After five months of seemingly endless battles and bombings, the Philippine military finally was able to declare an end to the hostilities in Marawi, the bloodiest and costliest military operation against terrorists or secessionists ever, even dwarfing the Battle of Jolo in 1974. The Battle of Jolo, which started when militant forces from the Moro National Liberation… Read More »
On October 24, I received news that one of my most respected colleagues in the newswire profession has passed — silently and unknown to many of those he worked with back in the day — at his hometown in Digos, Davao del Sur on December 9, 2016. In another month, his wife Anita and his family will… Read More »
Good evening Attorney. Can we still get our SSS pension when we reach the retirement age even if we are already Canadian citizens, or we need to apply for Dual Citizenship? Thank you very much and God bless! Sincerely, Melvin ANS: Hello Melvin, if you have reached the retirement age whether at 60 years optional,… Read More »
Hours after a lone gunman killed at least 59 people and injured 527 others in Las Vegas Sunday night, President Donald Trump called the attack “an act of pure evil,” adding that in moments of tragedy and horror, America comes together as one. He expressed grief and shock over the deadliest mass shooting in US history, praised… Read More »
MANILA Now the police here want to rehabilitate drug users in their “war” on drugs. That’s what they should have done in the first place. Here’s what the police did to start their war: They started rounding up drug users and pushers, killing thousands of them in the process. The international community was outraged, unbelieving that in this… Read More »
Since Kylie Padilla delivered her child by Aljur Abrenica, the latter confided that her dad Robin Padilla has not seen the baby. Aljur recounted to writer-pals that he brought the child at Robin’s digs but Robin allegedly refused to get out of his room. In any case, both Kylie and Aljur remain impervious about Robin’s act, with… Read More »
Two popular personalities Matt Evans and Tom Araullo under ABS-CBN said adieu to co-workers at ABS-CBN network.This triggered the talks that the two would soon transfer to GMA-7. Matt admits he has a new manager who maps out bigger plans him after his last appearance at the TV series Greatest Love. Matt guested at the Kapuso station… Read More »
Greetings. Hello atty. I would like to ask how will I be able to change the surname of my child. She is carrying his biological father’s surname. And we now live separate ways. Yes, he acknowledged my child. I have plans of getting married and my husband to be want to change his surname. Can we possibly… Read More »
It was a pathetic sight, to say the least. Shameless would be a more appropriate word to describe the photo showing the administration congressmen posing with the clenched fists associated with President Duterte to celebrate an even more revolting and shameless move to reduce the budget of the Commission on Human Rights to a mere P1,000. It was… Read More »
MANILA The so-called war on drugs here is finally showing everyone its futility and wrongness from the start. Society is finally being scandalized by the drug war’s brutality and ruthlessness. Citizens are finally realizing that it’s an unwinnable war with deplorable consequences. Giving the police carte blanche in pursuing the so-called war emboldened them so much, they don’t… Read More »