Trivia: With the talks that finally Nora Aunor will be bestowed by the National Historical Commission the National Artist 2013 for Film & Broadcast Arts this December, it would be an advanced Christmas gift for Nora. Out of it, this writer can’t help but recall her many decades as the most durable, controversial and multi-awarded lead actress of… Read More »
For two days over the weekend, I volunteered to help pack donations dropped off by donors at the Goldilocks Bakeshop and Restaurant in Cerritos and witnessed first hand how a calamity has brought the best in people, how a tragedy has brought people of different persuasions together to come to the aid of their fellow men. People from… Read More »
Q. Dear Atty. Rogelio “Rogie” Wong. I just wish to get your opinion if any of the following below are grounds to void a marriage. Irregular information found in the marriage certificate is as follows: 1. Date of marriage was wrong. What was written was 2 weeks later that the actual date of ceremony. 2. Time of marriage… Read More »
This writer feels like other kababayans in our country these days- saddened by the fate suffered by most of our kababayans in Eastern Visayas (with Leyte, Samar and part of Capiz provinces worst- hit), sobered by the thought of the magnitude of assistance that they will be needing to rebuild their lives, and deep thoughts of how to… Read More »
Q. Dear Atty. I read your column on dual citizenship and land ownership recently. Sir, I want to ask if a person born in foreign country who was recognized as Filipino citizen (dual) can acquire real estate property in the Philippines. This person is a family friend. He was born in Germany by a German father and Filipina… Read More »
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” — Harry S Truman, 33rd president of US (1884 – 1972) CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – If fence-setters are frustrated in wondering where the donations for earthquake, typhoon and disasters end up, think of those overseas Filipinos and other foreign donors how helpless and… Read More »
CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – As President Obama encouraged Wednesday (Nov. 13) “Americans, who want to help our Filipino friends,” who survived super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), his Department of Justice, the FBI and the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) warned the “public that there is a potential for disaster fraud in the aftermath of a natural disaster.” Meanwhile, it… Read More »
MANILA The real highlight of the Senate hearing on the pork barrel scam last Nov. 7 was not the appearance of alleged pork queen Janet Lim Napoles. That much-touted Senate debut was a non-event. As the Brits like to say, it was a damp squib, a dud of a firecracker. The real substance came when whistleblower Benhur Luy… Read More »
MANILA The first point to make is: don’t call them “Million People” marches against the sensational pork barrel scam here because the turnouts so far have been nowhere close to that number. Nobody is complaining about this discrepancy between the advertised turnout and the actual numbers because people are loath to be called spoilsports or killjoys and attract… Read More »