HELLO, TORONTO! A WEEK AFTER THE Philippine President’s State of the Nation address where he enumerated his leadership’s accomplishments and his vision for the country in the near future, most Pinoys remain aglow with inspiration- ‘May bukas pa,’ we utter as we hope that we will feel the boon of progress in our very own homes where we… Read More »
One of the things I am very thankful about in coming to Canada was the opportunity to see much of the whole wide world. I started about four years after living abroad. Every other year I visited my mother in the Philippines and in the alternate year I joined two week tours to different countries in the world.… Read More »
Many of the forecasted events through the vision are now coming into reality. Many of these are forthcoming events that we need to know so we can be aware and be prepared. AVV712 The major flooding and the several events that happened in our country and all over the world were predicted. Those who are aware of it… Read More »
Lost in the jubilation over the conviction of Chief Justice Renato Corona and the national anger over the “greatest boxing heist” that led to the loss of boxing icon Manny Pacquiao to Tim Bradley was the recent revelation by retired Archbishop Oscar M. Cruz that jueteng, the scourge of many Filipino families, has actually flourished under the Aquino… Read More »
“[T]he Filipino … is worth dying for because he is the nation’s greatest untapped resource.” — The late Sen. Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., New York, Aug. 4, 1980 CHICAGO (jGLi) – When martyred and Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” S. Aquino, Jr. delivered a soliloquy before the Asia Society in New York in 1980, he posited himself the question: is… Read More »
In a dramatic entry into the Chief Justice selection derby, Secretary of Justice Leila de Lima claimed that she’s a strong candidate for the Supreme Court’s much-coveted top position. Claiming experience and independence, De Lima sought guidance from the Lady of Manaoag, who she believes gave Her blessings. De Lima said that she struggled whether or not to… Read More »
Two years since promising to lift the people from poverty and social abyss through the “daang matuwid,” it seems, as pointed out by a Manila bishop, the journey has reached a dead end. It seems the straight path has become a circuitous route that is only leading the country back to where it started two years ago. Aside… Read More »
Last July 1, 2010, Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III, assumed the presidency of the Philippines. What has he done in his first two years in office? Aquino has kept his campaign promise to go after former government officials who stole the people’s money and abused their power. He has sicced the powers and forces of government on past… Read More »
You may call me party pooper, but I dare ask whether majority of Pinoys in this part of the world still have the same hunger for things associated with the homeland. Things have changed and with it came change in attitude. Those that were valued twenty years ago have faded, if not completely gone, from the radar screen… Read More »
If somebody accuses me of something, it better be of sleeping with their daughter. Hopefully, the daughter is beautiful. After all, I have an image to maintain even if it is not true. Two, if it is not true and the daughter is beautiful, she better sleep with me and then, they can accuse me. – Joey Baking,… Read More »