For four years, we saw the meteoric rise of Donald J. Trump from a reality show producer to the President of the United States. That’s a quantum leap from an obscure position in the TV industry to the highest political position in the world – the leader of the Free World! How did he manage to achieve that? By sheer… Read More »
All Souls Day is here and for people who lost their loved ones, it will surely be a day for remembering. For me, my late husband Ruben Cusipag, had been gone for over seven years, but his memories remain as fresh, as if it happened just yesterday. The Founder of Balita Newspaper, a journalist by heart, a social… Read More »
The Notorious RBG “I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Being a male, it’s very natural to idolise someone in the same sex but not the opposite. But because it is now the 21 st century, considering… Read More »
Q: Atty greetings po! Ang tatay ko po ay may minana na lupa sa kanyang mga magulang(pareho ng patay), pero hindi pa po nakapangalan sa kanya ang titulo ng lupa. Na-transfer lang po angtitulo ng lupa sa kanyang pangalan lamang noong sya ay may asawa na (nanay ko). Ang tanong ko po aykung may karapatan po ba ang… Read More »
Trivia:With the intriguing resurface of ex-veteran actor Mel Francisco, the supposedly death father of ex-actorJohn Regala from the famous Padilla clan, controversy did burst anew. He showed a garish proof thathe’s still alive, didn’t pass away as reported decades back. After staying abroad, he opted to quietly livein Laguna and away from showbiz.However, Mel who’s Adolfo Padilla off… Read More »
By Socrates ‘Soc’ Moreno Non-profit organizations like the Filipino Centre-Toronto (FCT) do not belong to a chosen few but to itsmembers, who in our case, represent the Filipino community.FCT executive council officers and board of directors (BOD) who volunteered their services have afiduciary responsibility to safeguard members’ interests, manage assets of the organization withintegrity, and promote the Filipino… Read More »
First things first! November 1, obviously the first day and the first Sunday of the month, is the end of DaylightSaving Time. Lest you forget, rewind back clocks one hour, from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m., and be in sync with regularity.It’s really no big deal but I still brag: The Philippines is ahead of Canada by 12… Read More »
I had a wonderful calming Thanksgiving Day event with my immediate family last weekend. Hope you did too. Nothing over the top. Who does fancy in this Covid age? We had an Asian-Canadian feast. Of course, no one wanted to cook. The solution (as always) – take out food. We had a table full of Peking duck and… Read More »
I’m ready! “But what now if all the peace, the comfort, the contentment were to come to a horrible end?” – Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis. I have a good life. How can I complain when I had drawn the lucky stick, being born in a rich, middle-class family? My parents had professional careers: dad was a surgical doctor… Read More »
Another Thanksgiving Day has come and gone, and again as we look back at the adversities we faced, we cannot but be thankful that, personally and for Balita, we have pulled through another year barely scratched, with body and soul still fully intact, and consequently , with the clarity of mind, still defending me and Balita against evils… Read More »