By Butch Galicia While whiling winter blues away with peers in a mall’s fastfood zone, someone asked: Sino ba talaga ang tama? Is it Manny or Boy and Vice? Somebody replied: Pare, ang dapat itanong: “Sino ba ang may tama?” After a hearty laugh, panandaliang dumaan ang anghel as the group hushed. ***** So much was said and… Read More »
By: Butch Galicia On Feb. 25, 1980 in Cotabato City, a beautiful sunset was at its edge. The sky started to dim. Stars peeked and teased for a fervent wish. People milled and strolled in and around the plaza to relax and enjoy the cool air. Tired bodies trekked to the plaza’s corners, where passenger jeepney and tricycle… Read More »
Can presidential candidate Grace Poe win her disqualification cases at the Philippine Supreme Court? It’s quite possible. But if she does win and allowed to run, the next battleground will move to another area. Not in another court of justice but in the court of the people. The battle will shift to her abandonment of our country… Read More »
“An alien who applies for citizenship but does not complete the naturalization process is not a national of the United States.” — United States Supreme Court (Kamal Patel, et al. v. Jeh Johnson, et al, Jan. 2014) CHICAGO (JGL) – The inadequacy and failure of the Philippine government to provide job opportunities in the Philippines has forced… Read More »
Q. Good day po ! I have a question regarding my daughter’s surname, she is using mine since birth because her father and I were not yet married back then. We even broke off for long years. Maybe because we were not old and matured enough for marriage during those times. However, five (5) years ago, we got… Read More »
Since the start of the year, Sen. Grace Poe has been getting unexpected support in the disqualification cases against her that are now pending before the Supreme Court. In the first week of January, the independent presidential candidate got a totally unexpected support from the government’s top lawyer, Solicitor General Florin Hilbay, who caught everybody by surprise… Read More »
Trivia: Even in the early ‘50s up to the late ‘60s, did you know several popular producers had embarked on producing movies? For the record, it was the late actor-dad of movie king Fernando Poe Jr. who started it. Yes, Fernando Poe Sr. founded the Royal Productions which focused on dramas and super heroines. The top actress then… Read More »
Recently a bill came out of the Philippine Congress granting a P2,000 increase in retirees’ social security pensions. President Benigno Aquino III vetoed it, angering the retirees. The pensioners are restive. But it was Mr. Aquino’s legislative allies who let him down in the pension mess. His non-allies put him in a tight spot, intentionally surely. Any legislation… Read More »
Q. Good day po attorney, Nakita ko po yong email nyo sa website BALITA , tumutulong at nagpapayo po kayo sa mga property problems. Nakabili po kasi ako ng property. Nasa akin na ang title with Deed of Sale( DOS) , naayos na rin sa BIR at Certificate Authorizing Registration(CAR). Last step sa Department of Agrarian Reform(… Read More »
President Aquino was just being consistent when he vetoed House Bill No. 5842 that would provide a P2,000 across-the-board increase in the monthly pension of Social Security System (SSS) pensioners. After all, it was not the first time this scion of hacenderos has rejected relief for the millions of poor families in the country. In 2013, Aquino, who… Read More »