Five-five hundred years ago, the first Austronesians migrated from South China to Taiwan. It took another 1,500 years before they migrated to the Philippines. In my column, “Who Discovered the Philippines?” (April 13, 2007), I wrote: “In the late 1990s, Jared Diamond, Professor of Geography at UCLA and winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, and… Read More »
Trivia: The recent death of veteran action star Tony Ferrer has made me recall his older brother Atty. Esperidion Laxa, considered one of the pillars of Philippine Cinema from the ‘60s to early 20OO. At the time the big three movie companies LVN, Premiere and Sampaguita Pictures were about to close shop, Atty. Laxa founded Tagalog Ilang Ilang… Read More »
Dexter Garcia Single or lone parents face a lot of difficulties and challenges especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lone parents always shoulder extra responsibilities and the pandemic presses more weight on their obligation as a parent or as the breadwinner of the family. Like many parents, lone parents juggle between work and home, and oftentimes, one of these… Read More »
Q. Hello Atty. Wong, mayroon pong inaalok sa akin na agricultural land na 3 hectares. Ang hawak ng seller na papeles ay ung tinatawag na Certificate of Land Ownership Award(CLOA). Maari ko bang bilhin ko ang lupa at hindi po ba ako magka problema? ANS: Hello there, ang CLOA, or Certificate of Land Ownership ay isang dokomento… Read More »
Last January 22nd, China put into effect her latest coast guard laws, which explicitly authorizes pre-emptive strikes against foreign vessels in waters “under China’s jurisdiction.” Immediately, it raised alarms in the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries, particularly those that have overlapping claims on the Spratly Islands – Vietnam, Brunei, Taiwan, Malaysia, and the Philippines. To allay fears… Read More »
Barely a few days after being sworn in as Secretary of State, Antony Blinken spoke with counterparts in Asia, the Pacific, and Europe. The calls included discussions of defense and security in the Indo-Pacific region. The US has pledged to support her allies in maritime disputes in the South China Sea and East China Sea. Indeed, the US… Read More »
by Mary Ellinelle Parreno Kahit Anong sabihin at gawin niyo lahat diyan..katapat ng lahat ng kagustuhan niyo diyan LEGALIDAD..makakalabas kayo sa lungga niyo at mananagot. Ewan ko na Lang kung makakasagot ka pa ng “wala kang pakialam” Hindi rason na hindi ka nakapag-aral para gumawa ng kagagahan at kabalastugan. May batas din na pipigil sa kabobohan at katapangan… Read More »
Forty-four days between New Year’s Day and Valentine’s Day would be very boring, when staying home is the pandemic norm. So for fun and festive reasons, I witnessed “livestream” town criers — donned in 1887 costumes — declare what famous North American groundhogs chuckled about the coming of Spring. That was on February 2, when North Americans celebrated… Read More »
“For to travel is always, in some sense, to learn. What we don’t know yet, is to be found Elsewhere.” – Hugh Kenner, The Elsewhere Community (1998). By Rey Moreno My name is Samuel “Rocky” Magtaka. My first name was not an accident. My parents were deeply religious Catholics, so were my grandparents and also my ancestors who… Read More »
By Nap C. Alip Trivia: Today’s generation for sure wouldn’t forget the top love teams of the ‘70s, none other than Nora Aunor-Tirso Cruz 111 and Vilma Santos-Edgar Mortiz. From grand champ of the top rated TV singing tilt Tawag ng Tanghalan for many months, Nora was given movie breaks with actor-singer Tirso Cruz 111 from the famous… Read More »