Proclaimed na proclaimed na! President- elect at Vice President- elect of the Philippine Republic respectively na sina Noynoy Aquino at Jesus Jose Maria aka Jojo Binay. Eight days after the Board of Canvassers, composed of members of the Philippine Congress went to work, the two top officials of the land were officially proclaimed amidst shouts and chants of… Read More »
CHICAGO (JGLi) – Sen. Noynoy Aquino has also Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to thank for, for his ascent to Malacanang. Noynoy was the main beneficiary of the peoples’ hatred of the Mrs. Arroyo. They don’t want her to stay nano-second longer in the Palace, which would only make the Arroyo-hater meter rise. And the campaign of Aquino was able… Read More »
It won’t be until noon of June 30 that Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will exit Malacanang, but I can’t wait to bid her farewell. Goodbye Gloria, but no thanks for the bad memories. You said you will just fade away after that day, but I assure you that you will not be forgotten. Infamy awaits you at the… Read More »
With the recent ruling by the Ombudsman to clear Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her husband Mike Arroyo of involvement in the controversial $329-million NBN-ZTE deal, it has become even more important that incoming President Noynoy Aquino make good on his promise to create a special commission to investigate allegations of corruption during the Arroyo administration. Nobody… Read More »
No one could remember how Salvador Nolasco got the job as a caretaker of Victoria Tennis court before the outbreak of the Pacific War. Nobody seemed to be interested for in the first place, he was doing a hell of a good job. What many knew, to include many players, was that this man of over fifty was… Read More »
A few days leading to June 12, Philippine Independence Day, a slew of Filipino celebrities and stars trooped to Toronto and other parts of Canada for a series of performances and concerts. Among them were “songbird“ Regine Velasquez, songwriter Ogie Alcasid, Sarah Geronimo and of course diminutive international singing sensation, Charice Pempengco of Oprah fame and a protégée… Read More »
My nephew and his wife had lunch with me and my sister the other day. They helped my sister with some chores. It was not a planned visit and I did not have anything special to serve. I heated the left-over “arroz caldo” that we had for supper the night before and pulled out some “dim sum” from… Read More »
Barrio residents regarded the month of May a very significant and memorable for various reasons. Firstly, this month would usher the arrival of the rainy season thereby ending the long dry hot summer months; secondly, May was the second month of the long school vacation enabling the school children to help their parents in the home and… Read More »
To have a child is the first task mandated by the Creator to all living creatures particularly man. There are several approaches to having a better offspring which will eventually lead to having a better world in the future. Man just forgets how to have a simplified multiplication. AVV510 Many are worried about… Read More »
When the Supreme Court voted 9-1 to allow Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to appoint the successor of retiring Chief Justice Reynato Puno despite the constitutional ban on midnight appointments, several opinion makers, including this writer, criticized the ruling, saying that the controversial decision opened the “Arroyo court” to questions of credibility and integrity. In an article entitled… Read More »