As an aging journalist, I rarely find myself attending big community events these days, but the recent Hotdog Band concert at the Toronto Pavilion drew me in. Before the show began, I walked around the venue—and what I saw genuinely surprised me. The whole place pulsed with life. Vendors sold everything from desserts, barbecue, and coffee to condo… Read More »
Lahat naman tayo ay may karapatan magbago Sabi nga hindi pa ito ang katapusan ng mundo Para isipin ikakaganda ng buhay mo Kaya ngayon atin nang simulan ito Marami tayong pagkakamali sa ating buhay Mga desisyon na sa emosyon ibinabatay Kaya sa maling desisyon marami ang nadadamay Iyan ang dapat nating baguhing tunay Minsan akala lahat natin tayo… Read More »
Wala tayong magagawa kung sila ay pauuwiin na Lalo na kung mga papel nila ay expired na Kaysa naman sila ay mahuli pa Na nagtatrabaho ng illegal para kumita Sumubok sila na dito ay pumunta Makipagsalaran baka sakaling magkapapel sila Pero dahil nagbago patakaran ng Canada Dahil sa mga abusadong dito ay nagpunta Ang pagpunta nila dito ay… Read More »
Our apartment is located near a nursing home and retirement facility. Each day, I see elderly people—some walking slowly with canes, others being gently pushed in wheelchairs by their caregivers. For the first time, I truly notice how fragile the human body can become. Some struggle just to take a few steps. Watching them, I silently remind myself:… Read More »
“Touch ‘em all, Joe, you’ll never hit a bigger home run in your life!” — Tom Cheek, the play-by-play radio announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays, during Game 6 of the 1993 World Series. There’s nothing like going euphoric over a sports team, especially if you are emotionally invested in their winning ways. So in the 2025 season,… Read More »
Ni Edwin Esteba Taon taon tayo ay dinadalaw ng kalamidad Pigilan tayo ba ay may kapasidad? Pagbaha sa mga lalawigan at siyudad kalunos lunos na resulta ang tumambad Masyado nating binababoy ang kalikasan Kapaligiran ginagawang basurahan Pagputol ng mga kahoy sa kagubatan Mga pagkaquary dapat iwasan Climate change nga ba ang dahilan? Kaya bagyo lindol laging nariyan Ito… Read More »
CREATIVE LICENCE by Roberto Lavidez A staunch rejectionist of western imposed culture on his Malayan roots as he often proclaims to his foreign audiences, Lav Diaz venturously brings the very subject of colonization thru none other than a biopic of the explorer Magellan himself, the one whose name in history books has been touted as the ‘discoverer’ of… Read More »
Marami ang naghahangad makapunta ng Canada Sa anumang paraan sinusubukan nila Kaya maswerte kung may kamag anakan ka Handa kang tulungan upang dito ay makapunta Isang sugal iyong iisponsoran ka Dahil hindi namin alam magiging resulta May mga tinulungan na naging pasaway pa Sa bandang huli masama ka pa Marami na akong mga nabalitaan Na meron silang mga… Read More »
There is a big night for music lovers who want to relive and celebrate the iconic songs of the 1970s, known as Manila Sound, first introduced in the Philippines by the well-known Hotdog Band. Some of the popular songs influenced by the so-called Manila Sound are Pers Lab, Ikaw ang Miss Universe ng Buhay Ko and Annie Batungbakal—and… Read More »
“When you cannot see where you are going, when you do not know your final destination, every hour is its own eternity.” —Tess Gerritsen, Playing with Fire. In A Perfect World, people will love one another, be kind and welcome differences, share the bounties of the earth. But we are not perfect and this flaw in our nature… Read More »