Category Archives: Guest Writer

AS IF BUDDHA KNEW FAMILY DYNASTY


In these BALITA’s pages, comments—on stars and
celebrities of the good or bad, beautiful or ugly family dynasties
–intoxicate the unwary and the innocents; so to make it
More complicated, I write this . . . .

Gautama was asked what really are you teaching?
and the sitting fat man answered: it is both about suffering
and annihilating it into nothing. Suffering is life’s… Read More »

Noynoy’s To Be or Not To Be
by

(Before I, one of his alleged bosses, rake Noynoy over the coals in
my next piece on his performance may I asked the reader’s indulgence
to revisit my pride and prejudice on the Aquinos.)

The cacophony of noises increases in decibels as hacks and followers
of varied interests position themselves on both sides of the starting
line for the 2010 presidential race. A… Read More »

Holidays with Real-live Sharks

normally, the sight of one shark, much less hundreds of them would spark panic and scare among the people in the beach.          The leopard sharks in La Jolla California, sparks a. different reaction instead of running away for their lives, visitors here head out toward the deeper water to get a closer look. For those who get… Read More »

P NOY DOES NOT NEED A SECOND TERM…

P Noy does not need now a second term. What the country needs is A NEW CONSTITUTION. Taken together these two sentences are like media headlines: Catchy, disjointed, deceiving, misinforming, palpably enticing readers to read it. It is actually all of the above. As journalistic mime  as it can wannabe in the quest for truth.     P NOY DOES… Read More »

Planet of the Apes Movie: Aren’t Apes Better Than Humans?

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes movie:  When the Apes behaved more like humans and the humans, are better behaved  as  fearsome apes. The movie has turned  the tables on the apes by endowing them with human nature’s  compassion, greed for power, and follow the leader syndrome of the scared.  I haven’t commented in writing  on any… Read More »

CULTURE WAGGING NORA AUNOR’s ART

NORA Aunor’s CASE  is so Pinoy it is  “Tuwid na Daan”  enigma  put right on its head  for the benefit of the clueless.  Without being judgmental Nora’s  life’s journey along bumpy  road and neglected rail tracks should be be viewed by her  “kampi”  and “kalaban”   in three time perspectives: a blast from the long PAST; the short fast… Read More »

A tribute to Ruben Cusipag – a crusading newsman

By Ted Alcuitas Publisher and Editor philippinecanadiannews.com   Vancouver, B. C. – As we celebrate the first anniversary of Ruben Cusipag’s death (July 9, 2013), it is fitting that the Filipino community in Canada remember and pay tribute to a crusading newsman who blazed a trail for today’s crop of Filipino newspapers.   I was a neophyte in… Read More »

ALBATROSS WHATEVERS

ADDENDUM  for the July 1-15 issue . . . where I said there is no Philippines Day. I am  wrong. I apologize. THERE IS A PHILIPPINES DAY in Ontario, as  I have perused  several free Fil-Canadian newspapers report on Independence Day,  I saw  admirable celebration of  pride and oneness of  a  race  my own,   splashed in color and… Read More »

Relentless Men as Albatross to Their People

Relentless men may not be but could be more than heroes depending on how history judges them. Starting from home my choice of  relentless men  are at first very few: Andres Bonifacio, Goyo  del Pilar,  Vibora. In the world over,  the biographies of relentless men will fill a convention size library. Because every relentless one is a book… Read More »

THE THREE-ACT PLAY

It was awesome! Any one watching could feel the heart-rending emotions gripping the whole city as six thousand members of police organizations from across Canada, the United States and other countries marched in unison, in the funeral procession for three members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. It was a horrific event that paralyzed an area of Moncton,… Read More »