Unlike other presidential candidates, with Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, you either like him or you don’t. There is not much gray area. It’s black or white, day or night. He is either the strong leader in the mold of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew who will reform the country the tough way, or the dangerous dictator who could… Read More »
Merry Christmas As we walked home under an umbrella on a late rainy afternoon not so long ago, my grandson excitedly told me: “Lolo, during the school assembly this morning, we sang a very nice song … that one from Michael Jackson … Heal the World.” “It goes like this: Heal the world. Make it a better place… Read More »
Politicians here are a smart breed. They can rationalize anything under the sun. Look at the people running for the two highest offices of the land in the national elections on May 2016. Under normal circumstances the pairings would be seen as either ludicrous, impossible or plain silly. Under normal circumstances, the players themselves wouldn’t team up… Read More »
By: Butch Galicia “Not the ending any of us wanted, but I’m so proud and thankful for all my teammates and staff. Thanks to all the fans for their support!” tweeted Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson, after the Jays flew home with wings clipped by a huge American League (AL) Championship Series loss to the Kansas… Read More »
Known as the City of Lights, Paris loves its nights. On Friday, tens of thousands of Parisians were out to enjoy the night – watching a friendly soccer game between Germany and France at the Stade de France, listening to an American band at the Bataclan concert hall, drinking their favorite cocktail at the La Belle Equipe Bar… Read More »
The Senate Electoral Tribunal here, stacked with more senators than justices, ruled that presidential candidate Grace Poe is a natural-born Filipino. A newspaper headline said Poe “jumped for joy” when she heard the news of the SET decision. When she lands back on earth, she should be scared, very scared. Several petitioners have questioned Poe’s citizenship status… Read More »
CHICAGO (JGL) – The Friday the 13th attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead were so shocking they overshadowed the Philippine Western Sea (South China Sea) issue in Manila’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)Summit in progress on the other side of the world. But if there was any message sent by the attackers, it was the possibility of reinstituting the… Read More »
Last Sunday, I attended a concert presented by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines-USA chapter to commemorate the sixth year of the Maguindanao massacre and to raise funds for the education of the orphans of the 32 media men who were among 58 people killed in that brutal tragedy in 2009. Exactly six years have passed… Read More »
Now that the teen daughter of Senator Lito Lapid named Ysabel Ortega by singer Michelle Ortega joins showbiz via the ABS-CBN TV series On the Wings of Love, talks have it that Lito disapproves it. That allegedly, the two are not yet on good terms. On the contrary, Lito’s confidante revealed to this writer that Lito supports… Read More »
Q. Good day Atty. Wong, I have a brother-in- law. a Canadian citizen, who has properties po dito sa Pilipinas at sa isa sa kanyang property ay may pinatira siya na relative namin. they have been staying there for free for almost 17 years. Ngayon po last year he decided to sell the said property. So he informed… Read More »