Looking north as you are driving on the South Luzon Expressway near the Alabang Exit, you’d think you are in a highly progressive country, with skyscrapers dotting the skyline of Metro Manila, from Manila on the left side through Pasig and Mandaluyong in the middle and Makati on the right side. Almost anywhere you go in Metro Manila,… Read More »
With the mid-term elections barely behind us, the attention of Philippine politicians would soon be focused on the presidential elections in 2016. Many political pundits believe that with the overwhelming victory of President Aquino’s Team P-Noy in the senatorial elections, whoever he anoints for the 2016 elections would almost certainly be the next president of the Philippines. It’s… Read More »
CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) — In some parts of the United States, anybody who wants to vote can do so by registering to vote: a) in person or by mail, by completing a mail-in registration form and delivering it to his city or town election officer; or b) at any local election office in any city or town in the… Read More »
People from all over the world come to Canada in thousands every year to settle and start a new life. The Philippines has always been one of the top ten source countries of immigrants to Canada. There were several years when Filipinos made up the first five largest groups of immigrants. Aside from those who come in with… Read More »
My kabarangays, my friends, and folks I talk with seem to be generally contented with the outcome of the midterm elections. Being also an exercise to vote for local elective officials, the public expected and feared violence to ensue between and among political rivals in towns and provinces especially those far from the center of the respective local… Read More »
THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY, Part I By Rudy M. Viernes May is the month of fiestas, State it the other way. We Filipinos are never more fiesta-prone than during the month of May. May is also the flower month, and the Virgin Mary. . Being family-oriented as we Filipinos are May isn’t just a month of fiestas,… Read More »
Yahooo! Congrats, GRACE POE! Sana tuparin mo! Pangakong iangat masang Filipino! Mundo ng Basura, tanawin mo! Hu-hu! Daming pulitiko ayaw tingnan ito! *** Ikaw ang Number One! Bravooo! Mabuhay ka! Sa mga project mo, e idagdag mo pa, Mga Street Children, sagipin mo sila! Ispaltong kumunoy nalulunod sila! *** Alahoy! Pusuuy! Be Careful w/ your Heart! JODI STA.… Read More »
It is two weeks before the Philippine midterm elections as I write this column. I hope my kababayans are like me, quite excited about going to the polling precincts to cast their very important votes. Already, I am listing down my choices for senators and of course, the local officials who will lead my home city of Quezon.… Read More »
It was a beautiful third Monday of April, a spring day. The sun was shining and the city was in festive mood. It was a holiday-Heroes Day, and Marathon Day, the 117th. The streets were busy; people were coming and going. There were about 27,000 participants in that marathon from all over the world. At about three o… Read More »