“I prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos to government run like heaven by Americans.” Manuel L. Quezon Indeed, since the granting of independence in 1946, Philippines has been run like hell by Filipinos. In fairness, Quezon made that appeal to convince the United States that it was high time for the Filipinos to govern the country… Read More »
By Alejandro B. Ibay These thoughts are really not about winning the three digits Lotto, in any order. The results can end up five-three-one or three-five-one. It’s the three highest odd numbers in Philippines officialdom. Which number comes first and which comes last or gets defeated in a few days or months matters not to many people but… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – Silence did not figure as too golden for Filipino American caregiver Carmelita Pasamba when she suddenly found a “new wealth” from her forgetful elderly ward Marshall F. Davies, 93, who could no longer “tell his age or day of the week.” Instead of keeping everything to herself and becoming a full-time caregiver to Mr. Davies,… Read More »
If his mother’s yardstick were to be followed, President Noynoy Aquino’s economic program would get a failing grade. During the snap election campaign in 1986, opposition presidential candidate Corazon Aquino, in downplaying the economic achievements of then President Ferdinand Marcos, said that the price of “galunggong” has risen to P12 a kilo (about 80 US cents at the… Read More »
These thoughts are really not about winning the three digits Lotto, in any order. The results can end up five-three-one or three-five-one. It’s the three highest odd numbers in Philippines officialdom. Which number comes first and which comes last or gets defeated in a few days or months matters not to many people but matters more only to… Read More »
My two sisters who are with me here in Canada recently went back to the Philippines in a hurry. My eldest sister died. It was very difficult for our family. There was that immense difficult feeling of loss and helplessness coupled with that sense of guilt- that we were not with her when she departed from this world.… Read More »
“Sunlight is the best disinfectant.” ― William O. Douglas What a happy coincidence! The arrival of spring and the change in leadership in the Toronto Filipino community’s top organization. The season of rebirth comes and goes without fail, year in and year out. But up there in PIDC (Philippine Independence Day Council), the umbrella for “almost 300” community… Read More »
When I first read about “noynoying,” my initial reaction was it was about President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s romantic escapades and so I ignored it. Haven’t we heard enough of his girlfriends? But it turned out that anti-government groups protesting against rising gas prices coined“noynoying.” They’re complaining that Noynoy hasn’t done anything productive. Thus, “noynoying” became the new… Read More »
MANILA The chief justice’s impeachment trial here has put the nation in suspended animation after taking a break as Filipinos observe Lent. The Senate serving as an impeachment court went on recess last March 22 until May 7 and left the people hanging as the fate of Chief Justice Renato Corona remained unresolved. The defense spent the two… Read More »