MANILA The current scandal here involving the serial theft of the people’s money allocated as pork barrel of members of the Congress confirms once and for all how deep corruption is in the Philippines. It’s been exposed in media that P10 billion in congressional pork barrel has been stolen through ghost projects and beneficiaries over a span of… Read More »
Isn’t it ironic that an administration that was propelled to power on a promise of honesty and transparency should now stagger under the weight of suspicions of corruption and dishonesty? And isn’t it a pity that the people who were hoping to be liberated from decades of despair by this administration should now again become hopeless about their… Read More »
No one should really be surprised if the recent burst of violence in Zamboanga City allegedly unleashed by the men of Nur Misuari’s MNLF is backed up by big politicians embroiled in the Napoles scam. Either it is staged as a distraction from the focus the media is giving to the probe on this despicable heinous perfidy of… Read More »
The middle class of our society, in Metromanila and other urban areas in the whole country exhibited its outrage not at the hefty sum milked from Philippine coffers but at the gall of those unscrupulous people, legislators and officials of government included, in the Million People’s March of 2 weeks ago that protested the recently exposed pork barrel… Read More »
A mother is a special creation by God on earth. All mothers are special but one stood different among the rest and on Her birthday we will give Her the glory of certain miracles. AVV913 Among those who can write and tell stories about mother, I know that I am one of the least experienced, if biological mother… Read More »
MANILA That’s the verdict of an international investment expert, that the Philippines “looks poised to resume a period of strong growth.” In a recently published book, “Breakout Nations,” Ruchir Sharma of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, writes that the Philippines “is no longer a joke.” “[T]he new president, Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III, probably has just enough support, and looks… Read More »
“Kahindik-hindik” (horrifying). That was how Commission on Audit Chairman Ma. Gracia Pulido-Tan described the anomalies involving the misuse of billions of pesos in funds coming from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or simply the pork barrel. Perhaps a better word would be “nakakasuka” (makes one vomit). The COA special audit report all but confirmed the series of… Read More »
Every time we turn on the television or glance at the newspapers, there has seemed to be a report of an act of violence; gunshots killing teenagers, a son stabbing his own mother to death, drive -by shootings, and mass killings in malls, theaters, schools and other places where people normally gather. The headline or breaking news for… Read More »
~ Philippine Independence Day Council’s Mabuhay Philippine Festival last weekend lived up to its billing as a showcase of the best in Philippine arts, culture, food and music. With the full support of Luminus Financial – the presenting sponsor known for its “remit now, pay later” remittance service to the Philippines – the three-day festivity at Toronto’s Harbourfront… Read More »
Sammy Yatim and Jeffrey Reodica are now statistics. They are among those killed at the hands of Toronto’s finest. “To Serve and Protect”, as a motto it seems is a just slogan emblazoned in bold to decorate police cars that patrol our streets. Both boys, police claim, were shot in self defence. Sammy was shot nine times while… Read More »