HELLO, TORONTO! While many bosses of households throughout the country have expressed non belief that this thing could have happened for such length of time without the victim doing something about it (escape from the house or retaliate), many more have condemned the spouses Marzan (Reynold and Analiza ) of Quezon City for the maltreatment they have subjected… Read More »
Last Tuesday, the nation laid to rest the remains of Interior and Local Government Sec. Jesse Robredo. The week- long vigil before his burial was a time when simple folk all over the nation and most specially Robredo’s constituents in Naga City where he served as mayor for 18 years (he was first elected in 1988) came out… Read More »
The country tries to get back to normalcy after the monsoon rain floods of last week. There is serious effort from Malacanang to execute flood control plans that have ‘slept’ in government office filing cabinets for many years- cisterns, dikes and dams for the most- heavily flooded areas during the rainy seasons. Meantime, for the more urgent concerns,… Read More »
HELLO, TORONTO! A WEEK AFTER THE Philippine President’s State of the Nation address where he enumerated his leadership’s accomplishments and his vision for the country in the near future, most Pinoys remain aglow with inspiration- ‘May bukas pa,’ we utter as we hope that we will feel the boon of progress in our very own homes where we… Read More »
In the next few days, I will be quite busy helping fill up one big suitcase and a handcarry roller bag for Maricel, the lucky girl I wrote about in this column sometime in February this year. This lady who suddenly found herself unemployed before Christmas of last year, tried and failed to find the simplest of jobs… Read More »
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno says the judiciary seems to be in ‘disarray’ after its ‘collision with the other 2 branches of government- he was referring to the impeachment and final ouster of the last Chief Justice Renato C. Corona but is quick to add that this is temporary. Though some of its members are disappointed,… Read More »
Sa totoo lang po, The whole household of mine was glued to the tv Tuesday afternoon (Philippine time) for the culmination of the 4-month long Impeachment Trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona of the Philippine Supreme Court. It was Judgment Day for Corona and the Senator- judges of the Impeachment Court will hand down each’s individual verdict whether… Read More »
Heto at katatapos lang ng Mahal na Araw dito sa Pilipinas- almost a week- long holiday for most (walang pasok! But for the daily wage earner,walang sweldo!) for this predominantly Catholic nation to to give time daw to‘observe’ the true meaning of Lent. And I will now be writing about PORK , the kind one eats – a… Read More »
“Forty percent of all male tourists who visit the Philippines go there for sex.” The American ambassador to the Philippines, a guy named Harry Thomas, made this statement sometime ago. On the heels of the ensuing uproar among discerning Filipinos over his imprudent remarks, Thomas apologized. It appears he apologized just to quell the Filipinos’ anger. He apologized… Read More »
At this time and till the next couple of months, many young people (and some ‘mature’ folks who willed to finish the dream, too) will be cheering after successfully hurdling the challenges of finishing a course, high school, and elementary school. The number of cheerers may double or triple as the graduation occasion is inherently a family affair… Read More »