PH & MALAYSIA HAVE “DE FACTO” EXTRADITION TREATY CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – Thanks to the audacious attempt of some of the heirs of the Sultan of Sulu to repossess their North Borneo (Sabah) homeland, it led me to stumble on some documents that show that the Philippines and Malaysia have a “de facto” extradition treaty never before publicly disclosed.… Read More »
“If you are strong on the facts, pound on the facts. If you are strong on the law, pound on the law. But if you are not strong or you are weak both on the facts and the law, pound on the table.” – – Philippine Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, quoting his Ateneo law professor during the Corona… Read More »
CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – Unlike the peaceful exodus of some 200 members of the Sultan of Sulu, escorted by some 30 armed members of the Royal Army, who went to the State of Sabah to claim their own land, the reported killing of ten Filipino people and two Malaysian policemen last Friday (March 1) were no different from the… Read More »
CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – The touchstone of success of a business is the continuous patronage of repeat customers. Or referral to others to patronize that business. If a customer does not come back to buy the same product or secure the same service, chances are the customer was not satisfied with such product or service the first time. Nor… Read More »
The legacy of Juan Ponce Enrile as Liberator and Philippine Senate president is already secure. And even if retires now at the age of 88 instead of waiting for June 2016 when he turns 92, nobody could take away his iconic contribution that galvanized the Filipino people to come to his aid against a military dictatorship in order… Read More »
CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – I always agree with the suggestion that a country is like a ship of state. If it is filled to the brim, it should close the gate from accepting more passengers to prevent it from taking water. This is also how I feel with the galloping Philippine population, which according to the Philippine National Census… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – Despite the two successive setbacks by Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, Da Pacman has dismissed them as bumps, not end, of the road. I don’t blame him if does not see the setbacks as some kind of Biblical handwritings on the wall. In the book of Daniel Chapter 5, I am sure the Bible-reading Pacman… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – In his first official act following his re-election, President Obama decided to visit Thailand, Cambodia and Burma. This gesture of Mr. Obama of excluding the Philippines from his itinerary has confounded political opinion makers in Manila. There is no doubt the Philippines is the U.S.’s oldest ally in the region when it became part of… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – If Manny Pacquiao would not suffer brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder from the devastating right straight he absorbed from Juan Miguel Marquez, by all means, let him go back to the ring if he feels he still has what it takes to win. But he would need to go back to some of his… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) — Some politicians may easily give up after losing in just one try. Not in the case of Filipino American optometrist Jennifer Ong, who lost by 2,278 votes to Bill Quirk for the 20th assembly seat of the California Assembly. Dr. Ong got 44,016 votes against Quirk’s 46,294. “My campaign team’s ability to overcome running against… Read More »