President Noynoy Aquino delivered his fourth State of the Nation Address in the joint session of Congress on July 23. The people listened; many approved, some did not. But that’s the state of the nation. The President’s SONA lasted for almost two hours, including interruptions coming from his frequent coughing. I watched the pained looks on the faces… Read More »
Poor pigs- their end product, the pork is eternally maligned. Not by me and most lechon lovers of our country, though. Ang katakam- takam nitong linamnam will be one of my most lasting and happy memories of life in this earth. Lately, ayan na naman at minemenos- menos, inaapi- api ang pork when the controversy about misspent/ unspent… Read More »
“Challenges will always be there. But looked up to them not only as stumbling block but a stepping stone toward success.” –Bohol Gov. Edgar M. Chatto (Speech in Chicago, IL July 6, 2013) CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – President Barack Obama had just acquired top-of-the-line Samsung teleprompters that almost nobody noticed during the past month because of its “ultra-thin” screen… Read More »
MANILA Leave it to us Filipinos to trivialize a serious occasion. Last July 22 President Benigno Aquino III went to Congress to report on his work and his audience turned the event into an over-the-top fashion show. The President’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) is an annual summing up of the executive department’s accomplishments and plans. And… Read More »
CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – Domestic law enforcers, like sheriffs’ deputies and police officers, should learn lessons from overseas police in cracking down on street demonstrators. They should call in the anti-riot squads as a first recourse, not the SWATs, in handling local disturbances. When a couple of sheriff’s deputies responded to quell a disturbance allegedly stirred by a Filipino… Read More »
Nearly every overseas Filipino who has visited the Philippines in the last several years has one common complaint – the horrendous traffic jams in Metro Manila. What normally takes 20 minutes to travel now takes from one hour to two hours depending on which road you are using and what time you are traveling. And rush hour in… Read More »
I have good news for you. This is especially welcome news to those who have secret desires, more so to those who salivate to become senator of Canada. Justin Trudeau, newly crowned leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, and thus steps closer to become the country’s Prime Minister is coming to town. Mind you, it will not… Read More »
There were a number of developments that caught the interest of kababayans at the start of this month- Typhoon Gorio (that’s the storm’s local name) sparing the country from further ruin by failing to unleash its fury. We thank the government especially its barangay officials, as they truly did their jobs this time, mapping out a disaster management… Read More »
An archetypal swashbuckler, rambunctious to a point, an uncanny nose for news, hard drinker but hardworking, irreverent but with a sense of honor and justice. Passionately in love with his craft. If this would be the epitaph on Ruben’s tombstone, it might as well be for those breed of journalists (to which he belonged and a few are… Read More »
Whenever a senior Filipino professional leaves to work abroad, alarms bells ring out and panic reigns here in the Philippines. There goes the talent, woe unto us! people cry out. The debate here about a brain drain has been around for decades. OMG, what are we going to do, Dr. Somebody has abandoned us! goes the cry. In… Read More »