Renato Corona is a giant of a man. He towers above practically all whom he talks to. He’s easily over 200 pounds, perhaps 230, 240. His full crop of hair and his taut and smooth face belie his 63 years. He walks with an awkward gait, like one who treads a bed of hot coal or of broken… Read More »
“He had butterflies in his belly but he was quite assured that his harrowing experience will finally be over.” It was past half twelve and the freezing cold made his bones chill. He went closed to the blue-sheet covered bed, fell like a log, the right arm T-squared on his receding forehead, his eyelids meeting on the centre… Read More »
Art T. Viola is not an average retiree. There is a man who has spent his life in service of the people and lovingly caring for his family in a foreign land that he now calls home. Art T. Viola is an epitome of the merging of two cultures that have produced a personality that Filipino immigrants anywhere… Read More »
“The failure to prevent the killing of journalists and attacks on the media means that governments and authorities around the world are depriving you, me and everyone else of a fundamental right guaranteed to us by the Universal declaration of Human Rights – that of freely receiving and imparting information and ideas. “Barry James (Press Freedom , Safety… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – When I first arrived in the U.S. in mid-eighties, I saw this quote on the wall of my former Philippine News boss (the late Ben Manogura): there are three kinds of people in this world – those who make things happen; those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. As a columnist,… Read More »
As of this writing, reports indicate the possibility that the initial team up of Judy Ann Santos and Sam Milby might fizzle out. This is in the midst of the euphoria of their diehards who eagerly anticipate the project. According to a grapevine, Juday’s manager Alfie Lorenzo allegedly junked it. No clarification whether it’s the storyline or Sam… Read More »
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno says the judiciary seems to be in ‘disarray’ after its ‘collision with the other 2 branches of government- he was referring to the impeachment and final ouster of the last Chief Justice Renato C. Corona but is quick to add that this is temporary. Though some of its members are disappointed,… Read More »
In the first two words of the title there is no connect between these two human behaviour of valor and its absence; not or, or an and/or; just a comma separates them. When photos are put side-by-side of two people taken at eternal time, it should mean no connection. Separateness should be understood. Take a series of two… Read More »