At a time when the Canadian economy is facing unprecedented challenges, one would expect Doug Ford’s priority to be making Ontario a business-friendly place, attracting startups and expansions to generate much-needed jobs, boost economic growth, and overall prosperity. However, Doug Ford, ignoring the fact that Ontario is surrounded by other provinces and shares a border with the world’s… Read More »
The Israel-Palestine conflict traces its origins to ancient times, when the land known as Canaan became central to both Jewish and Arab heritage. Around 1000 BCE, the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah emerged, anchoring Jewish identity to the region. Over centuries, the area was conquered by empires—Babylonian, Persian, Greek, and Roman—each leaving its mark. The Romans renamed the… Read More »
by Joyne Lavides TIFF50 Toronto International Film Festival September 4-14, 2025 Turning 50 in a grandiose domain of showbusiness dredging in elegance, fame, and pomposity seems fitting for one festival organization that has auspiciously brought and showcased thousands of films from around the world to Toronto audiences. Since its inception in 1976, this group’s own backstory mirrors a… Read More »
Though we are thousands of miles away from the Philippines, we Filipinos, who live in Toronto and elsewhere in Canada, feel as if we have not left our home after all, and the country of our birth. Why? Well, let me tell you how most of us spend our days making a living in this newly adopted country.… Read More »
Today’s job market is a seductive dance, where talent is getting lost in the fog of red tape and endless applications. (I’m a fan of Norman Mailer’s prose.) The 2025 job market is a dumpster fire; therefore, I’ve been receiving more emails asking for job search advice, which most often can be summarized as: Job search norms from… Read More »
By: Rodel Ramos The National Hero of the Philippines, Dr. José P. Rizal, was the conscience and intellectual spark of the Philippine nation. His life, works, and death awakened Filipino nationalism and played a pivotal role in the eventual achievement of Philippine independence. Filipinos in Canada are proud of their national hero, and his legacy will forever live… Read More »
“Time is an eraser leaving the board of consciousness blank. Only chalk marks of thought and feeling remain…Stories and poems are their maker…They are what he thought and felt when he crafted them.” — Teodoro M. Locsin, Trial & Error [Preface]. I wasn’t much of a reader then. But our house would have reading materials such as books… Read More »
In the July 16 issue, I had mentioned with delight my “discovery” of environment- friendly laundry detergent sheets. I really hope that more and more people will resort to using these instead of the detergents in plastic bottles. Think of how each of us can help in reducing plastic waste in our landfills and in our precious oceans… Read More »
Fortune telling is so popular these days because most people want to know if they would have some success in life — having stable jobs, doing right career moves, making good in their businesses, finding the right married mates and the wishes go on ad infinitum. And to peer into their future, they would usually consult… Read More »
I don’t know about you but, for some time now, I have been mildly stressing about how much plastic waste we generate. I understand that globally, we are producing around 380 million tons of plastic every year, and it looks like up to50% of that are for single-use purposes — for just a few moments (or a week… Read More »