The declaration of support by US President Barack Obama for gay marriage last week has revived the long-drawn controversy over unions between two persons belonging to the same sex. For almost two years now, the gay marriage debate has been eerily quiet while both sides awaited the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth District… Read More »
I vividly remember what my father had shared with me when I was only in high school, life lessons that I still treasure to this day. At a young age, I realized that he valued a caring, supportive family, that he valued the important roles all mothers play. In his usual calm manner, he said, “I know that… Read More »
TORONTO – A handful of protesters, most of them Canadians of Filipino descent, marched in circles in a small fenced-off area near the Chinese consulate here on Friday (May 11) in a lackluster show of protest against the reported Chinese incursions in a contested shoal in the South China Sea. “China bully, China bully,” the less-than-two-dozen people shouted,… Read More »
The other contestants on American Idol should file a complaint against Jessica Sanchez for falsifying her age. There’s no way she’s only 16 years old. No one can be 16 and sing like that! By the time you’re reading this, American Idol (you know, that singing contest south of the border) will be very close to its finale,… Read More »
It was “International Night” in our church ten days ago, People of all ages and all colours of skin poured in from the five o clock m ass to the church social hall. More came in through the doors from outside. Those were coming from home. The sounds of voices of different accents, greeting one another, promised a… Read More »
The greatest healer that walked on earth is too unconventional yet so effective. He made dead people rise up from their death. He symbolizes the epitome of hope; in Him nothing is lost until one says so. AVV412 I am impressed and amazed of the power of healers. The miracle and the good it brings on man. But… Read More »
Filipinos love sweets! Some of my personal favourites are biko and leche flan. These memorable for me because of their sugary, palatable taste. Sweet foods have a reputation of being high in calories but yet so irresistible that you can’t just have one bite! For several decades now, food scientists and researchers have come up with other ways… Read More »
Those islets and shoals west of the Philippines have again come to the limelight with Philippine and Chinese vessels engaging in a battle of nerves over what both the Philippines and China claim to be their territories. The standoff began on April 8 when a Philippine Navy surveillance aircraft monitored eight Chinese fishing vessels anchored inside the Bajo… Read More »
It may not be so apparent but President Aquino is under siege from many sides. Observer wonders if he’ll survive for long. A reformist president will attract opposition, some virulent, sooner or later. Mr. Aquino ran under the banner of a crusade to clean up government, identify past plunderers and lock them up for a long time. Already… Read More »
”The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,” — Dick the Butcher in ”Henry VI,” Part II, act IV, Scene II, Line 73 of William Shakespeare CHICAGO (jGLi) – There are only very few Filipino American lawyers in the Chicago, Illinois community. But at the rate community lawyers are conducting their practice, this legal profession might… Read More »