We soared to the highest skies with Darna, swam into the deep blue seas with Dyesebel and lived again reincarnated as Maruja (“tunay kang pinagpala, sa yaman , sa ganda ay sagana”) They’re the top creations of the greatest Filipino comic writer/artist MARS RAVELO. I remember them days when we bought all the comics in a nearby store… Read More »
Profound realization: Sometimes, listening attentively to unending tales of woe brings relief. It’s nice to discover that you are running ahead of someone and a nasty bear. ***** Late post: Tatang tried to outrun aspiring bets in the latest polls. On the eve of the halalan, naghanap siya ng barya sa ilalim ng mesa. Kaso naumpog, utak ay… Read More »
Anyone can be mistreated or can fall as a victim of violence or domestic abuse. However, women and children are particularly vulnerable to domestic violence. In fact, every six days in Canada, a woman is slain by her partner, and one in five women experience a form of abuse in their spousal relationship (Statistics Canada, 2019). Domestic abuse… Read More »
All Souls Day is here and for people who lost their loved ones, it will surely be a day for remembering. For me, my late husband Ruben Cusipag, had been gone for over eight years, but his memories remain as fresh, as if it happened just yesterday. The Founder of Balita Newspaper, a journalist by heart, a social… Read More »
A community leader has been battling guilt and longing for a daughter that he has not seen for 40 years. The story of being young, falling in love at 24 years old, getting a girlfriend pregnant at an early age, faced the anger of the parents to the extent of hiding the girlfriend and their baby for years… Read More »
As millions of Filipinos celebrate November 1, All Saints Day, by honoring and remembering their loved ones who have passed on, I am reminded, in a moving and heartfelt way, of how a loving mother’s deep and boundless love for her daughter, who has passed on (in the prime of her life). She has kept her memory and… Read More »
“Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.” (First line of Desiderata, Max Ehrmann) ***** When the phone rings and an annoying caller ID reads Unknown Name, Private Name and anything of that sort, the call will definitely deserve a “no reply” and, sometimes, two unprintable words. I respect the… Read More »
According to the United Nations, around 50 million metric tons of electronic products are discarded every year. This weight is nearly equivalent to over 4,000 Eiffel towers. Electronic waste or E-waste is considered as the world’s fastest growing waste stream and the amount is expected to increase by over 1.1 million metric tons unless the trend is reversed.… Read More »
2 hours before Jaya and Jay-R’s concert last Saturday (Oct 22) at TD Pavilion, I did not have a ticket yet. But radio personality Ryan Orlanda who’s identified with singing celebs called me, “You have 2 tickets from me! Ikaw pa!” So I went! The last time I watched Jaya was 2017 here in Toronto, when she came… Read More »
For the past five months, my social media radar has included the mayoral and council candidates running in the upcoming Monday, October 24th, Toronto election. As I write this, there are less than three days left for candidates to explain why Toronto would be better off with them as mayor or on the city council. In this day… Read More »