By Ores Ting Fascination to some, it may be, but the placards carrying protesters , all SENIORS, showed no signs of slowing down, proudly waved to onlookers, hecklers and supporters the messages written on the multi-coloured card boards intended to attract those who paid big bucks to watch a 3 hours comedy show. Calm and… Read More »
The picket held by some concerned Filipino-Canadians during the April 12 showing of the Eat Bulaga showed some grits than meets the eye. This was precipitated by an Inquirer article written by Rodel Rodis regarding the alleged gang-rape of a 14-year-old starlet in 1982. It was aimed to let the operators of Eat Bulaga that we in Toronto have… Read More »
by Cress Vasquez On a sunny September day, I find myself flying to Siargao Island on invitation of a friend who, two days earlier, meets me in Cebu city to persuade me to visit the surfing capital of the Philippines before returning to Toronto. I’m reluctant of course being halfway through my plan of resort-hopping around Cebu. But… Read More »
By Rudy M. Viernes The Philippine government cannot provide employment to its teeming employable citizens, sad to say. That’s the reason so many Filipinos go abroad where employment abounds. Thus the template OFW was coined for Overseas Filipino Worker, which used to be OCW for Overseas Contract Worker. Time was when one was tagged as OCW… Read More »
by Cress Vasquez After Dr. Rey Pagtakhan left his seat in the House of Commons in 2004, no other Filipino-Canadian came after him. However, this is about to change. Toronto lawyer Rafael Fabregas, or “Raffy” to his friends, is running for the Federal Liberal Party nomination in Scarborough Centre. Although there are 500,000 Filipino-Canadians in Canada, they remain… Read More »
By Dinno Erece REMEMBER G Toengi? If you do then don’t be surprised if you heard about her giving Kapuso starlet Joyce Ching a dressing down. No one’s talking about it, but G actually told Joyce during a pictorial for the GMA7 early primetime soap Paraiso Ko’y Ikaw not to call her ‘Tita G.’ The Balikbayan actress gave… Read More »
By Mercy Maliglig A dream-like offer of love that sounded so real and hard to resist. It was a three month long tale or maybe more that happened to someone I personally know. The girl who divulged the story hardly use the facebook but that one fateful day when she decided to communicate with a relative in Madrid,… Read More »
by Cress Vasquez After Dr. Rey Pagtakhan left his seat in the House of Commons in 2004, no other Filipino-Canadian came after him. However, this is about to change. Toronto lawyer Rafael Fabregas, or “Raffy” to his friends, is running for the Federal Liberal Party nomination in Scarborough Centre. Although there are 500,000 Filipino-Canadians in Canada, they… Read More »
Alahoy! Kalikoy! Hala! Pinoy bangon! Tulong – tulong! Tungo sa pagsulung! Wah! Alang bibitaw ! Anggapo uurong! Sa habang panahon! Mabuhay ang Pinoy! *** Sa nagdaang Pasko e nagsalu – salo! Yung pinagsaluhan e kahit pa ano! Bastat mahalaga e nabundat tayo, Sa pagmamahalan! Kahit pa wapeLOO! *** Ne, umpuk – umpukan duun sa Square One! Sa Parliament… Read More »
By Bill Jethro Bagunu I was born in Canada, miles away from our native land of the Philippines. Compared to my cousins back home, I grew up in great privilege and took the blessings I had here for granted. Truthfully when growing up, I never really cared much for the Philippines. I adopted Canadian culture despite my parents’… Read More »