In my more than five decades as a movie writer-pro, I can’t help but recall my cherished memories of showbiz figures I’ve worked with. They did initiate my betterment in growth as a person and in the writing-PR profession. In my tyro years as a publicist, the late top actress Nida Blanca was the first I handled as… Read More »
BY: EDWIN DE LEON A couple of recent commentaries about our scientific aptitude ( Mangahas, PDI, Skepticism About Science, Dec. 15; de Jesus, PDI, Filipinos Becoming Scientifically Illiterate, Jan. 5 ) brings to the fore multiple correlations of our level of education, religiosity, and poverty rates. Our skepticism about science, at 48%, is second out… Read More »
By the time this June 16-31, 2019 issue of your favorite Balita hits the streets, Jurassic Park has closed. The wining and whining will have long ended. Toronto’s downtown core is back to its usual self. However, the city does not forget summer, which will usher in itself in a few days. Toronto is a city of more… Read More »
Q. Hi Attorney, Good Day! I was able to read a blog on the internet and with this I hope you can help us with your opinion on how we will proceed on our scenario. The affected individual is already 22 years old. Her biological father (PPP) and mother are not married. Her biological father did the paper… Read More »
Vico: The David who slew Goliath Grace Poe: “ Go Negosyo centers to support livelihood projects” by baby k. jimenez The amazing triumph of newly-elected Mayor Vico Sotto, who had just toppled a nearly three-decades-long reign of the Eusebios in Pasig City now becomes the modern day story of David vs. Goliath in pinoy politics. “It may… Read More »
Trivia: Unexpectedly, the entire Estrada family’s failure to win at the election 2019 caught many disgruntled. From its patriarch Joseph Estrada, his sons Jinggoy and JV, nephews ER Ejercito, Gary Estrada and granddaughter Jerika, all of them lost in their bids in the political arena. Admittedly, this writer shared the same sentiment, having been attached to the Estradas.… Read More »
From up high, Dr. James Naismith would surely be smiling and be so proud to witness how far basketball has evolved in his native land. Born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada on November 6, 1861, Naismith invented basketball in 1891, a year after moving from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec to the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts,… Read More »
BY BABY K. JIMENEZ The fanatics screamed, cried, clapped thunderously as the youthful dashing and slim Da Third gyrated his hips, bent his legs sometimes throwing them apart in a semi-jump to land on the floor synching to the famous Motown beat. “I’m doin’ fine, up here on cloud nine, Listen one more time I’m doin’ fine,… Read More »
By Maria CJ De Villa The $678,000 worth of questionable payables from 2017 will now be the subject of a June 6, 2019 Special Membership Meeting. The Filipino Centre Toronto (FCT) Board is expected to address the many unresolved issues arising from payables that include compensation payments to Directors and Officers of the Board. It has become such… Read More »
Trivia: Aside from top stars this writer handled as their publicist, through my scribe-pals in the ‘60s, ‘70s, I was given the chance to work, be closed with other actors known for their athletic skills. With his acting comeback in the TV top rater Ang Probinsyano, Rey Malonzo made me recall our working relationships. Through veteran pen pusher-PR… Read More »