Romeo Roman was an indigenous product of Walled City. His parents were both from Intramuros where Romy, as many of his friends called him, was born. After finishing his high school, he was not eager to go to college for if he did; his parents would strive hard to let Romy have a college education. So Romy went… Read More »
A few days before the 25th anniversary of the Feb.25 EDSA 1 revolution , senator Ferdinand “Bongbong “ Marcos Jr. declared the Philippines could have been as progressive like Singapore if his father, the late president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos had not been kicked out. He was referring to the highly developed and economically prosperous –island city-state which… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – At about 4 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1986 (Manila time) (3 p.m. EST, Feb. 24, Monday), President Marcos had just hanged up his phone after taking a call from Nevada Sen. Paul Laxalt (Rep.). Mr. Marcos must not have returned to bed anymore because three and a half hours later at 7:30 a.m., Philip… Read More »
In times like this — when all things is going wayward to oblivion, when there’s no place to run, and nobody to call for help — then it is the time to be with GOD and His Word. AVV 211 When your love one is in a country of war, in a nation devastated by natural calamities; When… Read More »
The United States District Court for Eastern Wisconsin in Milwaukee has ordered a Filipino immigrant couple to pay a Filipina caregiver $1-million in punitive damages after they were found liable for Civil RICO violation for human trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, harboring an alien, mail and wire frauds. The $1-Million award is on top of… Read More »
Concern for Filipinos overseas was the biggest worry of Pinoys at home the last few weeks. The turmoil besetting Libya had kin and families of OFW’s stationed in that Muslim nation going into hysterics and rushing to the Foreign Affairs Office in Manila to squeeze more details to the scanty reportings of what is actually happening there and… Read More »
They were all in tears when they came into the country’s national consciousness, these whistleblowers. The latest of them — former AFP budget officers retired Lt. Col. George Rabusa and Lt. Col. Antonio Lim, and former COA auditor Heidi Mendoza – all wiped tears as they narrated the massive corruption in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)… Read More »
Love is the most powerful force on earth. It can conquer anything such as time, space, and even life. No obstacles can withstand such power of true love for true love will continue to live on always and forever. AVV211 Slowly, the current generation seems to lose the true essence of the emotion called love. They are now… Read More »
If the Aquino administration is serious in its drive to stamp out corruption in government, it should focus on two hot items that have recently hogged the headlines – the plunder case on former AFP comptroller retired Gen. Carlos Garcia and the gruesome murder of two car dealers allegedly by a well-entrenched carnapping syndicate. From all indications, these… Read More »
MetroM is experiencing, over the past two weeks, hiatus from rainshowers and rains- restful pa rin ang weather, meaning, malamig- lamig, masarap- sarap maglakad outside of the airconditioned malls, and, pakiramdam ko lang ha, nakatulong ang existing weather na ito sa ‘mood’ ng Pinoy city- dweller- maganda- ganda naman ang hwisyo ng marami nating ordinaryong kababayan ( kasali… Read More »