The survival of men depends on how they will communicate with one another in any given time and moment in this life here on earth. It will tell the difference between losing the battle for survival and making the domination of earth to continue. AVV711 Communication is a tool every creature on planet earth uses for survival. Men… Read More »
And were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate to prefer the latter.—Thomas Jefferson, January 1787 CHICAGO (jGLi) – Philippine President Noynoy Aquino should be thick-skinned when it comes to criticisms that have no basis. Such criticisms will not make him vulnerable but… Read More »
Q. Hi Atty Wong, avid reader po ako ng column nyo at ang dami nyo po natutulungan. Naglakas loob lang po ako na sumulat sa inyo umaasa na matulungan nyo din po. Bale ito po ang case ko, I got married here in Canada we are both Filipino citizen then I got divorce also here in Canada way… Read More »
If it weren’t real, one would have thought it came from a reel, a scene straight from a movie of the Walking Tall genre, where a local sheriff blasted villains and their cars with his bat. Except that this time, it was a lone sheriff who was being beaten, not with a bat by a bulky man, but… Read More »
Once known as the “Murder Capital” of the Philippines, Davao City once again topped the headlines when Mayor Sara Duterte – surrounded by armed police bodyguards — beat a sheriff while hundreds of horrified people watched. Duterte was caught on video camera punching sheriff Abe Andres – an officer of the court – several times while he was… Read More »
By Edwin C. Mercurio – NUJP Canada Canadians or permanent residents who are sponsoring their family members from abroad to come to Canada could find themselves owing thousands of dollars should their sponsored relatives turn to social assistance during the sponsorship period due to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada… Read More »
By Leandro “DD” Coronel The fourth of July is of course Independence Day in America. But it is observed as Philippine-American Friendship Day in the Philippines. Actually, July 4th used to be Independence Day also in the Philippines, a date that was chosen by the Americans for the Filipinos for patently obvious reasons. The Filipinos celebrated that date… Read More »
If Kris Aquino purposely chose Sen Chiz Escudero to be the initial guest of her new TV show Kris TV to whet the appetite of the viewers and to tickle their imaginative minds, then she has proven herself triumphant. The program garnered huge viewership and tongues wag anew that the two have romantic entanglement. Much more so that… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – When Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal moved on Aug. 4th, 1964 the celebration of Philippine Independence Day from July 4th, 1946 to June 12, 1898, Filipinos in the Philippines did not mind because their celebration was always overshadowed by America’s celebration of its own Independence. But Macapagal’s moving the date of the Philippine Independence is like… Read More »
Feisty Davao city mayor Sarah Duterte wields a haymaker (a powerful and mean punch) while Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Winning journalist (which makes him a news writer and of late a newsmaker). Duterte whacked a city sheriff last July 2 with a four-punch hits to the head and face whose only sin was to follow a… Read More »