The Life of a Little Boy growing up in the ’50s In my entire boyhood, I never had the opportunity to travel to other parts of the Philippines. As can be expected, each region has unique practices and traditions. It is common in our town to identify people with an “alias,” especially if the first names are the same. … Read More »
By Freddie Rabelas Obligacion, Ph.D., MBA, MA, BS (magna cum laude) In my groundbreaking quantitative modeling study of 620 Bicolano women from Bicol Region, Philippines, I proposed that religion as a way of life encourages people to strive for other values. Consequently, these values yield profound societal impacts. For instance, the practice of religion has been associated with… Read More »
(When reading or listening about the life of Jesus, the greatest story ever told, I keep wondering what the conversations would be like. This three-act play is meant to do just that. For its historical context, I refer to the Four Gospels of the New Testament. The characters, therefore, are real, but the conversations are merely fictional. They… Read More »
The games that we played The Life of a Little Boy Growing Up in the ’50s. THE SEQUEL (part II ) In the 50s, even a slight relocation changes the dynamics of culture and tradition within the same population. Since most marriages were with people from the same town, many would confine their moves close to relatives and workplaces’… Read More »
Dexter Garcia Single or lone parents face a lot of difficulties and challenges especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lone parents always shoulder extra responsibilities and the pandemic presses more weight on their obligation as a parent or as the breadwinner of the family. Like many parents, lone parents juggle between work and home, and oftentimes, one of these… Read More »
by Mary Ellinelle Parreno Kahit Anong sabihin at gawin niyo lahat diyan..katapat ng lahat ng kagustuhan niyo diyan LEGALIDAD..makakalabas kayo sa lungga niyo at mananagot. Ewan ko na Lang kung makakasagot ka pa ng “wala kang pakialam” Hindi rason na hindi ka nakapag-aral para gumawa ng kagagahan at kabalastugan. May batas din na pipigil sa kabobohan at katapangan… Read More »
“For to travel is always, in some sense, to learn. What we don’t know yet, is to be found Elsewhere.” – Hugh Kenner, The Elsewhere Community (1998). By Rey Moreno My name is Samuel “Rocky” Magtaka. My first name was not an accident. My parents were deeply religious Catholics, so were my grandparents and also my ancestors who… Read More »
Written by Scott Dion Brown Fresh off her stellar performance as Paige Aquino in Netflix’s Tiny Pretty Things, Filipino-Canadian Nicole Huff will once again be returning to the screen, this time in a guest starring role as Alina Taylor on CBC’s Pretty Hard Cases. The new action-packed series stars Meredith MacNeill and Adrienne C. Moore as detectives who… Read More »
by Mary Ellinelle Villareal Parreno Sa mga CANADIAN CITIZEN, ano ang pakiramdam na ang nanloko sa iyo ay UNDOCUMENTED pala sa Canada. I realize na ang mga taong walang status ang siya pang may makapal na mukha mag assure sa pamilya ng mga citizen na for 20 to 40 years na kaya nilang papuntahin dito ang mga kamag-anak… Read More »
by Mary Ellinelle Villareal Parreno Iyong mga nagyayabang diyan sa enchanted village,itaas niyo pa ng konti ang RANGE ha..Bakit? Kung magyayabang ka na MAYAMAN ka at alam ng lahat ng tao sa palibot mo na WALA KANG TRaBAHO, ano ang labas mo niyan? Maliban lang kung BOBO at hindi nakakaintindi ang nasa palibot mo. Meron bang mayaman na… Read More »