Trivia: In this era, perhaps only a handful of Pinoys are familiar with ex-veteran actress Gloria Sevilla or know a little about her showbiz background. But her accomplishments attest the fact of a deserving tribute to her. Did you know before she enplaned to Manila from Cebu where she resided, she was tagged queen of the Visayan movies?… Read More »
By Socrates Moreno Some Filipino organizations in the Greater Toronto Area come and go like smoke, but those that continue are thriving with significant wins. Three major Filipino non-profit organizations that fit the description stand out: they are Mississauga’s Kalayaan Cultural Community Centre (KCCC), founded in 1983, the Markham Federation of Filipino Canadians (MFFC) founded in 1989, and… Read More »
Trivia:The unexpected recent demise of showbiz figure Marichu Vera Perez Maceda made this writer to recount my closeness to her family, especially her late father Dr. Jose Perez. He was the top showbiz movie producer from the ‘50s up to ‘70s via the Sampaguita Pictures. Dr. Perez was not only discoverer of top actresses but the recognized movie… Read More »
“I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” – William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar. It is always a fool’s errand to make a prediction. But I’ll take the risk and the shame if I get it wrong because I’m so desperate to get rid of Donald Trump once and for all. This coming November 3, I think the… Read More »
It has been a month since my last column but it feelslike only 2 weeks has gone by.Moving is a time-warping experience, in my book. Likebeing in a bubble in a world of your own. But it is one of the bestways to keep you alert and aware. Aside from the being the opportune time to clean up… Read More »
Q. Greetings atty.Wong ! I just want to know what will i do with my situation.I am an illegitimate child born in 1990. I am using my mother’s last name as it iswhat appears in my Certificate of Live Birth(COLB). Can I use my father’s last namegiven I am an acknowledged illegitimate child?ANS: As a rule and being… Read More »
What if President Donald Trump wins on November 3 based on 15% of the vote by mail ballots that had been counted? According to FiveThirtyEight, this could give Trump a projected lead of 408-130 electoral votes on election night. But once 75% of mail ballots are counted, four days later, the lead could flip to Joe Biden’s favor. This particular modeling… Read More »
Proud Mary. Mary was routinely checking her parked car when she heard faint, frightened and repetitive squeaks emanating from within an empty metal garbage receptacle nearby. Curious to know the reason for the noise, Mary walked to and surveyed the bin, to find a trapped and hapless small squirrel inside. The squirrel had nothing to cling to or… Read More »
On September 23, 2020, President Donald Trump was asked if he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose the election to Joe Biden? His response was “Well, we’re going to have to see what happens. You know that I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster.” What he said next… Read More »
“No matter how phantasmagoric its stagings often were, the totalitarian society from which I had come was not…some sort of unearthly, demonic aberration, but a human reality that still persists and may indeed revive in other guises as an ideology and as a form of society.” Norman Manea, On Clowns: The Dictator and the Artist, (1992). “Sir…Sir…Sir…”Ah, I’ve… Read More »