The recent flash floods in Luzon brought about by Typhoon Ondoy brought back memories of the July-August Floods of 1972, less than two months before martial law was declared by President Marcos. I was a recently hired reporter for the Philippines Daily Express and was at the same time a senior student at the University of… Read More »
One of the most ancient methods of preserving food was smoking. Due to the absence of refrigeration, protein foods had to be preserved like fish and meat in excess of the home requirements, and for the rainy weather ahead. This is the story of an “umbuyan” or fish smoking house worker during the years before the Pacific War… Read More »
Presidential son and congressman Mike M. Arroyo is under heavy scrutiny these days over his alleged failure to declare millions of properties and assets including a beachfront property in Northern California, USA. This comes close at the heel of the now infamous expensive marathon dinners in New York and Washington D.C involving her mother President Gloria M Arroyo… Read More »
The race for the Philippine Presidency has intensified and will continue to as the deadline for the filing of candidacy for the 2010 elections is nearing- that’s November 15, 2008.. Intrigues galore, may natumbang hopefuls, may bagong emerge, and may holding on to their dreams kahit na yata alam nilang wala talaga silang kapag a pag- asa. Unang… Read More »
One of their fathers could have been president if martial law had not cancelled the 1973 presidential elections. And now 37 years later, Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II, son of the late Sen. Gerardo “Gerry” Roxas, and Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, son of the late Sen. Benigno Aquino III, are in the forefront of the race for… Read More »
Many parents feel stressed before and during school openings, when kids have to wake up earlier than usual, when they have to wrestle with new school mates and new teachers. As well, kids demand latest jeans and designer shirts just to keep up with peers. And who shell out the required funds for these extra and sometimes unnecessary… Read More »
I was deeply touched by the message in the homily given by the assistant pastor in my church last week that I feel I should share it with my readers. He told a story of two fierce animals in the jungle – a tiger and a lion – which got engaged in a fight. Both were strong, powerful… Read More »
With just nine months to go before the May 2010 Philippine presidential elections, the positioning among presidential candidates and political parties has already reached pitch fever proportions. And unlike at the onset of the year when there were more than a dozen presidential hopefuls, we can now cut the number down to just seven or eight, and perhaps… Read More »
I came across a newsletter issued by one of the Filipino organizations in the Greater Toronto Area, with colourful pictures of gatherings at Torres High School, my secondary school alma mater. The pictures featured many alumni from Canada and from the United States attending the graduation exercise this year. I know that several groups from Canada and the… Read More »
Among great women leaders of the world and past presidents of the Philippines, history will always be kinder to former president Corazon “Cory “Aquino. She will always be remembered as the plain housewife reluctantly pushed into the political limelight, inspired millions, restored democracy in her beloved Philippines and most of all influenced the downfall of autocrats, dictators and… Read More »