BY: Edwin de Leon If you talk to rank and file catholic and tell him/her that there are only 1.2 B (16% ) Roman Catholics around the world out of a population of 7.5 B, he will probably be skeptical about the figure. At 86%, the Philippines’ population is nearly homogenously catholic. ( China has 0.41% Catholics )… Read More »
The purpose of this letter is to follow up with the current FCT Executive Officers and Board of Directors (FCT Officers) on engaging a Third-Party Independent Financial Auditor to audit the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. Following the Jan 2017 sale of the 595 Parliament, Toronto FCT office building for $5.9 million, the FCT Officers revealed to itsmembers… Read More »
By Rey Moreno I am a stay-home wife. Not a choice. I married a hard-assed man whose ego is as massive as the sand dunes of Africa. Not only does he verbally abuses me, but hits me to give me “a good licking”, his words. I met him at the university. He was a charmer then. We got… Read More »
Spring is here for sure. Baby leaves are now sprouting in my pot of Boston fern which has been winterizing indoors since November or December. Not that I am an experienced plant person. Far from that. But I am learning slowly. Making mistakes here and there. All in all though, am happy with my progress. Baby steps. What… Read More »
“When Vu spoke he said that time climbed upward in layers and that with each consecutive layer the past became buried. He said that an old man like the one here in the village, he was happy simply to eat his soup every day, sleep in a dry bed, and have regular bowel movements.” David Bergen, The Time… Read More »
Rodel J. Ramos Compassion to refugees In 1937 when Hitler was persecuting Jews in Europe, Jews were leaving in droves begging other countries to give them asylum. Only the Philippines took them in. Even America, Canada and Australia did not accept them. It was the time of President Manuel L. Quezon. Thousands of them were accepted with open… Read More »
Rodel J. Ramos The EDSA revolution was the trigger that started a worldwide peaceful revolt that overthrow dictators and communist governments all over the world. The world witnessed the bravery of the Filipinos who toppled down a fearful dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos from power. This was followed by Haiti under another dictator, then Poland under communism and… Read More »
“We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves. As we were. As we are no longer. As we will one day not be at all.” Joan Didion, The Year… Read More »
By Tess Taylor It has been more than 2 weeks since I watched the multi-award winning Korean movie Parasite at the Cineplex. I thought at first it was a natural disaster movie, which is not my cup of tea. My idea of a movie night is to relax. Not to be tense and disturbed. But from a brief… Read More »
This day of January 27 (as I rush to submit my column for the Feb 1 issue) is the birth anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. No wonder the Toronto Symphony Orchestra had back to back Mozart concerts. I only found out today (that it was Mozart’s birthday) as I was listening, through my laptop, to one of my… Read More »