CHICAGO (jGLi) – Without mentioning his predecessor and patron, the late President Cory Aquino by name, former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos took exception to this column, for blaming him for not providing legal assistance “to help in the early defense of the case of (Flor) Contemplacion.” In an email to this columnist, Mr. Ramos’ spokesman, Atty. Nick… Read More »
Philippine President Benigno Aquino’s term doesn’t end until 2016. And yet, the vice president, Jojo Binay, has already been campaigning for the top office. Binay was a surprise winner in the 2010 elections, He came from nowhere to beat Mr. Aquino’s running mate, former senator Mar Roxas, scion of an elite family. Today, Binay and his people are… Read More »
In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king’s wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about… Read More »
For all its years of successes, trail-blazing and league-leading, a few attempts to break new ground that fell short of expectations won’t faze Mabuhay Festival a bit. It remains in top spot among the Filipino community’s cultural extravaganza and trade shows in the Greater Toronto Area. So says a cross section of community members that we polled up… Read More »
I am not a sports fan. Neither is I an athlete. When I was a kid, I remember that the games I joined in were only “piko” and “bahay-bahayan” The other kids did not want me to join even in “taguan”. They said I was weak-kneed, “lampa”. When I came to Canada, I noticed how important sports are… Read More »
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff. ~Ambrose Bierce LONDON – Rock star egos, swelled heads, power trips, petty rivalries, deliberate lying – they all converged in one occasion that guaranteed failure for the top Filipino community event in Toronto this last weekend of July. Witnesses who attended what should have… Read More »
The country tries to get back to normalcy after the monsoon rain floods of last week. There is serious effort from Malacanang to execute flood control plans that have ‘slept’ in government office filing cabinets for many years- cisterns, dikes and dams for the most- heavily flooded areas during the rainy seasons. Meantime, for the more urgent concerns,… Read More »
Member, Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada (NEPMCC) The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff. ~Ambrose Bierce LONDON – Rock star egos, swelled heads, power trips, petty rivalries, deliberate lying – they all converged in one occasion that… Read More »
In the 1886 novel, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” the author Robert Louis Stevenson wrote about strange occurrences between Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde. As the story goes, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were two personalities within one person or commonly known as “split personality.” In recent years, China – or her government… Read More »
“Be a listening Church,” a professor of Jesuit-run Ateneo de Manila University, Mary Racelis, said on Sunday as she appealed to irate bishops to “listen to the laity who understand what the families and the women from the grassroots are going through.” Racelis was reacting to the adamant protests of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)… Read More »