THERE is much more at stake in the May 10 Philippine national elections, besides choosing a new president and other elective officials. For the first time, automated voting, counting, and tabulation will take the place of manual polling. This means, voters will choose their candidates through a computerized process that will hopefully save time, reduce if not eliminate… Read More »
After four decades, the Vatican has absolved the Beatles, calling their pop songs “ beautiful melodies “ ending years of acrimonious relationship between the famous British pop group who made musical history in the 1960s and the Catholic church, a report from the L’Observatore, the official newspaper of the Rome-based tiny city-state said. The Vatican had called the… Read More »
Some people “can’t handle the truth “, to borrow a famous line of Jack Nicholson in the military film drama “ A Few Good Men “. I’m referring to some community personalities who have gone to the extent of employing dirty tactics to suppress the truth. In the first week of March, bundles of community newspapers among them… Read More »
Scenario: Failure of elections On May 10, an historic political exercise will pick the next Philippine president via the first computerized automated election. Hopefully, this will do away with the primitive manual counting of ballots that take days. Weeks or even months before any results are known, a tortuous process that has led to widespread cheating, violence like… Read More »
In the course of our journey as journalists, we have witnessed heels and heroes changed the course of history, as in the Marcos years and in the redeeming people Power EDSA revolution of 1986. We rubbed elbows with rogues and criminals; clinked champagne glasses with the high and the mighty or shared “tagays “ of cheap gin and… Read More »
Many Filipino-Canadian organizations are good fund raisers. In fact, at the drop of a hat they could hold events..Concerts, dinner-dances or raffles and come up with thousands of dollars for their recipients, real or imagined. Now, let’s see if we could use their expertise in the current efforts to rehabilitate earthquake-stricken Haiti. Let’s repay the kindness of the… Read More »
Now its out in the open. After weeks of speculations, rumors and innuendoes, a Toronto-based Filipino-Canadian promoter had confirmed That “mismanagement of funds before and after the shows “ was the cause why the legendary Juan De La Cruz band was not fully paid of their talent fees. The iconic band, composed of Jose “Pepe “ Smith,… Read More »
Our top news story of the year 2009 is of course the Maguindanao massacre of November 23, the mass murder of some 57 innocent civilians including 31 journalists masterminded allegedly by one of the most powerful political warlords of Mindanao, a close ally of the lame duck president Gloria Arroyo. This brutal and heinous crime has earned the… Read More »
A sweet victory for Filipina nannies and to every foreign worker in Canada. One year after the death of Juan Tejada, she was vindicated for her passionate advocacy of the so-called Juan Tejada law seeking an exemption to taking a second medical test as a pre-requisite to becoming a permanent resident here in Canada. And Juana must be… Read More »
It was only weeks ago in November that the Filipino was the toast of the world in the persons of Manny Pacquiao and CNN Hero of the year Efren Penaflorida. This did not last long as the glory was obliterated by a grisly incident that would shake the nation and the entire world. The Maguindanao massacre has flung… Read More »