HAPPY NEW YEAR! The holidays are over. The rushing and dashing to shop for presents for our loved ones, friends and others we had to remember during this period is over. Shopping for presents is not an easy task. We have to decide what would please the person we intend the gift for. We also have to consider… Read More »
1. I have a concern regarding my husband’s illegitimate children. I am aware that under the law, they are entitled to inherit from my husband’s properties. However, I would like to ask if they would be able to get a part of the properties I have inherited from my parents if in case I die and my husband… Read More »
Trivia: The much ballyhooed wedding of Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera brings to my mind the sad truth of the past. That many of the high profile marriages of showbiz couples ended up in separation. To begin with, in the ‘50s, Movie Queen Gloria Romero tied the knots with actor Juancho Gutierrez. In fact, their wedding photo landed… Read More »
Happy is my new year because Pope Francis is my shepherd and no one else who is unlike him. To assert or even just say such a thing is the height of arrogance and bespeaks of negativism towards other apostles or other clergy of the Catholic Church. But surely, I am not alone as there are many faithful… Read More »
The latest survey by the Social Weather Station showed that about 52 percent or 11.4 million Filipino families rate themselves as poor, the worst in eight years in terms of self-rated poverty. It matched the self-rated poverty percentage during the Arroyo administration in 2006. “We note the results of the survey. And we continue with our efforts to… Read More »
This piece continues and ends the trilogy on PNOY’s No, No, No, Yes, Yes, NOoo… to inveiglements to continue in office as President and to unexamine his much examined presidency. For what and where Noynoy had done good, for his grade of 7 out of 10, you will find them in his past State of the Nation (SONA)… Read More »
MANILA As we all know and are so proud of, we Filipinos are gung-ho about Christmas. Nothing on the calendar beats Christmas. We’re simply mad about Christmas. We go all out. We celebrate as if the day after Christmas, which isn’t December 26, it’s January 7 or thereabouts, is Doomsday. Like there’s no tomorrow, like it’s the end… Read More »
Huwag kang sasagot!” Answering back elders is a sign of disrespect. No matter whether the elder is right or wrong. Respect for elders is a tradition deep in Filipino culture. Younger generations are expected to kiss the hand of parents, grandparents, uncles or aunts as sign of respect. The Filipino language (Tagalog) contains expressions of respect like “po… Read More »
(Author’s note: At this time of the year, this writer pauses from political and other issues and focuses on the Christmas season. The article below was first written in 2003 and has appeared in this corner during the Christmas weekend every year since.) For Filipinos who have been outside of the Philippines for years, Christmas is both a… Read More »
THE GOOD. THE BAD AND THE UGLY was the title of a popular 1966 Spaghetti Cowboy Movie which gave Hollywood westerns a run for their money. I tried to mime current Philippine events for musings purposes as the The DRY, THE FUNNY AND THE SERIOUS. Why so? The playful mind sometimes can be better than infantile yet satirical… Read More »