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 »
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 »
By Mae Bentia Her schemes sound like legitimate business. In one case she used her restaurant as bait for investment money, and in another she trafficked artists from the Philippines to come to Canada for shows that never took place. Her ploy was to ask for funds upfront but once she got it the promise vanished into thin… Read More »
By Socrates Moreno Some Filipino organizations in the Greater Toronto Area come and go like smoke, but those that continue are thriving with significant wins. Three major Filipino non-profit organizations that fit the description stand out: they are Mississauga’s Kalayaan Cultural Community Centre (KCCC), founded in 1983, the Markham Federation of Filipino Canadians (MFFC) founded in 1989, and… Read More »
Members Clamor for an Independent Financial Auditby Maria CJ De Villa Many people claim that FCT may well be the wealthiest non-profit Filipino community centre in Canada. Why? Because with the liquidation of its building last January 2017, its coffers swelled to a staggering $5.9 million (gross sale). While it would have been cause for a glorious celebration,… Read More »
Beautiful halcyon days! Sun in full splendor. Blue skies. White fluffy clouds. Cool breeze. Perfect! How we want to hold on to this kind of days. But alas! Life is not life if it stays this way. The livingness of life, as I have realized it, is change. Nothing stays the same. Even our bodies change every second.… Read More »
“Somewhere there’s music/How near, how far/It’s where you are.” Lyrics from How High The Moon, A Song by Les Paul and Mary Ford Whenever I work out on my elliptical at my home basement, I listen to music instead of watching a DVD documentary or a movie. Since being self-isolated due to COVID-19, working out on the elliptical… Read More »
My heart sank when I espied a bit of news online that Muji was filing for bankruptcy (just like a bunch of other fashion retail companies). Thank heavens it was only in the U.S. (Sigh of relief). Am not much of a U.S. goer anyway. Except maybe to New York. But then, my travelling days will probably have… Read More »
“Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.” Immanuel Kant Last famous words, asking for sympathy but none was given. In eight minutes and forty six seconds, the life of Mr. George Floyd was snuffed out of him, captured on a video by a concerned bystander. According to Wikipedia, the last person publicly… Read More »
By Tess Taylor It was March when the world was upended. Spring was up in the air. But the world had other things in store for us. Lifestyle changes. Drastic ones for hordes of people. For me, it was a test of maintaining one’s equanimity in the midst of the fear, uncertainty and confusion and the changes that… Read More »