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 »
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 ang titulo ng lupa sa kanyang pangalan lamang noong sya ay may asawa na (nanay ko). Ang tanong ko po ay kung may karapatan… Read More »
Every time President Rodrigo Duterte has some health problem, all his political allies get nervous. At his age, 75 years old, he suffers from a multitude of health issues, including an autoimmune disease that can potentially have serious complications. He revealed the condition, myasthenia gravis, while he was visiting in Moscow in October 2019. The condition causes muscle… Read More »
We are all in this together, aren’t we? There is no I in YOU. It’s also true in ME. Not an I too in OUR, as far as the eye can see. I is irrelevant in US. And so it is in WE. Walk the talk TOGETHER as right as can be. The First Person is all of… Read More »
Members Clamor for an Independent Financial Auditby Maria CJ De Villa Many people claim that FCT may well be the wealthiest non-profit Filipino community centre in Canada. Why? Because with the liquidation of its building last January 2017, its coffers swelled to a staggering $5.9 million (gross sale). While it would have been cause for a glorious celebration,… Read More »
Did you know our local cinema’s original award giving body was established in 1950? Called Maria Clara awards taken from Jose Rizal’s Noli me Tangere character, it was initiated by Manila Times Publishing Inc. under Dr. Alejandro Roces. National Artist for Scripter Guillermo Tolentino did the trophy, with actress Rosa Rosal as model. However, a year later seven… Read More »
“Magandang araw. Kumusta na?” “Mabuti po. Kayo po?” Isalin at bigkasin man sa kahit anong wika, ang pakikipagpalitan ng malugod na pagbati at magalang na sagot ay tunay na kaaya-aya. Higit sa pagiging kasiya-siyang ugali, dulot nito ay ngiti, galak at saya. Dahilan ito kung bakit lagi kong hangad na maglakad-lakad sa kahabaan ng mga kalsadang pumapalibot sa… Read More »
Q. GREETINGS Atty. Wong!! May tanong po ako about sa Land Rights. Meron pong ibenebentang lupa na taniman sa akin less than a 1 hectare, ang problema po wala itong titulo, rights lamang ang meron sila. Sinasabi naman po sa akin na pedi ko itong patituluhan. Okay lang poba na bilhin ko ang lupa(rights) at pwedi ko po… Read More »