REEL PERSPECTIVE by Joyne Lavides Part 1 The streets of downtown Toronto will once again ablaze with spectacle and buzz with excitement come September 4th until the 14th, 2025. This Ontario film capital will roll out the brightest red carpet to welcome filmmakers, actors, industry professionals, and press people from around the world. Though these luminaries will come… Read More »
One day, it was so cold here in Toronto; the temperature was at 10 °C, but with the strong wind, the weather was quite chilly. To pass the time, I decided to listen to our very own Original Pilipino Music (OPM); these songs were enough to warm me up. While I was enjoying listening to these Filipino songs,… Read More »
Bawat isa ramdam ko ang inyong paghihirap Kaya lahat tayo ay nagsusumikap Pero minsan hindi pa rin sapat Kaya gumagawa ng paraan ang lahat Pero may mga taong iba talaga Sa pangungutang palagi umaaasa Akala mo palaging may patago sila Pero napakahirap na singilin sila Sila ay iyong pinagbibigyan Dahil baka talaga kailangan Utang na kalimutan Sa bandang… Read More »
by Joyne Lavides TIFF50 Toronto International Film Festival September 4-14, 2025 Turning 50 in a grandiose domain of showbusiness dredging in elegance, fame, and pomposity seems fitting for one festival organization that has auspiciously brought and showcased thousands of films from around the world to Toronto audiences. Since its inception in 1976, this group’s own backstory mirrors a… Read More »
Though we are thousands of miles away from the Philippines, we Filipinos, who live in Toronto and elsewhere in Canada, feel as if we have not left our home after all, and the country of our birth. Why? Well, let me tell you how most of us spend our days making a living in this newly adopted country.… Read More »
By: Rodel Ramos The National Hero of the Philippines, Dr. José P. Rizal, was the conscience and intellectual spark of the Philippine nation. His life, works, and death awakened Filipino nationalism and played a pivotal role in the eventual achievement of Philippine independence. Filipinos in Canada are proud of their national hero, and his legacy will forever live… Read More »
“Time is an eraser leaving the board of consciousness blank. Only chalk marks of thought and feeling remain…Stories and poems are their maker…They are what he thought and felt when he crafted them.” — Teodoro M. Locsin, Trial & Error [Preface]. I wasn’t much of a reader then. But our house would have reading materials such as books… Read More »
Fortune telling is so popular these days because most people want to know if they would have some success in life — having stable jobs, doing right career moves, making good in their businesses, finding the right married mates and the wishes go on ad infinitum. And to peer into their future, they would usually consult… Read More »
Ni Edwin Esteba Ang bisyong ito ay walang mabuting maidudulot Sa buhay natin ito ay isang salot Ang pera ng iyong kalaban hindi mo mahahakot Kapag ikaw ay natalo napakalungkot Noong una ako ay tuwang tuwa sa panalo Kaya linggo linggo ako ay nasa casino Akala ko wala nang katapusan ito Pero sunod sunod dumanas ako ng pagkatalo… Read More »
Sarap sa pakiramdam Mawala mga agam agam Iyon bang kailangan nating maglibang Upang sa buhay hindi tayo mahibang Wala na tayong ginawa kung hindi magtrabaho Sarili naman natin dapat inaasikaso Dahil nagkakaedad na tayo Baka ang panahon hindi na pumabor sa iyo Kung sa buong buhay mo ikaw ay abala Hindi inisip na magpakaligaya Baka ngayon ang panahon… Read More »