Given the latest credential of star at the Walk of Fame at the Eastwood City Central Plaza are Liza Soberano, Barbie Forteza and Jodi Sta. Maria who were inducted recently. Founded by the late Master Showman German Moreno in the ‘70s, Walk of Fame honors distinguished showbiz personalities who achieved world recognition. Liza and Barbie thus earned… Read More »
Less than six months into his term, President Rodrigo Duterte is already being asked to resign. If you visit Facebook, you’ll see posts that carry increasing demands for the President’s resignation. The latest bone of contention is his order to Veep Leni Robredo, who belongs to a different political party, to “desist” from attending Cabinet meetings. Many people… Read More »
I just came from a brief trip to the Philippines with my wife to be with her mother on the latter’s 89th birthday, and like most who have recently been to the homeland, the horrendous traffic marred an otherwise eventful visit. A trip from a western point in Manila and Quezon City to the Makati Financial District would… Read More »
CHICAGO (JGL) – When Senator John F. Kennedy was elected president of the United States, it was the inventor of television, who got the credit. When Donald Trump was elected president last week, it was not just his Twitter and the social media that carried him as The Donald claimed afterwards. I think it was actually a slogan… Read More »
They call themselves “Honorable” and want to be addressed your honor at the end of every statement. And yet for seven agonizing hours, the congressmen at the hearing of the Committee on Justice showed the nation why bloggers have called their place of work the “Bastusang Pambansa” because that’s what they did last Thursday – to embarrass the… Read More »
The decision by the Supreme Court for the former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos is squarely being challenged by Filipinos all over the world. While some may have thought that martial law events were forgotten, it is now loud and clear that they remain vivid in people’s memories. I personally do not believe that this is a personal war… Read More »
Seven years since 58 people, including 32 journalists, were slaughtered in what has been infamously called “Ampatuan Massacre” or “Maguindanao Massacre,” not one of the 197 accused have been found guilty. Four of the accused have since died, including the suspected mastermind, then Maguindanao Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr. Of the 193 remaining accused, including 28 bearing the name… Read More »
By Butch Galicia An FB friend posted: I dreamed of a very bright white light enveloping me. Then I saw a flight of golden stairs. I climbed it, but the steps just kept coming. Everything got brighter, as blinding as the summer sun. I kept climbing, wanting to be at the summit. Will someone please tell me what… Read More »
LONDON – If there’s something flawed in Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte – he who prefers to be called mayor, Digong, DU30, and not the deferential and respectful Mr. President – it is that he is raw and unburnished. Not a fault of his, of course, but the presidency he won by a margin of 6.6 million votes… Read More »
News these days are so unusual! For the first time in American history, people are protesting the presidential election results. Donald Trump’s surprise win has so shocked the nation, about half of them, those who did not vote for him are not ready to accept it. So now, they are out in the streets in many cities to… Read More »