MANILA Where is our country going? Our current state of affairs indicate that we Filipinos haven’t learned the art of good governance. Our insularity makes us believe that we’re among the best in the world in many fields of endeavor. But, sad to say, that self-assessment is only in our minds. It’s like the delusional individual who’s a legend… Read More »
What was it that I wrote in the first two pieces using my crystal ball in my time travel? FIRSTLY: “By 2030 the country would have undergone four national parliamentary elections held every four years simultaneously with the twelve regional parliaments; massive no nonsense nation building have involved the more than and still growing 100 million citizenry from… Read More »
“You do not fight fire with gasoline.” — Author Unknown CHICAGO (JGL) – Despite the hawkish advocacy of my friend, former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph E. Estrada, to go after the traitorous members of the MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) and BIFF (Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters) who, could be accused of committing war crimes… Read More »
Dear Attorney, my 96 years old father who is living in Toronto, executed an Extrajudicial Settlement and partition of Estate with Quitclaim after my mother died in 2002. The six of us children and my father who are all Canadian citizens were all signatories to this agreement. My father has now decided to transfer ownership to us,… Read More »
When this short comment is uttered towards a person, it can have several meanings. It could mean you do not belong; you are outside of the group. If the person is an interviewer for a job, it is a sign that he/she would not hire you. You do not fit the job. Your accent will be a hindrance… Read More »
THERE are many reasons for people to demand that President Aquino step down, the latest and most plausible being the mishandling of the operation to hunt down two terrorists in Mamasapano in Maguindanao that resulted in the massacre of 44 Special Action Forces policemen. From the moment Aquino revealed his arrogant and vindictive behavior when he personally… Read More »
WITH the United States focused on eliminating the growing threat of Islamic extremism in the Middle East and Russian adventurism in Ukraine, and the Philippine government caught up in the maelstrom of the bloody Mamasapano carnage and corruption scandals, China quietly doubled its efforts to build new islands in the volatile South China Sea to bolster its claim… Read More »
By oneself one cannot know whether one’s reaction and formed opinion about a tragic event like Mamasapano when put in writing will be mere rubbish or have any use at all to those who will read it. At best for the writer it is like a release from a chest load of pain for the victims and anger… Read More »
After weeks of misunderstanding between Judy Ann Santos and Kris Aquino, the two are in good terms anew. It was an aftermath of a comment in Juday’s instagram not favorable to Kris’ brother President Noynoy Aquino which displeased Kris. This led Kris to unfollow Juday’s instagram. Recently, however, Juday disclosed in glee that Kris rekindled her friendship with… Read More »
-by Hon. Dr. Rey D. Pagtakhan, P.C. Half a century hence, today, what does the Canadian flag mean to me? February 15 marks the golden jubilee of the Canadian flag. On this momentous day in 1965, the Canadian Red Ensign was lowered from the Peace Tower in Ottawa and the new red maple leaf flag, at exactly noon,… Read More »