Part III: How the OFWs changed the Philippine socio-economic landscape The advent of Overseas Filipino Workers (or OFWs) came about during the downward spiral of the Philippine economy of the ‘70s. A foreign journalist observed, “the Filipinos were robbed blind.” OFWs economic impact: When the Philippine economy reached the cliff of near bankruptcy, the OWFs was like a… Read More »
Part II: The OFWs’ Life The advent of Overseas Filipino Workers (or OFWs) came about during the downward spiral of the Philippine economy of the ‘70s. A foreign journalist observed, “the Filipinos were robbed blind.” The Philippines is not only a country endowed with an abundance in natural resources, both land and sea, but also a sunny place… Read More »
Most people are anxious about the ongoing wars between Russia, Ukraine and Israel against Hamas in the Middle East, fearing that these wars might trigger the use of nuclear bombs in the arsenal of powerful countries. It’s an open secret that the US, Russia, China, and other countries have a vast stockpile of nuclear warheads, hundreds more potent… Read More »
33 years ago, November 17, 1990, Joe Mari Chan’s song Christmas in Our Hearts was released and has sold millions of copies, making it the all-time best-selling Christmas album. We are all excited here in this side of Canada to share an early Christmas celebration with Joe Mari and The Company this coming November 19 at Canada… Read More »
by Teresa Torralba One of the world’s most photographed natural landmarks was the site of a historic event in the Filipino Canadian community which took place on a drizzling Sunday afternoon of October 2023. The monument of the Philippine’s national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, will soon rise. It is to be nestled in the resplendent Niagara Parks overlooking… Read More »
Throwing away household stuff is a norm in our society; those things we slightly used before and some old stuff we’ve kept for years now we want to get rid of are usually found in garbage dumping areas or thrown in the streets. In North America, people sometimes keep buying goods at whims, and later, they replace them… Read More »
Ni Edwin Esteba Magaan sa damdamin ang makatulong ka Kahit sino pa sila kahit hindi mo kilala Dahil sabi nila kabutihan din ang ibabalik nila Pero hindi pala totoo, akala lamang pala Sa bawat pagtulong ko hindi ako humihingi ng kapalit Dahil hindi naman nila ako pinilit Taos sa puso ko ang magmalasakit Pero sa totoo hindi naman… Read More »
“There was no choice but to sit silently while history was narrated anew, no choice but to wait in a dumbly, unenthusiastic silence for the mocking dismantling of our old stories, until later when we could whisperingly remind each other what the plunderers had tried to steal from us.” – Abdulrazak Gurnah, Gravel Heart (2017). In one of… Read More »
by Teresa Torralba One of the world’s most photographed natural landmarks was the site of a historic event in the Filipino Canadian community which took place on a drizzling Sunday afternoon of October 2023. The monument of the Philippine’s national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, will soon rise. It is to be nestled in the resplendent Niagara Parks overlooking… Read More »
Once we hit puberty, along with the newly activated hormones and awakening libido, we begin to be preoccupied with romantic notions for whatever sexual orientation we may have. We begin not only to take an interest in the opposite sex albeit, even becoming obsessed with finding the right person. The person we imagine to be our gateway to… Read More »