Mas mahalaga ba ang YAMAN kesa RESPETO?

by Mary Ellinelle Parreno Kahit Anong sabihin at gawin niyo lahat diyan..katapat ng lahat ng kagustuhan niyo diyan LEGALIDAD..makakalabas kayo sa lungga niyo at mananagot. Ewan ko na Lang kung makakasagot ka pa ng “wala kang pakialam”  Hindi rason na hindi ka nakapag-aral para gumawa ng kagagahan at kabalastugan. May batas din na pipigil sa kabobohan at katapangan… Read More »

Reminder to victims

by Mary Ellinelle Villareal Parreno  Sa mga CANADIAN CITIZEN, ano ang pakiramdam na ang nanloko sa iyo ay UNDOCUMENTED pala sa Canada. I realize na ang mga taong walang status ang siya pang may makapal na mukha mag assure sa pamilya ng mga citizen na for 20 to 40 years na kaya nilang papuntahin dito ang mga kamag-anak… Read More »

Messages for the community scammers and swindlers

by Mary Ellinelle Villareal Parreno Iyong mga nagyayabang diyan sa enchanted village,itaas niyo pa ng konti ang RANGE ha..Bakit? Kung magyayabang ka na MAYAMAN ka at alam ng lahat ng tao sa palibot mo na WALA KANG TRaBAHO, ano ang labas mo niyan? Maliban lang kung BOBO at hindi nakakaintindi ang nasa palibot mo. Meron bang mayaman na… Read More »

ESSAYING WOMEN POWER IN THE PHILIPPINES

By Dr. Freddie Obligacion After Philippine President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III delivered his final state-of-the-nation address, Philippine Senator Grace L. Poe, had this to say in an interview, “All of the important and key [officials in his administration] who come out with tough decisions are women.  So I am grateful to the President for seeing the potential… Read More »

PAEAN TO A DYING RIVER: MEASURING WATER QUALITY OF THE BELEAGUERED PASIG RIVER IN METRO-MANILA, PHILIPPINES

By Freddie Rabelas Obligacion, Ph.D. The Pasig River, one of the major Philippine river systems, connects Laguna de Bay to Manila Bay. Spanning 25.2 kilometers (15.7 miles), it bisects the Philippine capital of Manila and its surrounding urban area into northern and southern halves. Its major tributaries are the Marikina River and San Juan River. The total drainage basin of Pasig River, including the basin of Laguna de Bay, covers… Read More »

COVID-19 VACCINE: A GAME-CHANGER IN THE NEW YEAR

By: Hermione Cabie Santos The New Year 2021 focuses on the many victories of the scientific communityas the rollout of authorized COVID-19 vaccines (from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) will continue to reach designated populations in Ontario. As of December 24th, a total of 10,756 doses of this messenger RNA (mRNA) 2-dose vaccine have been administered and counting.  Based on… Read More »

2020….A look at my year in sport during Covid

By: Gemma Chua I would never have imagined that I can be so active and dedicated on keeping myself fit.  True, 2020 was a year of many challenges, the worst challenges the entire world had faced because of the pandemic resulting to a lot of misfortune incidents.  How can I battle this uncontrollable disease that conquered the entire… Read More »

PARADOXICAL PAIRING OF POVERY AND OPTIMISM IN METRO-MANILA’S DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES

By Dr. Freddie Rabelas Obligacion Is there evidence showing the coexistence of poverty and optimism, two seemingly incompatible precepts?  Yes, there is and definitively so, according to findings of my study of blighted Estero de Aviles and Estero de Uli-uli communities along the Pasig River.   Notwithstanding a dismally low economic well-being index score of 25% (100% corresponds to… Read More »