~ Some members refused to heed the warning by another member against electing a leftist sympathizer to head the local press association. So by a plurality of four votes, the left-leaning Hermie Garcia won the presidency, collecting 17 as against his rival’s 14, out of 47 members. A month and a half later, the publisher and editor of… Read More »
~ Of the 60,000 commemorative medals awarded to the Queen’s subjects in Canada, about 44 went to Filipinos across the country. In Toronto, there were less than 20 recipients, mostly through the courtesy of their political backers. But what is outstanding is that very few hurdled the bar of making “a significant contribution” that brings credit to Canada.… Read More »
~ A mix of leaves, twigs, branches and kulms boiled in water resulted in a healthy drink – the bamboo tea, or green tea, as most people know. But the enterprising Filipino farmer had his sights on another by-product, reputedly the very first in North America at least, and possibly the world – the bamboo beer. Yes, the… Read More »
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, Can circumvent or hinder or control The firm resolve of a determined soul. –Ella Wheeler Wilcox TORONTO – Four years after the United States reluctantly paid off Filipino veterans with a measly one-time payment of $15,000 and $9,000 for US citizens and non-US citizens, respectively, the issue of compensation has… Read More »
The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff. ~Ambrose Bierce LONDON – Rock star egos, swelled heads, power trips, petty rivalries, deliberate lying – they all converged in one occasion that guaranteed failure for the top Filipino community event in Toronto this last weekend of July. Witnesses who attended what should have… Read More »
Member, Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada (NEPMCC) The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff. ~Ambrose Bierce LONDON – Rock star egos, swelled heads, power trips, petty rivalries, deliberate lying – they all converged in one occasion that… Read More »
If somebody accuses me of something, it better be of sleeping with their daughter. Hopefully, the daughter is beautiful. After all, I have an image to maintain even if it is not true. Two, if it is not true and the daughter is beautiful, she better sleep with me and then, they can accuse me. – Joey Baking,… Read More »
Member, Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada (NEPMCC) TORONTO – Fortified by what its founder calls “staggering cash” donation of a million dollars from a Silicon Valley businessman, the Philippine-born “Gawad Kalinga” initiative embarks on its most challenging project yet. Already widely recognized for attacking… Read More »
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose . . . A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. – Ecclesiastes The long-held whispers in San Diego, California finally crossed the border into Toronto, courtesy of itchy-tongue rumour mongers and the unmasked crooks who… Read More »
TORONTO – A handful of protesters, most of them Canadians of Filipino descent, marched in circles in a small fenced-off area near the Chinese consulate here on Friday (May 11) in a lackluster show of protest against the reported Chinese incursions in a contested shoal in the South China Sea. “China bully, China bully,” the less-than-two-dozen people shouted,… Read More »