Category Archives: Guest Writer

Addiction and Dependency

Nowadays, we have a host of unbeknownst addictions and dependencies. Sometimes it requires intervention, and then sometimes not! Often subconsciously, these are things that surrounded us growing up. Addiction can be acquired through the influence of the company we keep and our environment. Children after all, take in what their parents say or do. It is no surprise… Read More »

Let’s Join the Clean Toronto Together Campaign

Let’s join and give our hands in the “Clean Toronto Together” campaign. The City of Toronto’s annual Spring Cleanup scheduled from April 19 to 22 this year is a commendable undertaking considering its impact on our community and its environs. Our families, friends, and neighbours can do our part to help clean up litter in parks, beaches, streets,… Read More »

Solar Eclipse 

Solar eclipse ano ba kahulugan? Karaniwang tao kaya bang ipaliwanag yan? Iba’t ibang haka haka naglalabasan Para sa akin siyensa lamang nakakaalam Buong mundo ito ay inabangan Sabi nila taon uli ito bago masilayan Kaya pagkakataon hindi sinayang Isa rin ako sa mga nag abang Nang ito ay aking masilayan Tuwa ng aking damdamin ang narandaman Sa hindi… Read More »

The Great Chain of Being

“It seemed that human sorrow was always based on regret and pain in the past, and that neither time nor location nor history made much difference.” — Abdulrazak Gurnah, Gravel Heart (2017). By Rey Moreno We distinguish. We discriminate. We love ranks, hierarchies and categories. It’s them versus us. Love your own kind. Belonging and identity define us;… Read More »

Pinoys’ Survival Instinct

Life in Canada is both enjoyable and anxiety-filled existence. For Filipinos, it’s a kind of family-centered living; we will do everything for our family.  We go to work, go home, sleep and work again. In short, our life revolves around our families.  Our survival instinct always comes into play when our family’s welfare is at stake. Most of… Read More »

Nationalism or Simply A Missed Opportunity?

One of the things the Philippines boasts of is being able to communicate in English fluently. Whereas neighboring Asian countries are still during learning the language as they opened their doors to the world, Japan, China, South Korea, and so on comes to mind. As such, foreign businessmen and tourists find it easier to consider travel to the… Read More »

SARA’S STAR SOURS

The Chair Mann, Phnom Penh The Philippine Secretary of the Department of Education and Culture, Sara Z. Duterte, who is also the concurrent President of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) visited Phnom Penh last week. President Sara paid a courtesy call to Minister Hangchuo Naron, the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of Cambodia. In… Read More »

It Was Fortuitous After All

Puzzled and frankly bored as to why much of our high school Philippine history material covered battles and wars waged against the Spanish colonizers, I asked my history teacher why so?  Her profound answer was: As foreign invaders, the Spaniards treated Filipinos as second-class citizens in so many, many ways — calling them indios and ladrones, for instance.… Read More »

Memorial of Jesus’ Death on March 24

These days, millions of Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide are now actively engaged in a special campaign to invite people of all races to the memorial of Jesus’ Death, which will be held on March 24 at 7:30 in the evening.  These Memorial Invitations contain the venue and other details for this important event. Those who live elsewhere can also… Read More »