HELLO PO, TORONTO! Tayong mga Pinoy talaga- maraming problemang idinadaan na lang sa biro. So hayun, a group of protesters joining the jeepney operators/drivers in their strike or ‘caravan’ some three weeks ago coined a new word. ‘Noynoying’ daw ang tawag sa asta nilang parang walang cares in the world- para daw si Pangulong Noynoy na parang di… Read More »
(First of Two Parts) ‘WE will go back to the glory days of the CNE”,declared Norma Carpio, who unknown to many Filipino-Canadians holds the distinction of being the founder of what has become as the biggest and well-attended Filipino summer event that is the Mabuhay Festival and Trade show. By glory days, Carpio recalls that 18 days in… Read More »
In less than 12 hours, she had one million viewers in YouTube after she belted a stirring and beautiful rendition of the late Whitney Houston’s iconic “I will always Love you“. Queen of R&B and Soul Mary Blige described Jessica Sanchez’s take on Houston’s movie the Bodyguard theme song as “ Impeccable “ or perfect as she mentored… Read More »
With these words, former president Fidel V. Ramos, then Philippine armed forces chief of staff in 1986 severed his links to his cousin and boss, the powerful president of the Philippines, Ferdinand E.Marcos in that fateful day of February 25,1986. It would later go down in history as Marcos’ last day in his 20-year old dictatorship, and the… Read More »
Bachelor President Benigno “Noynoy “ Aquino III has a new flavor of the month or shall we say a new apple of his eye. And speculations are rife that she could fill the vacuum in the presidential palace that is wanting for a First Lady since the departure of ousted president Joseph “Erap “Estrada in 2001. The latest… Read More »
EPAL does not refer to electronic pen pal nor another techie term like emails or I pad or I phone. It is a street lingo ,a fast growing byword that refers to a person who is an attention and credit grabber, an obnoxious or annoying personality who butts in, in any conversations or everyday affairs. Popularly, it’s a… Read More »
Some 200 years ago when it was brought to Manila by Augustinian Recollect Friars on May 31, 1606, the statue or image of the Black Nazarene, also known as the Black Christ, continue to attract millions of devotees. The Quiapo Basilica, the seat of the much revered statue was once again teeming with unprecedented numbers of devotees. According… Read More »
GMA7’S ‘Mel and Joey “show may be no more but Toronto’s MEL and FLOR are a continuing success story of grit and determination, an inspirational odyssey of a couple who swayed from the dance floor to the baking oven and to a budding food empire that is now known as FV Foods. A decade ago, Melchor Galeon brought… Read More »
In our October 2011 column of this newspaper titled “ Watch out for Sendong and Tisoy “, we warned that typhoon “Pedring and Quiel “ may not be the last of the worst weather disturbances that will hit the Philippines. Please don’t get me wrong. I’m not invoking an “I told you so attitude “nor claiming to be… Read More »
The telenovela continues. The Christmas season of 2011 will be an unforgettable one for former President Gloria Arroyo. After the Nov.17 airport drama where she and her husband Mike Arroyo were stopped from taking their flight to Singapore, she is now finally a detainee: officially under hospital arrest at the government-run Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC), a far… Read More »