When the wave of Filipino professionals landing on North American soil started in the 1960s and 70s, a small number of them included journalists who had already made their mark in Manila. Finding the urge to write and publish irresistible, these scribes itched to start their own publications. On the west coast, the likes of Alex Esclamado and… Read More »
As heavy rains suddenly poured and the streets of MetroManila were flooded with knee- deep or in some other areas higher waters, my daughter Mhyka was in the final hours of painful labor to give birth to her first son at the Mandaluyong Medical Center. When the rains stopped by evening and while the stranded commuters and pedestrians… Read More »
CHICAGO (FAXX/jGLi) – Anybody who ventures into the unknown must adopt the old but tried and tested scientific method of trial-and-error. The beauty of trial-and-error is that it does not try to discover the reason why it works. Nor does it attempt to find out all the solutions nor the best solution. And little or no knowledge of… Read More »
MANILA Are the cheating, stealing, crimes of all sorts and widespread corruption in our country the “new normal”? Let’s take the recent elections (last May 13) as an example. Violence against one another, cheating, unfairness, deception, deviousness, and a general tendency to break the law. These are among the bad things we do just to get what we… Read More »
For decades, the Philippine government has been trying to find a lasting solution to the nagging problem of squatters in Metro Manila, far longer than the efforts to solve the equally and seemingly unsolvable communist and Muslim insurgency problems. These problems are like body itch. You scratch one area and the itch reappears in even more places in… Read More »
“Let him without sin, be the first to throw a stone.” – John 8:7 TORONTO – The local press association is not exactly a monastery where vestal virgins live in seclusion, preaching and leading a life of sacrifice and denial. It is figuratively a shelter of men and women who either work in media or have links with… Read More »
All of us have the virtue and wisdom we learned from our father. It is the very reason of who we are today. This creates man’s success and failure that bring happiness or pain in one’s life. AVV613 Happy Father’s Day to all fathers out there even though it is a day late. The whole month of June… Read More »
The Filipino layman wonders why most compatriots do not feel the ‘much- improved’ economic situation in the country. Over the past several months, media has publicized the resuscitation and recovery of the once upon a time ‘sick man of Asia’. Today, we are told that investment confidence is at an all- time high and the public can be… Read More »
In 1941, America was faced with a dilemma. Adolf Hitler’s German troops had invaded virtually all of Europe and were laying siege on both England and Russia. The United States had followed an isolationist policy since the end of World War I and most Americans were against the US getting involved in the war in Europe. At the… Read More »
There is nothing wrong with dreaming. But at least one must dream realistically. Take the case of those education officials who insisted on implementing a K-12 program that added two extra years to the country’s 10-year basic education despite the strong objections of teachers, students, parents and progressive groups and despite the obvious lack of logistics to support… Read More »