Yes, President Benigno Aquino III wants his hand-picked senatorial bets to sweep the May 13 election and shut out the opposition with 12 wins and no losses. (PNoy is the president’s political nickname; Noynoy is his family nickname.) Will his wish come true? Not likely. Aquino has been doing the rounds of campaigning around the country and using… Read More »
CAROL STREAM, Illinois (FAXX/jGLi) – Unlike the father of Sorsogon re-electionist Sen. Francis “Chiz’ Escudero, who discouraged Chiz from running for elective office, the father of Escudero’s province mate, Loida Nicolas Lewis, groomed her in politics early in life. In fact, her father, Francisco J. Nicolas, gave her name recognition a head start while she was still a… Read More »
On April 24th, the Toronto Star carried on its upper fold the story of a dying caregiver, 44-year-old Maricon Gerente, who was granted the elusive permanent residence status. It was reported that it was no less than Minister Jason Kenney who decided to dispatch two immigration officers to Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital to fingerprint the unresponsive Gerente in exchange… Read More »
~ Some members refused to heed the warning by another member against electing a leftist sympathizer to head the local press association. So by a plurality of four votes, the left-leaning Hermie Garcia won the presidency, collecting 17 as against his rival’s 14, out of 47 members. A month and a half later, the publisher and editor of… Read More »
With the tour this month in Canada of the cast of Be Careful With my Heart, a top Kapamilya network TV series, much anticipated by the Pinoy communities, the teeners seem disappointed. Some of my acquaintances from Toronto and nearby places relayed why. They’ve echoed that the younger generation felt sullen that Janella Salvador and Jerome Ponce who… Read More »
Watching the video uploaded by Balita’s Romy Marquez gave me goose-bumps, more than goose-bumps. (And I thought my heart throbbing experiences were left in Manila.) It frightened me to watch three journalists aiming and shooting at each other using their tools of the trade, — still cameras and video cameras. It frightened me more to think why media… Read More »
Q. Hello Attorney, I am a foreign worker who moved to Alberta, Canada last June 2012. I wanted to consult you about the townhouse property of my late husband. This property was purchased through a developer through the PAG-IBIG housing fund. Since my husband was left in the Philippines, all the paper works were done by him and… Read More »
The debates at the Toronto City Council have been going on for a while now. The discussions have been heated lately. The mayor has definitely expressed his wholehearted approval of the plan to build a casino in Toronto. Those who advocate for said plan say that a casino will bring about $200M a year to Toronto and probably… Read More »
It was heartening to know that Philippine tourism continues to grow rapidly, with Secretary Ramon Jimenez reporting that a record 854,187 tourists visited the country in January and February this year, a 10-percent increase over the same period last year. In addition, Jimenez said that for the first time in many years, tourist arrivals breached the 400,000 monthly… Read More »