CHICAGO (jGLi) – In the heat of the 2008 presidential primary election campaign, Hillary Clinton fielded a campaign ad, which featured a telephone ringing at 3 a.m. It promoted the idea that Barack Obama was not prepared to pick up the call at a critical hour. It was telling American primary voters that in case a crisis would… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – When Philippine’s national hero Jose Rizal said, “Ang hindi magmahal sa sariling wika ay daig pa ang amoy ng mabahong isda,” (those who do not love their language evinces a smell worse than a rotten fish), perhaps, it also applies to other native cultures and traditions. Perhaps, Rizal was meaning to say that one could… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – The British Royal Wedding of Prince Williams to Kate Middleton may be an odd curiosity to the world community outside the British Commonwealth of Nations but it carries a powerful message for overseas Filipino workers (OFW’s). Since it is not a state event, the wedding of the century may not include the most powerful man… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – In the United States, this is the year after every ten years when minorities stir to life to discuss their political future. This is the year following the decennial census mandated by the United States Constitution to apportion the number of members of the United States House of Representatives among the several states. Census statistics… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – The Disaster in Japan is by no means a devastating event that would be the last thing anybody would ever want to have. As misfortunes go, this will probably be one of those moments that will melt everybody’s heart and would prompt us to extend whatever help we can give. Even if a country is… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – Two surviving Filipino Americans whose members of their families were victims of murders in Illinois share opposite views on death penalty. I sought out their views following the signing Wednesday (March 9) by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn of the ban of death penalty, making Illinois the 16th state to end capital punishment. As you know,… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – At about 4 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1986 (Manila time) (3 p.m. EST, Feb. 24, Monday), President Marcos had just hanged up his phone after taking a call from Nevada Sen. Paul Laxalt (Rep.). Mr. Marcos must not have returned to bed anymore because three and a half hours later at 7:30 a.m., Philip… Read More »
The United States District Court for Eastern Wisconsin in Milwaukee has ordered a Filipino immigrant couple to pay a Filipina caregiver $1-million in punitive damages after they were found liable for Civil RICO violation for human trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, harboring an alien, mail and wire frauds. The $1-Million award is on top of… Read More »
CHICAGO (JGLi) – The shocking loss of Sen. Manuel “Mar” A. Roxas in the vice presidential election might have left a bad taste in the mouth of everyone, notably incoming President Noynoy Aquino, who did not expect that sometimes in politics anything goes. I don’t buy the alibi that the winning combination of Noy-Bi (Sen. Aquino-Mayor Jejomar Binay)… Read More »
CHICAGO (JGLi) – Sen. Noynoy Aquino has also Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to thank for, for his ascent to Malacanang. Noynoy was the main beneficiary of the peoples’ hatred of the Mrs. Arroyo. They don’t want her to stay nano-second longer in the Palace, which would only make the Arroyo-hater meter rise. And the campaign of Aquino was able… Read More »