A little over a week after Joe Biden’s election as president, he made several calls to world leaders. When asked what he’s been telling them, Biden replied: “I’m letting them know that America is back. We’re going to be back in the game.” Biden in particular spoke with leaders of Japan, South Korea, and Australia and pledged to work with… Read More »
The Canadian government has just announced that the country will accept more immigrants in the next year or so. This news I bet you caused many a heart aflutter at the golden opportunities it opens up, not only for those who dream to have a crack at a better life by jumping out of the frying pan into… Read More »
Make a snow angel, build a snowman, engage in a snowball fight and navigate an ice rink. Past 17 winters in Canada, these items remain on top of my seasonal to-do wish list. I have seen my grandchildren complete them all in a matter of time. Young at 66, I’d leave it at that. Not that I am… Read More »
Fun is counting, counting is fun. Sesame Street’s The Count, in a Throwback 1981 duet with country singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn, crooned a hymn of hope relevant to today’s trying times: “Well, your nose is one, your eyes are two. Put them together, that makes three it’s true. With five fingers in your hand, you’re a counting wonderland. How… Read More »
Immigration recruiters are licensed professionals. Without a license you cannot recruit at all. As simple as that. Naomi Ong has no license, but she has been recruiting people to come to Canada. She succeeded in bringing over artists, band, to perform here in Toronto, but they have yet to be paid. Included in one band was her mother… Read More »
For four years, we saw the meteoric rise of Donald J. Trump from a reality show producer to the President of the United States. That’s a quantum leap from an obscure position in the TV industry to the highest political position in the world – the leader of the Free World! How did he manage to achieve that? By sheer… Read More »
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 seven 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 »
First things first! November 1, obviously the first day and the first Sunday of the month, is the end of DaylightSaving Time. Lest you forget, rewind back clocks one hour, from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m., and be in sync with regularity.It’s really no big deal but I still brag: The Philippines is ahead of Canada by 12… Read More »
Another Thanksgiving Day has come and gone, and again as we look back at the adversities we faced, we cannot but be thankful that, personally and for Balita, we have pulled through another year barely scratched, with body and soul still fully intact, and consequently , with the clarity of mind, still defending me and Balita against evils… Read More »
I have often wondered why many nursery rhymes speak about bad things and mishaps. Take a read of two of the popular ones below. “Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after.” Internet sources noted that the rhyme’s earliest version, which… Read More »