My kabarangays, my friends, and folks I talk with seem to be generally contented with the outcome of the midterm elections. Being also an exercise to vote for local elective officials, the public expected and feared violence to ensue between and among political rivals in towns and provinces especially those far from the center of the respective local… Read More »
It is two weeks before the Philippine midterm elections as I write this column. I hope my kababayans are like me, quite excited about going to the polling precincts to cast their very important votes. Already, I am listing down my choices for senators and of course, the local officials who will lead my home city of Quezon.… Read More »
UNBEARABLE! This what every Pinoy mutters each time he has to leave the comfort of his home to do his business outdoors. ‘Sobrang banas, talaga!’ Summertime in the Philippines today is not the funfilled summer that I and my mga ka- age experienced during our youth. Then, we would like forward to the end of schoolterm because that… Read More »
‘Sayang his pogi points,’ according to many. President Aquino in late March, vetoed the Magna Carta for the Poor, a legislative initiative that will oblige government to immediately provide the basic needs of the poor as soon as the measure is approved and signed by the President of the Republic and becomes law. These needs include the provision… Read More »
The Philippine senatorial campaign for the midterm elections scheduled for May this year reeled off early last week with the holding of bonggang- bonggang miting de avances of the 2 major political parties fielding their respective candidates. The parties officially proclaimed their bets and announced full steam ahead in their quest to garner the majority if not the… Read More »
HELLO AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, TORONTO! O, let bygones be bygones daw, request ni Sen. Ping Lacson. Bati- bati na tayong lahat, pwede ba? Sen. Lacson, ex- pa-in-law of Jody Sta. Maria of the very sikat ‘Be Careful with my Heart’ tv series wishes to see the end of the divisiveness that characterized the relationship of government and… Read More »
HELLO. TORONTO! We’ve brought down the Christmas decors from the attic for cleaning and dusting in mid November. We’ve started putting them up on the last week of November and decorations continue up to today. My aging limbs are getting sprightly again as I lead the rest of my household in ‘creating’ the Christmas spirit in the house… Read More »
Seems that your Canadian Prime Minister’s short visit to the Philippines was fruitful. PM Stephen Harper and his lean team planed in to the Philippines a week ago (Nov. 9). He is only the 2nd Canadian head of state to have come to the country. Our first Canadian PM visitor came in 1997 when then PM Jean Chretien… Read More »
Most of our countrymen still feel happy about the present national leadership. The latest surveys even show its popularity rating even increasing a bit. Lately however, it is becoming a wonder why this administration seems to have a ‘hands off’ attitude towards some proposed measures that majority in this country feel would be good if we are all… Read More »
HELLO, TORONTO! First, Comm. Kim Henares of the Bureau of Internal Revenue expressed her feelings of betrayal over a favoured Senate version by Sen. Ralph Recto of the Sin Tax Bill. If approved, the Recto version would greatly reduce the projected government income through sin tax from 60 to 15 billion pesos (Php 60billion down to Php 15billion).… Read More »