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 »
The world has indeed become one global village, as the late Canadian philosopher and scholar Herbert Marshall McLuhan had predicted 30 years before the creation of the World Wide Web or what we now know as the internet. In the Sixties, McLuhan wrote in his book “The Gutenberg Galaxy” that the visual, individualistic print culture would soon be… Read More »
When was the last time that a death of one man affected the day-to-day lives of ordinary people — globally? I am not referring to Steve Jobs of Apple fame. It couldn’t be him. Not everyone on this planet has an iPhone, iPad or an iPod; nor could everyone afford a Mac notebook, either. I am talking of… Read More »
MANILA Will former President Gloria Arroyo be spending Christmas in jail? It’s a possibility. Some six legal cases have been lodged against Arroyo since leaving office end-June 2010. Most of them are for plunder which, legally defined, is the theft of the people’s money worth at least P50 million while in office. I had visualized when Arroyo was… Read More »
Last October 10, Canada just celebrated Thanksgiving Day! Indeed, Canadians have a lot to thank for. Unlike other countries, Canada has been spared from the wrath of economic recession. Newfoundland, with its oil and mineral wealth, has grown strong during this period. In fact, this province has maintained its “have” status despite the many challenges besetting other places.… Read More »
In the past few weeks, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and House Speaker Sonny Belmonte have been pushing for Congress to convene itself into a constituent assembly to introduce amendments to the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Less than 10 months ago, Belmonte would have none of it. He said then that the cha-cha was not among the priorities of… Read More »
MANILA The Philippines has been in the global news lately because of the exposes on the plunder and corruption wrought by the past administration of Gloria Arroyo. Recent news has cast us as a nation of thieves and cheats who take every opportunity to grab a quick buck at the expense of the public treasury. The exposes point… Read More »
So you think the worst is over for typhoon season in the Philippines? Although the trio of “Pedring”, “ Quiel “ and “Ramon “, all destructive tropical cyclones that slammed hard the country and caused unprecedented and massive flooding in many parts of the islands, barely left land, don’t expect the end of the regular storm season for… Read More »
Nito na lang mga nakaraang mga araw natutuyo ang mga lansangan dito sa Metromanila- kainis lumabas ng bahay to commute- puddles of remaining floodwaters can still be seen from the malimit ay ukang aspalto ng mga kalye, hmp! Maputik naman in roads that are not asphalted or cemented.dagdag pa ditto is carrying a folding umbrella- just to make… Read More »