HUSBAND TO MARRY SOMEONE

Q.Good day. I just want to get some advice regarding my failed marriage. I had a civil marriage last February 1998 . My relationship with my wife lasted only for a year. She went back to the Philippines with my son sometime in 1999 . Since then I did not have any contact with them. I did all… Read More »

Consulate Endorses But Refuses to Tell Role in Fashion Event

TORONTO – Officials were not answering questions about the extent of involvement of the Philippine government in a fashion show whose main beneficiary is a private foundation based here. Dubbed Canada Philippine Fashion Week (CPFW), it lists the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Tourism as “our partners”, essentially making it a semi-government affair. Queried initially… Read More »

EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY Have No Fear, Speak Up!

In the last 14 months we’ve been seeking answers to many questions about the way individuals and organizations seduce the community with a combination of guile, sweet-talk and appeal to our sense of compassion. There seems to be a widening scheme to keep quiet among officials, in and out of government, associations and plain citizens. An invisible wall… Read More »

An upright man who could write

MANILA I would like to tell you about a man from whom I learned a lot about writing and news reporting. He passed away at age 78 last May 15, the day our last issue came off the press. His name was Raul S. Gonzalez. He was truly an outstanding man of letters. He was a writer, editor,… Read More »

When export of labor becomes a liability

On August 23, 2010, President Aquino had barely warmed his seat in Malacanang when a disgruntled police officer hijacked a tourist bus and took hostage several Hongkong tourists, touching off a crisis that tested Aquino’s mettle in leadership and diplomacy. Eight of the tourists were killed along with the hijacker in the bungled rescue operation that was witnessed… Read More »

Brave words don’t stop bullies

AMID the escalating tensions in the South China Sea, the United States remains non-committal, emboldening China to intensify its aggressive behavior in the disputed waters and to continue its bullying tactics over its neighboring countries. The silence of the American government followed the intrusion early this month by a fleet of Chinese fishing vessels, two large civilian ships… Read More »

President Aquino gets his wish

MANILA The Filipinos have just given President Benigno Aquino III a solid majority in the Senate, with nine out of 12 posts up for grabs going to the chief executive’s chosen candidates. The 24-member upper chamber of the Philippine Congress is now in the President’s pocket. The pre-election surveys had forecast this outcome, and even titillated Mr. Aquino… Read More »

LEGALITY OF MARRIAGE

Q. Hi Sir, caregiver po ako dito sa Canada. Widow po ako since 1994. Bago po ako pumunta dito ng 2006 ay may pinakasalan po ako, hiwalay siya sa asawa niya ng mga 20 years na. Kinasal kami na single ang nilagay niya. Pero nakarehistro pa rin ang kasal niya sa una at yung sa akin sa munisipyo.… Read More »

ELECTION REFORMS SHOULD TRUMP POLITICAL DYNASTIES

CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – Less talk, less mistake. No talk, no mistake. This appears to be the mantra adopted by Vice President Jojo Binay’s daughter, Nancy Binay, whom I will not be voting for senator in the May 13 mid-term elections. By snubbing fellow senatorial candidate Risa Hontiveros of Team PNoy to a debate, United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) candidate… Read More »