With these words, former president Fidel V. Ramos, then Philippine armed forces chief of staff in 1986 severed his links to his cousin and boss, the powerful president of the Philippines, Ferdinand E.Marcos in that fateful day of February 25,1986. It would later go down in history as Marcos’ last day in his 20-year old dictatorship, and the… Read More »
Recently, Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona’s defense lawyers at his Senate impeachment trial called on the House prosecutors not to associate Corona to former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Well, isn’t that like asking them to disregard that “chief justice” Corona was a creation of Gloria? In fact, “chief justice” Corana’s “birth” was induced during a period that… Read More »
Saying it obliquely is perhaps the most effective, least antagonistic manner to focus attention on some pernicious character traits that plague Filipino individuals and institutions. On Feb. 17, officials in Toronto announced the team-up of the Manila-based network giant ABS-CBN and UGAT (Ugnayan at Tulong para sa Maralitang Pamilya) Foundation in a world-wide search for Filipino organizations that… Read More »
The more President Aquino opens his mouth about the ongoing impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, the more it becomes obvious that he is pursuing a personal vendetta rather than what he claims is a mission to remove roadblocks to his reform agenda. In another vicious attack on Corona, Aquino basically said the rise and fall of… Read More »
I don’t know what you did last Valentines Day but this one guy’s idea of a date was to take her girlfriend to the cemetery. “Bakit mo ako dinala dito, sementeryo eto, ah!” the girl asked. “Para malaman mo kung paano ako ka patay-na-patay sa ‘yo,” he said. On the surface, it is funny. Dig a little deeper… Read More »
MANILA Chief Justice Renato Corona’s impeachment here has taken a nasty turn. President Benigno Aquino III and Corona have stooped low, calling each other names. In an ugly retort to Mr. Aquino’s recent attacks against him, Corona urged the President to disclose his own statement of assets. Worse, Corona challenged Aquino to also disclose his psychological profile. The… 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 »
Did you see that news on television about a research that showed animals laugh? Several animals were used in the study. Among them were orang-utans, penguins and dogs. These animals were tickled and the study reported that there were concrete evidences that they laughed. I imagine that it was not too difficult to conduct the study with dogs.… 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 »
The world was shocked Sunday morning….Whitney Houston was found dead in the bathtub of her hotel, the Beverly Hills Hilton –Dead? Yes, dead! Those close to her said that she was looking forward to attending the Grammy Awards on Sunday evening. She was found dead Saturday evening. There was no suspected foul play; Bottles of pills were found… Read More »