Category Archives: General

The Bench

I’m this wooden bench amidst the snows of winter, If I could only talk, let me tell you a great love story. I had been a silent witness to countless hours of two lovers’undying love and vows for each other. While sitting on my bench, they wouldn’t mind peoplepassing by; always oblivious of life’s going-on,only caring, dreaming, wholeheartedly… Read More »

My Unforgettable Memories as “Batang Quiapo”

In my childhood, I learned the hardship of making a living early in life, seeing people working all their lives to bring food to their table. While watching the popular TV series—Ang Batang Quiapo—by the ABS-CBN one afternoon in Toronto, many things flashed back in my memories, remembering how I spent my youthful days selling newspapers and cigarettes… Read More »

The Old Man

“This is a form of evil, in my book – evil dressed up as a higher morality, as a superior or even supreme morality…In your heads, you’re still right. You remain right and will always be right. It doesn’t matter what happened, you’re forever right.” – David Guterson, The Final Case.  By Rey Moreno He is a big… Read More »

PAALAALA  ni Edwin Esteba

BUHAY NILA YAN Kung ano ang nakikita sa kapaligiran Maaaring bigyan pansin at pagtuunan Pero kung buhay ng iba ang pakikialaman Mas mabuti manahimik ka na lamang Huwag mo silang kakainggitan Dahilan upang sila ay siraan Walang magandang idudulot yan Nakakasira pa ng samahan Kapag sa iba ay may nakikita tayo Agad natin ginagawaan ng kwento Sasabihin na… Read More »

MY OKINAWAN ADVENTURE

MY OKINAWAN ADVENTURE  By: Edwin de Leon, March 1, 2023  The holiday months of December- January is when I get holiday greetings from former students at Christ the King International High School (CKHS) on the southern Japanese Island of Okinawa, the biggest in a chain of islands of the Ryukyus. It’s a lot more than just the annual… Read More »

We Must Hold the Line

“Democracy is fragile. You have to fight for every bit, every law, every safeguard, every institution, every story. You must know how dangerous it is to suffer even the tiniest cut. This is why I say to us all: we must hold the line.” — Maria Ressa. Oftentimes a small nation does not so much get the acclamation… Read More »

OTT Remit is court sponsor of LBC’s 5th annual badminton tournament in Scarborough

[Toronto, CANADA]—February 28, 2023—OTT Remit, an international remittance services provider, is sponsoring LBC’s 5th annual badminton tournament in Scarborough, Ontario. OTT Remit is excited to partner with LBC, the leading Filipino cargo and courier services company, to sponsor this year’s LBC badminton tournament. This year will mark LBC’s 5th tourney held in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and… Read More »

In commemoration of EDSA

February 24 declared a special non-working day   SWS: 62% of Pinoys say spirit of EDSA still alive — President Marcos has declared Feb. 24 a special non-working day throughout the country, applying the holiday economics principle on the anniversary of the EDSA people power revolution, the uprising that ousted his father and namesake.  The declaration is contained… Read More »

SANA ALAM MO ANG TAMA

By: Edwin Anyayahan Esteba SANA ALAM MO ANG TAMA Lahat ng bagay ibinibigay sa iyo Lahat ng gusto mo ay kanyang suportado Pero bakit nagagawa mo pang magloko? Mahal ka nya pero iyong ginagago Ikaw ang walang taong kasiyahan Pamilya hindi mo pinapahalagahan Iniisip mo lamang sariling kaligayahan Hirap at pagod niya hindi mo masuklian Maraming tao ang… Read More »

Lovers share a snack of “Hopia” and a Coke

Being the first Batch of students of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila when it opened in 1967 as the first tuition-free university in the Phillippines—they are your Kuya and Ate, the eldest in the Pamantasan family.  Being a scholar does not mean all work and no play; it’s not all study, study and study. Remember this song,… Read More »