MANILA The mind-boggling revelations about wholesale theft of the Filipino people’s money through scams have given us all a clearer picture of how extensive the plunder has been. And the thought that the alleged Napoles scams are just the tip of the iceberg, that there are still other operations at work in stealing public money, makes it simply… Read More »
~ An eighty-six-year-old grandmother was visiting from Manila to tell her horrific experience at the hands of Japanese soldiers during the Second World War. At the small reception and program set for her in Toronto, she tried to shed some light on what thousands of women in several countries in Asia had undergone as sex slaves. The forum… Read More »
The people cheered when President Aquino called them his “bosses” as he thanked them for treading “the straight and righteous path” and creating change during his second State-of-the-Nation address on July 25, 2011. Now, more than two years later, his sincerity in calling the people his “bosses” and in promising to tread the “daang matuwid” with them is… Read More »
By Edwin C. Mercurio I am not the superstitious type, but trust me I believe we all have a ‘spirit’, or souls if we want to be specific for Halloween. While North Americans celebrate All Souls Day with macabre images of the dead, skeletons, scare crows and images of the “Walking Dead,” and all things scary, Filipinos visit… Read More »
~ “The land of the free and home of the brave” lies just south of Canada. America’s proximity, however, seems to fail to rub on some people in Toronto’s Filipino community who’d rather live in the Dark Ages. It’s not an exaggeration because self-appointed thought police are roaming around community organizations where censorship is most unlikely to happen… Read More »
Canada and the United States of America have different views of newcomers to each country. Canada has a policy of integration; the United States, of assimilation. An immigrant to Canada is given the privilege of retaining his or her identity, preserve the traditions of the country of origin as well as celebrate them and settle peacefully with other… Read More »
MANILA The first point to make is: don’t call them “Million People” marches against the sensational pork barrel scam here because the turnouts so far have been nowhere close to that number. Nobody is complaining about this discrepancy between the advertised turnout and the actual numbers because people are loath to be called spoilsports or killjoys and attract… Read More »
The problem with our so-called public servants is that they join the government hoping to make money out of it and to enjoy the perks and privileges that often go with the position. Thus, after every presidential election, supporters of the winning candidate jockey for so-called juicy positions, such as directorship in government-owned and controlled corporations. The government… Read More »
Q. Hello po Atty. R. Wong. My husband has illegitimate children and carrying my husband’s surname. From what I gathered, under Republic Act No. 9255, illegitimate child can only carry the father’s name with signed consent or notarized document. Given that there is no marriage between the children’s father and mother, “and” there is no proof of consent… Read More »