About two months ago, Filipinos all over the world celebrated their Christmas Eve with Noche Buena and their New Year’s Eve with Media Noche. These special times are celebrated with friends, family, and of course, lots of food! Filipino-Canadians’ tabletops were most likely a fusion of traditional Filipino and Western fares. During my family’s annual Noche Buena feast,… Read More »
President Aquino’s “Daang Matuwid” has taken another crooked turn with the implication of his friend and classmate, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. chief Cristino Naguiat Jr., in a bribery scandal that came to fore when Wynn Resorts filed a lawsuit accusing its former vice chairman Kazuo Okada of paying off Philippine gaming regulators and cheating the casino giant.… Read More »
Did you see that news on television about a research that showed animals laugh? Several animals were used in the study. Among them were orang-utans, penguins and dogs. These animals were tickled and the study reported that there were concrete evidences that they laughed. I imagine that it was not too difficult to conduct the study with dogs.… Read More »
With these words, former president Fidel V. Ramos, then Philippine armed forces chief of staff in 1986 severed his links to his cousin and boss, the powerful president of the Philippines, Ferdinand E.Marcos in that fateful day of February 25,1986. It would later go down in history as Marcos’ last day in his 20-year old dictatorship, and the… Read More »
Recently, Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona’s defense lawyers at his Senate impeachment trial called on the House prosecutors not to associate Corona to former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Well, isn’t that like asking them to disregard that “chief justice” Corona was a creation of Gloria? In fact, “chief justice” Corana’s “birth” was induced during a period that… Read More »
Saying it obliquely is perhaps the most effective, least antagonistic manner to focus attention on some pernicious character traits that plague Filipino individuals and institutions. On Feb. 17, officials in Toronto announced the team-up of the Manila-based network giant ABS-CBN and UGAT (Ugnayan at Tulong para sa Maralitang Pamilya) Foundation in a world-wide search for Filipino organizations that… Read More »
A relaxed, affable Gov. Vilma Santos was in high spirit while she has commented on her love ones’ political plans. The mention of her son Luis Manzano made her grin and full of expectations as she uttered. “Oh yes, Luis expresses keen desire to run as mayor here in Batangas. I’ll support him all the way. But as… Read More »
The more President Aquino opens his mouth about the ongoing impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, the more it becomes obvious that he is pursuing a personal vendetta rather than what he claims is a mission to remove roadblocks to his reform agenda. In another vicious attack on Corona, Aquino basically said the rise and fall of… Read More »
I don’t know what you did last Valentines Day but this one guy’s idea of a date was to take her girlfriend to the cemetery. “Bakit mo ako dinala dito, sementeryo eto, ah!” the girl asked. “Para malaman mo kung paano ako ka patay-na-patay sa ‘yo,” he said. On the surface, it is funny. Dig a little deeper… Read More »
MANILA Chief Justice Renato Corona’s impeachment here has taken a nasty turn. President Benigno Aquino III and Corona have stooped low, calling each other names. In an ugly retort to Mr. Aquino’s recent attacks against him, Corona urged the President to disclose his own statement of assets. Worse, Corona challenged Aquino to also disclose his psychological profile. The… Read More »