Category Archives: Editorial

Our participation in the next election

We are going to the poll again. The fourth time in seven years! There appears to be some reluctance in some sectors about this up and coming election. It will cost the Canadian people about three hundred million to finance an election. But this usually happens when there is a minority government. A minority government can be toppled… Read More »

Four Tips on Overcoming Fear with Poise

Everyone experiences fear. Nobody is exempted from its grip, not even those who appear brave or those who bully their way around. Fear, though unwanted in our lives, is just as normal as any emotion. As Mark Twain asserts, “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. . .” As such, fear happens in… Read More »

Father David Marino, Ang Dating Iskwater

Si Fr. David Marino ay talagang napaka suwerting tao. Ang buong sambayanan ay sumusuporta sa kanyang mga proyekto, katulad ng pag-papatayo ng simbahan. Noong unang siya ay madestino sa lugar na iyon, ang dinatnan lamang niya ay isang maliit na simbahan na kung hindi nalagyan ng altar at mga larawan ng santo ay masasabing isang bodega ng palay.… Read More »

SPIRITUAL BREAD Part 2

When you are in despair and things get worst because of advices that are based on personal motives, then it’s about time to look for the answer from the Word of God. AVV311 As of this writing, the trouble in the Middle East is widely spreading. Now it’s the turn of Saudi Arabia government to face a wide… Read More »

JAPAN TREMOR: Was this the big one?

Just how powerful was the March 11 earthquake that hit Japan? US geological survey data said the magnitude 8.9 (Richter scale) temblor that hit the Northeastern coast of Japan had a power equivalent to 336 megaton of TNT. If compared for instance to the atom bombs that were dropped in Nagasaki and Hiroshima 1946 during the end of… Read More »

Philippine scandals never die; they just fade away

For several days in February, the plot thickened in the case of former AFP comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, as the Senate and House probe into his high highly suspicious plea bargain agreement stumbled upon a bigger corruption scandal that threatened to destroy the credibility of the entire Armed Forces. The investigation was developing into a potential mystery… Read More »

Two Murder Survivors Part Ways on Death Penalty

CHICAGO (jGLi) – Two surviving Filipino Americans whose members of their families were victims of murders in Illinois share opposite views on death penalty. I sought out their views following the signing Wednesday (March 9) by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn of the ban of death penalty, making Illinois the 16th state to end capital punishment. As you know,… Read More »

Corruption Galore!

Ever since two brave military officers and a courageous government auditor came out to expose corruption in the military and the Commission on Audit (COA), two earth-shaking events occurred that could break through the massive “walls” that were built to protect corrupt officials during the nine-year presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. On February 14, 2011, Bayan Muna party-list… Read More »