By taking the lead role and declaring an “all-out war” against the Reproductive Health Bill, the Philippine Roman Catholic Church has put itself in a precarious position where its standing as the most influential religious group in the country would be put to the test. The great debate on the merits of two measures pending in both… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – When I was covering the mayor’s offices of Rizal province in the Philippines in the seventies, I was pleasantly surprised to see a mayor of Antipolo in near tears when I told him politicians should pave the way for other aspirants when they had grown tired of their jobs or had run out of ideas… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) — What started as a tourism come-on by President Marcos to lure overseas Filipinos to visit their homeland has grown into a full-blown commercial enterprise that could jeopardize not only the tourism and overseas banking industries but also defense industry. The Balikbayan (returning Filipino) program gives overseas Filipinos a chance to keep their ties with their… Read More »
Spring is finally here! The tulips in my front yard are all in bloom. The golden sedum is glorious in its bright yellow blossoms. The peonies are starting to peep out on the week end and in three days, they are about ten inches high. The rain had left, the grass lushly green. The chirping of the robins… Read More »
What the mind can do amazes man. What others can do naturally is a mystery to some. The secret is, without heart, the mind is just an organ that functions less than half of its capability. AVV511 There are so many studies about the power of the mind. Some of its known abilities were transformed and brought into… Read More »
Malacanang’s first reaction to the 18-point drop in the net satisfaction rating of President Noynoy Aquino was, as usual, to shrug it off. Instead of acknowledging that the administration was cognizant of the fact that it may have disappointed some people, and that the President is doing his best and will continue to exert more effort to achieve… Read More »
With the abrupt resignation of Ombudsman Merceditas “Merci” Gutierrez, the door is now wide open for President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III to fulfill his election promise of bringing ex-president and now-congresswoman Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to justice. Indeed, with three cases – and more coming — already filed against her, karmic whammy is hitting Gloria with a punishing jolt… Read More »
Ma. Merceditas Navarro Gutierrez was just being true to her character when she resigned as Ombudsman a few days before her impeachment trial in the Senate was to have begun. She is an ardent loyalist of the Arroyos – Gloria and Mike. That was the reason, after all, that she was appointed Ombudsman in 2005. Gutierrez’s appointment came… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – In the heat of the 2008 presidential primary election campaign, Hillary Clinton fielded a campaign ad, which featured a telephone ringing at 3 a.m. It promoted the idea that Barack Obama was not prepared to pick up the call at a critical hour. It was telling American primary voters that in case a crisis would… Read More »
Navy SEAL(Sea, Air and Land) commandos who swooped May 1 at the Abbottabad hideout of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan not only found a “treasure trove of documents “ about his own organization, Al Qaeda, but also some interesting facts about his personal life on the run. Among them were some medications on many kinds of common ailments,… Read More »