Category Archives: Editorial

Move Against Domestic Abuse

Anyone can be mistreated or can fall as a victim of violence or domestic abuse. However, women and children are particularly vulnerable to domestic violence. In fact, every six days in Canada, a woman is slain by her partner, and one in five women experience a form of abuse in their spousal relationship (Statistics Canada, 2019).  Domestic abuse… Read More »

Remembering Ruben on All Souls Day

All Souls Day is here and for people who lost their loved ones, it will surely be a day for remembering. For me, my late husband Ruben Cusipag, had been gone for over eight years, but his memories remain as fresh, as if it happened just yesterday. The Founder of Balita Newspaper, a journalist by heart, a social… Read More »

REMEMBERING BIANCA

As millions of Filipinos celebrate November 1,  All Saints Day, by honoring and remembering their loved ones who have passed on, I am reminded, in a moving and heartfelt way, of how a loving mother’s deep and boundless love for her daughter, who has passed on (in the prime of her life). She has kept her memory and… Read More »

Undas Na Naman

“Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.” (First line of Desiderata, Max Ehrmann)  ***** When the phone rings and an annoying caller ID reads Unknown Name, Private Name and anything of that sort, the call will definitely deserve a “no reply” and, sometimes, two unprintable words. I respect the… Read More »

Time To Start Electronic Recycling

According to the United Nations, around 50 million metric tons of electronic products are discarded every year. This weight is nearly equivalent to over 4,000 Eiffel towers. Electronic waste or E-waste is considered as the world’s fastest growing waste stream and the amount is expected to increase by over 1.1 million metric tons unless the trend is reversed.… Read More »

The Sound of Two Js

 2 hours before Jaya and Jay-R’s concert last Saturday (Oct 22) at TD Pavilion, I did not have a ticket yet.  But radio personality Ryan Orlanda who’s identified with singing celebs called me, “You have 2 tickets from me!  Ikaw pa!” So I went!  The last time I watched Jaya was 2017 here in Toronto, when she came… Read More »

Support Kwentuhan Series

As more people get better education in the Philippines, the literacy rate has improved. Between 2010 and 2021, the literacy rate in the Philippines increased by 1.4 percent, and it reached 99.27% in 2021. The ability to read and write indicates potential intellectual development and this is paramount to the society’s economic and socio-cultural advancement as well. However,… Read More »

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARO!

On October 27 Dear CHARO turns 67. Countless memories, maybe more than a million thoughts rush into my mind.  All about this one super woman.  Our DEAR CHARO. In 1976, the day after Charo won Baron Travel Girl, she got a surprise call.  Charo didn’t recognize his voice but she knew his name.  Instantly.  “Congratulations, Charo,” the voice… Read More »