Manny Pacquiao’s controversial win over his nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez is now the talk of the world, or more specifically the international sporting community. Mixed reactions ranged from “ It should have been a draw…. to Marquez won the fight..that Manny has lost his fighting form and was not the same fighter who dumped opponents like Hatton, Cotto,… Read More »
A worried reaction seems to betide the Gerald Anderson-Kim Chiu diehard followers. It’s the aftermath of the sudden popularity of Kim’s team up with Xian Lim in the TV series My Binondo Girl. Worldwide through the TFC of the Kapamilya network, not a few have been enthralled by the tandem. Perhaps, one reason could be attributed to their… Read More »
The “hawks “agitating for an all-out war against the Muslim secessionist group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Mindanao should reconsider their stand. The lessons of Jolo, Sulu should remind us those violent confrontations such as armed conflict produces neither winners nor losers. There is only loss of lives, damage to properties, displaced families and homes and other… Read More »
Q. On behalf of my brothers and sisters, I am writing to you as the surviving legitimate children of our late parents. We are all of legal age, married, citizens and residents of the Philippines, during the years of the demise of our parents. Our father died in 1972, while our mother died in 1987. They were both… Read More »
Real answers to some inquiries will lead to several more questions because the world of spirits overwhelms the man’s capacity to accept the vast mystery of the spiritual realm. AVV1011 There are certain urban legends that need to be answered in a truthful manner and within the parameters of the paranormal realms for better understanding. Here are three… Read More »
The church I belong to recently hosted an interfaith gathering. The subject of the presentations was water, its importance to man and the environment, and how the government takes care of its conservation. The program was arranged by an organization called “Mosaic”. The presentations which lasted for about two and a half hours were in two parts. The… Read More »
Balita was invited to a home in Scarborough where a group of about 20 Filipinos gathered to relate how they were victimized by Rowena Villanueva, the subject of a Toronto Star headline who cheated fellow Filipinos with by now more than a million dollars in total. So many victims have surfaced after the article came out. Dale Brazo,… Read More »
Toronto. – For his pioneering accomplishment as Filipino-Canadian journalist in Canada, Balita publisher Ruben Cusipag will be honoured with the “Life Achievement Award” at the Four Seasons Hotel on November 11. Melinda P. Rustia, The Kol Hope Foundation for Children president, said Cusipag will receive the award during the Foundation’s Presidential Ball. Kol Hope is an international foundation… Read More »
Recently, Malacañang announced that former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is free to travel to Germany to seek medical treatment. When presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda was asked if the Palace was worried Gloria might not return after President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III vowed to file the first government case against her in November, he said that it was up… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – When U.S. Congress passed more than a week ago the United States free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, I had a mixed feeling of enjoyment and depression. Actually, I feel envious that these countries that don’t have any “special” relations with the U.S. were able to wangle new trade partnerships with the… Read More »