For decades, Filipino politicians have courted the poor in their campaigns, and with good reason, of course, the poor having the most number of votes and being the most gullible among the nation’s voting groups. Most of those who associated themselves with the poor or who claimed to champion their cause have won election to important posts in… Read More »
ANG San Isidro Cathedral, sinasabi sa tansong plake sa harapan nito, ay itinayo ng mga Kastila. noong 1894 o dalawang taon bago binaril sa Bagumbayan ang dakilang bayani, si Dr. Jose Rizal. Umano, ang katedral na ito ay itinayo sapagkat sa alin mang lugar na nilagian o lalagian ng mga Kastila ay kailangan ang simbahan o katedral upang… Read More »
By: Angel Bulauitan It may be embarrassing to remind all presidential candidates, but frankly none of them, except for Pwersa ng Masa candidate, former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada, can validly claim as belonging to the opposition. After the infamy of political swindle and the subsequent vandalism on the Constitution by the elite and the clerics, a political reconfiguration… Read More »
Iyo’y isang paaralang masasabing pangkaraniwang makikita sa San Isidro, na masasabi ring pangkaraniwan sa buong Isla de Oriente: mga silid aralan na kailangan ang kumpuni; mga bilang ng mga mag-aaral na sobra sa dami sa isang klase; mga batang gustong matamo ang karunungan ngunit dahil sa kakulangan nang tamang gamit, ang karunungang dapat makamtan ay hindi nakakamtan; mga… Read More »
Ke sa Manila or sa mga probinsya man, pyestang pyesta ang dating talaga!! Daming jeepney, tricycle, pedicab at kariton ng drum drum na tubig from the gripo or poso man na nilalako sa bahay bahay ng mga barangay na may water shortage, ang kinabitan na ng mga cassette player (or cd player na nabili sa 2nd hand tindahan… Read More »
CHICAGO, Illinois (JGLi) – In interviews, Manny Pacquiao always tells reporters that all his fights are dedicated to his fans — to make them happy. But in his last fight with Ghanaian Joshua Clottey, it seems that the pound-for-pound world champion has lost his magic. By making short shrift of his opponents in the past, Manny has spoiled… Read More »
Si Mang Berto ay isang pangkaraniwng empleyado sa gobierno sa maynila at may sariling bahay sa Santa Mesa. Magmula ng siya ay maging balo hindi na ninya inisip na mag-asawa pang muli at ang panahon niya ay inukol na lamang sa kanyang dalawang anak na si Amanda na may gulang na labing pito at si Bonnie na labing… Read More »
The Big news in the United States recently was the passage in the House of Representatives of the Health Reform Bill. It was considered a great victory for US President Barrack Obama who recently had focused the attention of his government to this task from the time he took office in January 2009. It would be recalled that… Read More »
Some people “can’t handle the truth “, to borrow a famous line of Jack Nicholson in the military film drama “ A Few Good Men “. I’m referring to some community personalities who have gone to the extent of employing dirty tactics to suppress the truth. In the first week of March, bundles of community newspapers among them… Read More »
If you’ve lived long enough in this great Earth of ours, I assume that you’ve experienced excruciating pressures from family members, friends, and neighbors to do certain things although that “thing” may go against your conscience. Although that “thing” go against what is right. How many times have you been invited to attend a party when you… Read More »