While delegates to the Asian Development Bank annual meeting discussed ways to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor in the region last week, the Aquino administration tried to insulate the rich from the poor by putting up walls that hid the squatter shanties along the esteros near the site of the ADB. Probably thinking the… Read More »
Mother is a symbol of sacrifice and love. But slowly times have changed the quality of mothers we have today. Being a mother is not just about giving birth; it is a lifetime commitment and an endless sacrifice. AVV512 There are enough reasons to celebrate mother’s day because they are the most important people in everybody’s life. The… Read More »
There’s definitely more than meets the eye in the sudden interest of the Aquino administration in forging a peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front at the height of the escalating dispute between the Philippines and China over the Scarborough Shoals in the West Philippine Sea. Manila Standard’s Jojo Robles was on the right track in raising… Read More »
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose . . . A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. – Ecclesiastes The long-held whispers in San Diego, California finally crossed the border into Toronto, courtesy of itchy-tongue rumour mongers and the unmasked crooks who… 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 »
One that quacks like a duck and walks like a duck is certainly not a chicken. Groups that flaunt themselves as community organizations but say their financial books are private and that the public has no business to pry into them are chickens pretending to be ducks, or is it ducks pretending to be chickens? A community group… Read More »
The declaration of support by US President Barack Obama for gay marriage last week has revived the long-drawn controversy over unions between two persons belonging to the same sex. For almost two years now, the gay marriage debate has been eerily quiet while both sides awaited the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth District… Read More »
I vividly remember what my father had shared with me when I was only in high school, life lessons that I still treasure to this day. At a young age, I realized that he valued a caring, supportive family, that he valued the important roles all mothers play. In his usual calm manner, he said, “I know that… Read More »
TORONTO – A handful of protesters, most of them Canadians of Filipino descent, marched in circles in a small fenced-off area near the Chinese consulate here on Friday (May 11) in a lackluster show of protest against the reported Chinese incursions in a contested shoal in the South China Sea. “China bully, China bully,” the less-than-two-dozen people shouted,… Read More »
The other contestants on American Idol should file a complaint against Jessica Sanchez for falsifying her age. There’s no way she’s only 16 years old. No one can be 16 and sing like that! By the time you’re reading this, American Idol (you know, that singing contest south of the border) will be very close to its finale,… Read More »