Making Life worth living despite the biggest Storm by Tess Cusipag Holy Week makes you reflect on your past activities and all the storms that you encountered and how you survived. In 2018, I published a story written by the late Carlos Padilla where we got sued by the late senator Tobias Enverga. On the process, Carlos Padilla… Read More »
It is mid-Holy Week as we go to press. It makes us look back to this story about Gloria Romero. In 1954, the Dramatic Philippines was having a hard time looking for an actress for the role of Virgin Mary in Martir Sa Golgota, a Lenten offering based on the life and passion of Jesus Christ. Gloria Romero… Read More »
Braso, maghunos-dili ka. Konting panahon na lang at tuturukan ka na naman. Libre na nga ang injection, aatungal ka pa? Pang-apat na yan. At ang dahilan, tulad ng nakaraan, ay pampalakas ng katawan. Haskang laguta! Tayo ba’y nagiging bakunadik na? ***** Sunod-sunod na naman ang mahaba’t malakas na sirena. Ayaw ko nang sumilip sa bintana at sundan ng… Read More »
No Seniors Left Behind Among those people who suffers the greatest brought about by the invasion of Ukraine are women and children, but the older people are the most vulnerable to die because of the war. Older people, including people with disabilities, are often unable to flee from conflict and are left alone without family or their wider… Read More »
For the first time this morning (after maybe over 6 or more months?) birds were heard chirping again in the garden. After all these talks of nuclear war and conflict, it’s a relief to still be alive and hear nature singing their song. Going through life one day at a time is a credo that keeps me calm… Read More »
Buhay nga naman. Hindi ko mapigilan si misis sa kayayawyaw sa never-ending pagtaas ng presyo ng pagkain at bilihin. Hindi ko maintindihan si Kuya Badong kung bakit laging nakasimangot sa bilis akyat-bagal baba ng halaga ng gasolina. Hindi ko maipinta ang mukha ni Ate Marites tuwing tumataas ang renta. Hindi ko na rin tiyak kung paurong at pasalungat… Read More »
When we live thousands of miles away from family, food always offers a sense of belonging. Last March 21, the Philippine Consulate invited us to do a culinary trip back home. It was truly a yummy/vibrant presscon announcing Canada’s first-ever Filipino Restaurant Month! The participating restaurants of the evening (B’s Sizzling Chicken, FV Foods, Wilson Haus of… Read More »
LAST MARCH 21, 2022, President Joe Biden gave a speech in which he used the phrase “New World Order.” “Now is the time when things are shifting. We’re going to — there is going to be a new world order out there, and we’ve got to lead it. And we’ve got to unite the rest of the free… Read More »
IN APRIL 2013, I wrote a column titled “Nuclear Blackmail,” where I talked about North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un’s saber rattling, threatening to send nuclear ballistic missiles to the United States and Guam. Although nothing came out of Kim’s threat to send nuclear missiles to the U.S., it brought to the forefront of geopolitics the notion that… Read More »
For a change, I’d like to meet someone who disagrees with me when I agree with him. Or one who swiftly crosses the line and finds me eager to shake his hand because he has taken my side. Best of all, I need to see somebody who complains and shouts so loud to later discover that his dentures… Read More »