ALDEN, MAINE ON NEW ISSUE

Alden Richards’ actor-best friend Kristoffer Martin created a stir among Alden-Maine Mendoza followers. Recently, Kristoffer posted a tweet that hurting a woman is a disgrace which Aldub loyalists interpreted as ‘patutsada niya kina Alden at Maine.” They lambasted him for that but sans admitting he referred it to Alden, Kristoffer sort of drossed to say sorry to the… Read More »

Go ahead, bully, punch us some more

  What happened to you, Harry?   University of the Philippines professor Danny Arao asked this question recently as he questioned presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s 180-degree turn on issues pertaining to press freedom and human rights. Arao reminded Roque, his friend and colleague, that he championed press freedom and human rights before he accepted the position defending President… Read More »

Cheer Up!

As they say, all legs lead to PyeongChang, South Korea; and all eyes and ears are glued to this county (population: about 45,000; elevation: 750 meters) in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region.       But other than being an ideal site for the Winter Olympics that began on February 9 and will run… Read More »

THE BIG FISH THAT GOT AWAY

CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – I don’t blame some of our kababayans (country mates) if they decide for themselves in handling discrimination cases against their employers instead of reaching out to some local community civil rights groups, like the ubiquitous American Civil Liberties Union or the Asian Pacific American Pacific Legal Center (APALC), before locking up on a lawyer that… Read More »

Worldwide Women’s March

Last weekend was the second annual “Women’s March,” featuring a lot of profane anti-Trump signs and rants about the rights women have lost, but precious few details about what those might be. Even some older feminists are starting to question the point of recent feminist actions that are actually setting women back in the workplace and that seem… Read More »

Power is an addiction

MANILA Power is so addictive, those who hold it want to keep it as long as possible. This early Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s people are laying the groundwork for a possible extension of his term. Earlier presidents tried to stay beyond their terms. Fidel Ramos’ drumbeaters made an attempt but they did it too late. It was already… Read More »

Racism has no place in America

“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” This repulsive comment did not come from the mouth of a Ku Klux Klan member or a known neo-Nazist, but the leader of a nation made great by people from all races and from all over the world, including those who came from countries US President… Read More »

A RACIST ACT FOR ROBIN?

  In the recent airing of Pilipinas Got Talent, Robin Padilla who’s one of the judges stirred a brouhaha . A Korean Jiwan Kim who was a contestant sort of enraged Robin. He reprimanded the Korean that the fact the latter has stayed in the Philipines for 10 years, he should know how to speak the Filipino language.… Read More »

Lots of Ways to Say I Love You

Behind the silver screen, professional sports, high-level politics, so on and so forth – locally and internationally, calls to uphold gender equality and dignity, due protection against dehumanization of all sorts and women empowerment have been espoused and heard.        The movement has expanded. Support groups have mushroomed. At the most, (e.g. #MeToo, #It’s Never Okay and others) have… Read More »