Even during his early years in showbiz, Aga Muhlach didn’t deny that many tried to convince him to enter politics. Though he had oftentimes campaigned for politician-friends, he never succumbed to that tempting offer. “It’s exciting, more demanding and challenging than an actor’s life. But I’ve to admit I’m not made for that stuff. Perhaps someday when I’m… Read More »
I felt very sad when I heard that the Toronto City Council scrapped the funding for the High Park Zoo. What that gravy? The children and the parents who are often visitors to this small zoo did not demonstrate at Toronto City Hall. They gathered together and tried to raise the $100,000 needed until the end of the… Read More »
News report says that Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago is “poised to move to cite for contempt public opinion poll makers Pulse Asia and the Social Weather Station for conducting their March surveys asking respondents to give their take on the guilt or innocence of the accused in the ongoing impeachment trial.” “The accused,” the report continues, “as one would… Read More »
When the “noynoying” concept went viral, Malacanang spokesmen pointed to President Noynoy Aquino’s high approval ratings to stress that those who were “noynoying” during protests and rallies do not reflect the sentiment of the Filipino people. Now that the latest Social Weather Station survey showed that his net approval rating has dropped by nine percentage points, the Palace… Read More »
Q. I have a couple of questions for you: I married my Filipino fiancé (a widower) but we knew each other since we were young). We got married in Toronto last November in a civil ceremony. I have never been married before. He lives in Calamba City. I am a Canadian citizen living in Toronto since 1993. He… Read More »
“Forty percent of all male tourists who visit the Philippines go there for sex.” The American ambassador to the Philippines, a guy named Harry Thomas, made this statement sometime ago. On the heels of the ensuing uproar among discerning Filipinos over his imprudent remarks, Thomas apologized. It appears he apologized just to quell the Filipinos’ anger. He apologized… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) –In the incredible search for truth by the Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), it resulted in an unintended consequence – its unlikely alliance with Filipinos’ enemy No. 1 – American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. I am very sure, I am speaking with authority, that not a single Filipino with a drop of Filipino blood… Read More »
“I prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos to government run like heaven by Americans.” Manuel L. Quezon Indeed, since the granting of independence in 1946, Philippines has been run like hell by Filipinos. In fairness, Quezon made that appeal to convince the United States that it was high time for the Filipinos to govern the country… Read More »
By Alejandro B. Ibay These thoughts are really not about winning the three digits Lotto, in any order. The results can end up five-three-one or three-five-one. It’s the three highest odd numbers in Philippines officialdom. Which number comes first and which comes last or gets defeated in a few days or months matters not to many people but… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – Silence did not figure as too golden for Filipino American caregiver Carmelita Pasamba when she suddenly found a “new wealth” from her forgetful elderly ward Marshall F. Davies, 93, who could no longer “tell his age or day of the week.” Instead of keeping everything to herself and becoming a full-time caregiver to Mr. Davies,… Read More »