The decision of the Philippine government to pledge $1 billion to the $456-billion standby fund being put up by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help distressed countries in Europe has raised questions from several sectors. Foremost of these questions is why lend $1 billion when the Philippines is drowning in debt? Another question that has been raised… Read More »
The loss of Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao to Timothy Bradley would most likely become one of the most controversial fights in boxing history and could become the catalyst for reforms in the way fights are judged. These are the facts: The round-by-round Lederman Card showed Pacquiao winning, a total of 119 over Bradley’s 109. Lederman gave Round 10 to… Read More »
Renato Corona is a giant of a man. He towers above practically all whom he talks to. He’s easily over 200 pounds, perhaps 230, 240. His full crop of hair and his taut and smooth face belie his 63 years. He walks with an awkward gait, like one who treads a bed of hot coal or of broken… Read More »
Art T. Viola is not an average retiree. There is a man who has spent his life in service of the people and lovingly caring for his family in a foreign land that he now calls home. Art T. Viola is an epitome of the merging of two cultures that have produced a personality that Filipino immigrants anywhere… Read More »
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 »
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno says the judiciary seems to be in ‘disarray’ after its ‘collision with the other 2 branches of government- he was referring to the impeachment and final ouster of the last Chief Justice Renato C. Corona but is quick to add that this is temporary. Though some of its members are disappointed,… Read More »
Sa totoo lang po, The whole household of mine was glued to the tv Tuesday afternoon (Philippine time) for the culmination of the 4-month long Impeachment Trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona of the Philippine Supreme Court. It was Judgment Day for Corona and the Senator- judges of the Impeachment Court will hand down each’s individual verdict whether… Read More »
“Yet, here’s a spot. Out damned spot; out I say.” She resumes washing her hands and continues: not all the perfumes of Arabia will sweeten this little hand… She cannot get the stain or smell of blood off her hand. Impeached Supreme Court Justice Renato C. Corona is no Lady Macbeth. But there’s the spot indeed. The more… Read More »
Over the years, I have been fortunate to have met so many interesting and successful personalities and business people in Canada. Last week in Toronto, I met and chatted with Gina Cajucom, the newly elected Secretary of Canada-Philippines Business Council (CPBC), a non-profit organization that fosters trade between Canada and the Philippines. Intrigued by her background and impressed… Read More »
The much-anticipated vote on the impeachment case against Chief Justice Renato Corona finally came to pass last May 29, 2012. It was supposed to be suspenseful to the very end with either side winning by a razor-thin margin. But as it turned out it was a massacre! Twenty senator-judges voted for conviction leaving the three die-hard Coronistas –… Read More »