I was hoping that with the coming of the Chinese Lunar Year of the Earth Pig on February 5, I would be kicking off this column with that figurative celebratory blast, through a pompous display of imaginary firecrackers. What else to start this column on a cheerful note? It’s the Day of Hearts and Love on February 14!… Read More »
It seems there is no limit to what the Duterte administration would do to show to its followers that it is serious in making good his promise to combat illegal drugs, crime, and corruption. After sending thousands of mostly young and poor Filipinos to their graves in its bloody and brutal drug war, the administration now wants to… Read More »
February earmarks the month of love for Valentine’s Day falls on the 14th day. Did you that from the ‘40s to early ‘50s, several showbiz love teams culminated in their marital knots? The top couple then in the late ‘40s to early ‘50s were the late actor-singer Pancho Magalona and Tita Duran who started as a child actress.… Read More »
Q. Hi. On 2002, my grandfather and grandmother donated a 10-hectare property to me, my siblings and my mother as our exclusive paraphernal properties with them retaining and reserving the right of usufruct. They also gave us a 7-hectare property through a deed of sale executed by my uncle in consideration of P100,000 only and paid by my… Read More »
Q. Nakapag asawa po ako ng foreigner, pero devorce na kami since 2014 clear na po dito sa Dubai court yong devorce namin at napa authenticate ko na rin sa Dubai embassy dito sa United Arab Emirates (UAE) . Pero diyan sa Pilipinas hindi pa daw clear yon ang sabi ng DFA, Kinasal kami by Muslim rites abroad.… Read More »
Trivia: For many decades megastar Sharon Cuneta has been endeared to countless people around her, especially close chums out of her unique yet pleasant personality. This writer can attest to it, out of our durable friendship. With the resounding box office of her screen comeback via Three Words to Forever and the touchingly joyous celebration of her birthday… Read More »
O It’s simply incomprehensible why a country that’s exporting workers in the millions would open its doors to foreign workers in jobs that Filipinos could easily fill. It’s like importing mangos when you are one of the world’s biggest producers of that fruit. So we ask: Why is the Philippines opening up its labor market to foreign workers,… Read More »
American writer Max Ehrmann’s famous prose-poem Desiderata (1927) states with finality: And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.… Read More »
Widower Impong Tasyo (IT for short) is very fascinated with his techno gizmo, the latest cellular phone-camera-recorder (CPCR) he got as a gift from his son during his 71st birth anniversary a few weeks ago. Quivering fingers that insisted on moving elsewhere after his mind has coaxed it to press either a green or red icon never deterred… Read More »
In an obviously knee-jerk reaction to another case involving the smuggling of billions of pesos worth of shabu through the Bureau of Customs, President Duterte ordered last week the placement of the corrupt agency under military control. Fuming mad over the recently discovered P11-billion shabu shipment that escaped the scrutiny of Customs personnel, Duterte also placed the entire… Read More »