From up high, Dr. James Naismith would surely be smiling and be so proud to witness how far basketball has evolved in his native land. Born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada on November 6, 1861, Naismith invented basketball in 1891, a year after moving from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec to the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts,… Read More »
BY BABY K. JIMENEZ The fanatics screamed, cried, clapped thunderously as the youthful dashing and slim Da Third gyrated his hips, bent his legs sometimes throwing them apart in a semi-jump to land on the floor synching to the famous Motown beat. “I’m doin’ fine, up here on cloud nine, Listen one more time I’m doin’ fine,… Read More »
By Maria CJ De Villa The $678,000 worth of questionable payables from 2017 will now be the subject of a June 6, 2019 Special Membership Meeting. The Filipino Centre Toronto (FCT) Board is expected to address the many unresolved issues arising from payables that include compensation payments to Directors and Officers of the Board. It has become such… Read More »
Trivia: Aside from top stars this writer handled as their publicist, through my scribe-pals in the ‘60s, ‘70s, I was given the chance to work, be closed with other actors known for their athletic skills. With his acting comeback in the TV top rater Ang Probinsyano, Rey Malonzo made me recall our working relationships. Through veteran pen pusher-PR… Read More »
Q. Magandang hapon po Attorney. Patay na pareho ang mga magulang namin, tatay at nanay. Anim po kaming magkakapatid at patay na rin po ang aming panganay at ang kanyang asawa. May naiwan silang dalawang anak na pareho ng may pamilya. Ang mga katanongan ko po ay ganito: 1. Legal po ba para sa mga magulang namin, noong… Read More »
Trivia: Did you know that in the ‘50s and ‘60s, popular actresses were in demand as sagalas in santacruzan during the month of May? Oftentimes, they were the Reyna Elenas or Reina de los Flores on the finale parade held in various places in the Philippines that attracted countless watchers on the streets. Since way back, it was… Read More »
Inahen: Tandang, salamat sa korona. Reyna ang peg ko nitong Mother’s Day. Tandang: Sino’ng gumupit ng palong ko???!!!! ***** ‘Ika nga, huli man din daw at magaling, late pa rin. It does not change any circumstance, but although this comes really late, allow me to greet the Mothers in the universe a “Blessed and Happy Mother’s Day.” The… Read More »
It was not a U-turn, after all, but obviously just a signal to the Chinese that we can go the other way if the situation warrants. In the past two weeks, Filipinos were left wondering why after more than two years of appeasing China on the territorial dispute over a few islets and reefs on the South China… Read More »
By Rudy M. Viernes The Obando Fertility Rites is an age-old three-day ritual held during summer in Obando, Bulacan, Philippines. The festivities will be re-created in a day in Burlingame, CA , on Saturday, May 18, at Our Lady of Angels parish and sponsored by the Obandenian Association of Northern California in cooperation with the OLA Filipino-American Community… Read More »
By Edwin c. Mercurio Toronto, Canada – They used their lifetime savings, mortgage their homes and hoped they can earn enough money as mushroom pickers to send to their families in the Philippines. Those dreams have been shattered as the bitter reality of being deceived sunk in for Abdul Gamal Batua-an; Rommel Chico, KC Lynne Mendoza; Rena Vey… Read More »