBN and UGAT (Ugnayan at Tulong para sa Maralitang Pamilya) Foundation in a world-wide search for Filipino organizations that… Read More »
Friendship is a sheltering tree. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge TORONTO – I had not known snow in its full, immaculate blast than in the last two years that I’ve been in Toronto. Sometime back in California, I had to give way to my curiosity out of a need to know what and how snow looked – quite trivial,… Read More »
No high-flying, controversial sexpots. No bitching. No back-stabbing. No wrangling over billeting. No foul-mouthed talents. No big-time promo. No imports from the homeland. No scene-stealing. No credit-grabbing. And, most important of all, no giant networks. Two concerts within a span of three weeks proved it can be done . . . without so much as interference with the… Read More »
This being my debut column in Balita, I’d like to thank the publishers and editors – Ruben Cusipag and Tess Cusipag – for inviting me to write for their paper. I grabbed the offer when Tess made it, knowing I can help in modest ways in promoting understanding and expanding knowledge through accurate and balanced presentation of information.… Read More »