Of course, everyone now is talking about the new boxoffice queen – KATHRYN BERNARDO. As analysts say, Kathryn Bernardo is the first and only Filipina actress who breached the 800-Million mark for two movies. One was last 2018 for The Hows of Us and the other one is Hello Love Goodbye for this year 2019. But her… Read More »
Kuya Badong: “Give the devil an inch; he’d want to be a ruler.” Kabesang Betong: “Ibaon ang problema. Bigyan na natin ng anim na ruler!” ***** Tandang Andoy: “An idle mind is a devil’s factory.” Tatay Kaloy: “Kaya pala ang taas ng employment rate ng mga zombie.” Tandang Andoy: “For clarity, I said idle mind.” Tatay Kaloy: “Just… Read More »
Napag-uusapan lang: Ingkong Tasyo: “Bakit hila-hila mo ‘yang sinulid?” Aling Pacing: “Sige nga, itulak mo.” ***** “Do the right thing,” so it is always advised. Quite a truism among many people struggling with sense and sensibilities, doing the right thing seems to be the most plausible cliche oft-said to feel blameless and detached until proven otherwise. An advice-seeking… Read More »
Napag-usapan lang po:Impong Tasyo: “What’s your take on the San Andreas Fault?”Lolo Bastian: “He should apologize.”Tiyo Pacing: “Say, what?”Lolo Bastian: “And promise not to do it again.”Tandang Imo: “Excuse me, I’m sorry.”Lolo Bastian: “Not you. San Andreas!”Kabesang Betong: “Kawawang San Andreas. Napagbintangan na naman.”*****Sa tutuo lang, ito naman kasing si Tata Mulong, isiningit pa sa usapan ang mga… Read More »
Bet ‘ya! It is summer, isn’t it? While an overhead cloud or an occasional drizzle is cool, we still cherish the ideal bright sunny day that begins before the rooster crows and extends way past a health buff’s bedtime. In between the alpha and the omega, how about setting aside – for a while – great memories of… Read More »
By the time this June 16-31, 2019 issue of your favorite Balita hits the streets, Jurassic Park has closed. The wining and whining will have long ended. Toronto’s downtown core is back to its usual self. However, the city does not forget summer, which will usher in itself in a few days. Toronto is a city of more… Read More »
From up high, Dr. James Naismith would surely be smiling and be so proud to witness how far basketball has evolved in his native land. Born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada on November 6, 1861, Naismith invented basketball in 1891, a year after moving from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec to the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts,… Read More »
Inahen: Tandang, salamat sa korona. Reyna ang peg ko nitong Mother’s Day. Tandang: Sino’ng gumupit ng palong ko???!!!! ***** ‘Ika nga, huli man din daw at magaling, late pa rin. It does not change any circumstance, but although this comes really late, allow me to greet the Mothers in the universe a “Blessed and Happy Mother’s Day.” The… Read More »
It was not a U-turn, after all, but obviously just a signal to the Chinese that we can go the other way if the situation warrants. In the past two weeks, Filipinos were left wondering why after more than two years of appeasing China on the territorial dispute over a few islets and reefs on the South China… Read More »
When politics rears its ugly head, a gullible voter gets the tail end of a bad deal. Did you hear about Juan who died, went to the great beyond and signed in before haloed and white-robed Pete The Rock and red hot abs-baring Mephisto? Just to be clear: There would be no wrestling match and The Undertaker had… Read More »