CHICAGO (jGLi) – When I first arrived in the U.S. in mid-eighties, I saw this quote on the wall of my former Philippine News boss (the late Ben Manogura): there are three kinds of people in this world – those who make things happen; those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. As a columnist,… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – The first United States federal judge (John Pickering) impeached and convicted for drunkenness and unlawful rulings was immediately removed from office in 1804. That’s why any thought being entertained by former Philippine Supreme Court Associate Justice Serafin Cuevas to file an appeal of the conviction of his client, former Chief Justice Renato C. Corona, will… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – From the early fifties, after every time a Philippine president visited the White House in an annual ritual, he would get home to the Philippines always with a largess (U.S. foreign aid) to brag around. As a result, Filipino politicians got the impression that the Philippines and the United States really had “special relation.” But… Read More »
”The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,” — Dick the Butcher in ”Henry VI,” Part II, act IV, Scene II, Line 73 of William Shakespeare CHICAGO (jGLi) – There are only very few Filipino American lawyers in the Chicago, Illinois community. But at the rate community lawyers are conducting their practice, this legal profession might… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) –In the incredible search for truth by the Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), it resulted in an unintended consequence – its unlikely alliance with Filipinos’ enemy No. 1 – American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. I am very sure, I am speaking with authority, that not a single Filipino with a drop of Filipino blood… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – Silence did not figure as too golden for Filipino American caregiver Carmelita Pasamba when she suddenly found a “new wealth” from her forgetful elderly ward Marshall F. Davies, 93, who could no longer “tell his age or day of the week.” Instead of keeping everything to herself and becoming a full-time caregiver to Mr. Davies,… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – When American casino developer Stephen A. Wynn declined the invitation of his former partner Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada for him to meet with Philippine President Noynoy Aquino (P-Noy) for a handshake agreement that will take a bite out of $33-billion gambling tourism in nearby Macau, Mr. Aquino should have asked full and truthful disclosures from… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao’s webmaster is being asked by Floyd “Pretty Boy” Mayweather, Jr.’s lawyers to be deposed as part of the pre-trial discovery for Mr. Pacquiao’s $5-M defamation suit against Pretty Boy. Mayweather’s lawyer Mark G. Tratos is asking the help of Manny’s lawyer David Marroso to provide him contact information of Timothy Sladeck so… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – A story in the Manila Bulletin last Tuesday (Jan. 31) of a woman serving 18 years in jail for a minor (misdemeanor) violation of (Manila) City Ordinance 1638 commonly known as vagrancy is something that should shake the conscience of the members of Philippine Congress. A mere lip service, saying that Manila Judge Amalia Gumapos-Ricablanca… Read More »
“Ang malapit sa kusina ay siyang nauulingan.” (Those who are nearest the food chain take the cake.) — Filipino proverb CHICAGO (jGLi) — With the attention of the Filipino people riveted on the impeachment of Philippine Chief Justice Renato Corona, I am going to digress from it by discussing a graft case that was lost from the radar… Read More »