Just like all mid-term elections, the coming May elections should be treated as a referendum on whether the people approve of the performance and policies of the present administration and whether they want the same policies to continue in the next three years. With the death of the two-party system and the emergence of patronage-based political coalitions since… Read More »
By Edwin c. Mercurio SPADINA, TORONTO – On the eve of Family Day celebration Sunday, February 17, Care Workers and their advocates drafted and signed a Petition to the House of Commons amid fears that new legislation would create unfair treatment, injustice, exploitation and family breakdown after years of separation. Care Workers for over a century, have come… Read More »
By Edwin C. Mercurio Oaks St, Toronto (CRC)- The memory of an Asian looking man begging for food and another brown woman who was extending her arm begging for change along Queen St, Toronto inspired me to write this story. The urge to investigate homelessness challenged me more when I saw a homeless person sleeping in the streets… Read More »
Trivia: In the ‘80s, my writer-pal Vir Gonzales who was my former classmate in journalism course at the MLQ University, built up a group of tyros called the Escolta Boys. The recent death of one of its members Arnold Esguerra brings to my mind a throwback on them. Composed of Bobby Zshornack, Leo Lazaro, Gerry Roman, Jeric Vasquez… Read More »
January’s polar vortex (whatever the rocket science is) invasion sent many Canadians and their southern neighbors chilling to the bones, as they sought refuge from the icy Artic blasts, heaping thicker bundles of clothing over their bodies if they can’t keep out of the elements. Hot and warm are cool and chill words that resound whenever this weather… Read More »
Finally, a different tone is emerging from the Department of Foreign Affairs on China’s aggressive actions in the South China Sea. On Saturday, Foreign Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin said the Philippines must protest China’s establishment of a maritime rescue center on the contested Kagitingan Reef in the Spratly Islands. Locsin, just recently the country’s ambassador to the United… Read More »
Q. Hi Atty Good day po sa inyo. Just want to clear my mind about the Maceda Law. Hindi po kasi ko na approved sa bank financing kaya I decided to transfer my rights sa ibang tao. Sabi ng Developer P300,000.00 daw po pagpapalipat ng name. Naka 3 yrs na po ko na bayad for the equity. May ma… Read More »
I was hoping that with the coming of the Chinese Lunar Year of the Earth Pig on February 5, I would be kicking off this column with that figurative celebratory blast, through a pompous display of imaginary firecrackers. What else to start this column on a cheerful note? It’s the Day of Hearts and Love on February 14!… Read More »
It seems there is no limit to what the Duterte administration would do to show to its followers that it is serious in making good his promise to combat illegal drugs, crime, and corruption. After sending thousands of mostly young and poor Filipinos to their graves in its bloody and brutal drug war, the administration now wants to… Read More »
February earmarks the month of love for Valentine’s Day falls on the 14th day. Did you that from the ‘40s to early ‘50s, several showbiz love teams culminated in their marital knots? The top couple then in the late ‘40s to early ‘50s were the late actor-singer Pancho Magalona and Tita Duran who started as a child actress.… Read More »