Category Archives: Editorial

Isolated Seniors Needs Your Help

Many seniors have difficulty going to their medical appointments and going grocery shopping by themselves. Due to physical frailty and disability, vision or hearing impairment, and cognitive problems, seniors, especially those who are living alone and isolated, are forced to cancel their medical appointments and unable to access or buy food, which lead to rapid decline in health… Read More »

FRONT ROW

 Who said Fashion is at its best when it is diverse?  The whole world indeed seems like a runway and each person is like a fashionista.  As I go to press, the PIDC is in the process of presenting its GALA event with both professional mannequins from Manila and the topnotch names here in Toronto who are more… Read More »

  The gang that couldn’t shoot straight

The movie “The gang that couldn’t shoot straight” was a 1971 movie about two warring Mafia gangs in New York City. The weaker gang used a lion to blackmail the opposite gang’s “clients.”  The police succeeded in stopping one of the gangs, while the other remained without the boss. As the title suggests, this was a hilarious comedy… Read More »

Bongbong’s SONA short on objectives

PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s first SONA before the joint session of Congress lasted for an hour and 14 minutes.  It highlighted a 19-point legislative agenda.  However, it excluded human rights, justice, and peace — issues that have hounded the previous Duterte regime. What was the message or what was he trying to avoid… or both?   Why… Read More »

Recalling an Amazing Midsummer of 2018

For 17 University of Santo Tomas-Education High School Class of 1970 members and 14 of their spouses and family, the pre-pandemic midsummer of 2018 – from August 17 to 19 – was special. Many of them may have not seen each other for over four decades, but the hugs and handshakes were still as warm and welcoming as… Read More »

FRONT ROW

Thank GOD it didn’t rain on our parade!!!  Weather was predicted to be 90% rain on Sunday, and possibly a storm (July 24) and maybe a few showers the day before (July 23)…FUN PHILIPPINES is so grateful the sun happily came out both days, with just a little bit of dark clouds hovering late Sunday afternoon.   The huge… Read More »

Centre for Independent Living: Your Support Is Needed

People with disabilities make up a growing proportion of the Canadian’s aging population. Over three million Canadians are with disability and more than two million families provides day-to-day support for a family member with a disability. However, many still face and experience significant barriers to living in a more inclusive and accessible community. Alarmingly, people with disabilities are… Read More »

The myth of the Yamashita and Tallano gold

RIGHT AFTER Ferdinand Marcos Sr. was ousted from power and sent to exile in Hawaii, he began plotting his return.  And he almost succeeded.   In 1987, Marcos planned to travel by boat and land in his home province of Ilocos Norte where he’ll be met by 10,000 of his Ilocano supporters.  But two Americans, business consultant Robert Chastain… Read More »

Huntahan sa Umpukan

Kabayan, kumusta? Bago ka magpadala ng anupaman, ibig kitang pasalamatan sa iyong walang sawang paninindigan, pagtataguyod at pagpapalawig sa sariling atin — ang wikang Filipino, mga pinagpipitaganang kaugalian, pinagyayamang kultura’t dinadakilang tradisyon, at pinagmamalaking pamayanan ng pinagmulatang ngiti’t kagandahang asal.  Ika-12 ng Hunyo, ika-124 na anibersaryo ng Araw ng Kasarinlan ng Pilipinas. Sa saliw ng Lupang Hinirang, masigla’t… Read More »