The timing was suspicious, but the unanimous decision of the Supreme Court to order the distribution of some 4,915 hectares of land in what is known as the Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac to 6,296 farmer-beneficiaries could not have come at a better time. The decision ended more than 40 years of difficult, often bloody, struggle for the poor… Read More »
If not for Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila de Lima’s insistence to see the official Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) from the Supreme Court issued on November 15, 2011, ex-president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo could have been relaxing at Costa del Sol in Spain or skiing in the Swiss Alps right now. And if De Lima took the word… Read More »
In Part 1 of this article, I discussed the first three strategies in preventing unnecessary, draining, stressful, and time-consuming confrontation. As mentioned, unfriendly encounter can happen at a time and place when we least expect it. It’s vital to know and carry out some basic strategies: First, expect it to happen; second, choose your strategy; and third, be… Read More »
I know that many people have been doing some Monday morning quarterbacking on the lackluster victory of Manny Pacquiao over Mexico’s Juan Manuel Marquez. But I’ve been doing this for many years, and it’s not the time to stop now. There is no doubt in my mind that Pacquiao won the fight, although not as convincingly as he… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – I really do not blame President Noynoy Aquino if he is too slow in allowing his predecessor, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA), to leave the Philippines to consult the medical doctor of her choice to treat her ailment. Mrs. Arroyo is being charged with six plunder charges. A plunder charge means that Arroyo personally amassed at… Read More »
Trust Sen. Miriam Santiago to author bills that stem out from her ‘inis’ with what she seems to regard as ‘sobra na’. Tiempo naman that most of the Philippine public shares her feelings with what both see as ‘kapalaluan’- yun bang over- over and major- major talaga. Hence her bill that is getting to be known as the… Read More »
Philippine Press Club-Ontario was established in December 17, 2001. This year, 2011, it turns ten. Before PPCO, the Filipino community had seen a robust media presence for at least 30 years in the GTA. However, there never was a media organization that existed in Ontario during those years. It is not far-fetched to say that PPCO is the… Read More »
One would think someone who is no longer in power would be less arrogant. But such is not the case with Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Instead of continuing to plead for compassion so that the government would finally allow her to travel abroad supposedly for medical treatment of a rare bone disease, her spokesperson is now threatening to bring… Read More »
I came across a segment of “60 minutes” several weeks ago wherein the wife and the son of Bernie Madoff were being interviewed. The wife revealed that the amount her husband defrauded from investors was about $67 billion dollars. Sixty seven billions? What can $67b buy? What did one person who it appears kept the secret of this… Read More »
I can understand why the Aquino administration allocated P39 billion for the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) to be doled out to 2.3 million poor households. But to give P5 million to Muslim rebels and another P31 million to the dreaded Alex Boncayao Brigade is beyond reason. What is President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III up to? What did he… Read More »