“For to travel is always, in some sense, to learn. What we don’t know yet, is to be found Elsewhere.” – Hugh Kenner, The Elsewhere Community (1998). By Rey Moreno My name is Samuel “Rocky” Magtaka. My first name was not an accident. My parents were deeply religious Catholics, so were my grandparents and also my ancestors who… Read More »
Written by Scott Dion Brown Fresh off her stellar performance as Paige Aquino in Netflix’s Tiny Pretty Things, Filipino-Canadian Nicole Huff will once again be returning to the screen, this time in a guest starring role as Alina Taylor on CBC’s Pretty Hard Cases. The new action-packed series stars Meredith MacNeill and Adrienne C. Moore as detectives who… Read More »
by Mary Ellinelle Villareal Parreno Sa mga CANADIAN CITIZEN, ano ang pakiramdam na ang nanloko sa iyo ay UNDOCUMENTED pala sa Canada. I realize na ang mga taong walang status ang siya pang may makapal na mukha mag assure sa pamilya ng mga citizen na for 20 to 40 years na kaya nilang papuntahin dito ang mga kamag-anak… Read More »
by Mary Ellinelle Villareal Parreno Iyong mga nagyayabang diyan sa enchanted village,itaas niyo pa ng konti ang RANGE ha..Bakit? Kung magyayabang ka na MAYAMAN ka at alam ng lahat ng tao sa palibot mo na WALA KANG TRaBAHO, ano ang labas mo niyan? Maliban lang kung BOBO at hindi nakakaintindi ang nasa palibot mo. Meron bang mayaman na… Read More »
By Dr. Freddie Obligacion After Philippine President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III delivered his final state-of-the-nation address, Philippine Senator Grace L. Poe, had this to say in an interview, “All of the important and key [officials in his administration] who come out with tough decisions are women. So I am grateful to the President for seeing the potential… Read More »
(A three-act play) When reading or listening about the life of Jesus, the greatest story ever told, I keep wondering what the conversations would be like. This three-act play is meant to do just that. For its historical context, I refer to the Four Gospels of the New Testament. The characters, therefore, are real, but the conversations are… Read More »
The Life of a Little Boy Growing Up in the ’50s. By: Edwin de Leon In this season of gift-giving, as usual, I gave books to some select friends. In keeping with my practice not to give anything too controversial ( nothing like a Harpur (religion ) or anything to do with Lying King Trump), it would be more… Read More »
By Freddie Rabelas Obligacion, Ph.D. The Pasig River, one of the major Philippine river systems, connects Laguna de Bay to Manila Bay. Spanning 25.2 kilometers (15.7 miles), it bisects the Philippine capital of Manila and its surrounding urban area into northern and southern halves. Its major tributaries are the Marikina River and San Juan River. The total drainage basin of Pasig River, including the basin of Laguna de Bay, covers… Read More »
“When we are kind, it makes us happy. It makes us think less about ourselves.” Jonathan Reckford, Our Better Angels, (2019) In the waiting room of a small clinic, where I await patiently for my wife to come out from her yearly medical check-up, I hear a commotion going on in a room designated for blood testing. A… Read More »