WILL PHL SUPREME COURT PLAY A KING MAKER?

CHICAGO (JGL) – Most of the popular sports that end up in a draw or tie are usually extended until the tie is broken by a toss coin or by any means by prior agreement. But in chess, if there is a stalemate, no amount of extra period can end the game. And the Philippine Supreme Court will… Read More »

BEA ALONZO AND ANGELICA PANGANIBAN EXCHANGE PARTNERS?

A colleague intimated to this writer one intriguing item on Bea Alonzo and Angelica Panganiban these days. Not so long ago, the duo opened up about their break up with boyfriend-actors. Bea called it quits with Zanjoe Marudo and Angelica broke off with John Lloyd Cruz almost at the same time. However, what causes intense tongue-wagging among press… Read More »

CO-OWNERS REFUSING TO SHARE IN THE PAYMENT TAX BURDEN

Q. Please help me what to do concerning my problem of the land which my deceased parents left us. The total land in question has an area of about 14 hectares. This property is still in the process being partition as we are still awaiting the approval of the subdivision plan from the Bureau of Lands. My problem… Read More »

Ang Tsubibo, Bow

By Butch Galicia While whiling winter blues away with peers in a mall’s fastfood zone, someone asked: Sino ba talaga ang tama? Is it Manny or Boy and Vice? Somebody replied: Pare, ang dapat itanong: “Sino ba ang may tama?” After a hearty laugh, panandaliang dumaan ang anghel as the group hushed. ***** So much was said and… Read More »

Grim, Bloody Proof

By: Butch Galicia On Feb. 25, 1980 in Cotabato City, a beautiful sunset was at its edge. The sky started to dim. Stars peeked and teased for a fervent wish. People milled and strolled in and around the plaza to relax and enjoy the cool air. Tired bodies trekked to the plaza’s corners, where passenger jeepney and tricycle… Read More »

Grace Poe’s next battleground

  Can presidential candidate Grace Poe win her disqualification cases at the Philippine Supreme Court? It’s quite possible. But if she does win and allowed to run, the next battleground will move to another area. Not in another court of justice but in the court of the people. The battle will shift to her abandonment of our country… Read More »

PH CONGRESS VIOLATED CIVIL RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS

  “An alien who applies for citizenship but does not complete the naturalization process is not a national of the United States.” — United States Supreme Court (Kamal Patel, et al. v. Jeh Johnson, et al, Jan. 2014)   CHICAGO (JGL) –  The inadequacy and failure of the Philippine government to provide job opportunities in the Philippines has forced… Read More »

LEGITIMATION OF AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD

Q.  Good day po ! I have a question regarding my daughter’s surname, she is using mine since birth because her father and I were not yet married back then. We even broke off for long years. Maybe because we were not old and matured enough for marriage during those times. However, five (5) years ago, we got… Read More »

Is Poe Aquino’s ‘Manchurian candidate’?

  Since the start of the year, Sen. Grace Poe has been getting unexpected support in the disqualification cases against her that are now pending before the Supreme Court. In the first week of January, the independent presidential candidate got a totally unexpected support from the government’s top lawyer, Solicitor General Florin Hilbay, who caught everybody by surprise… Read More »

TOP STARS TURNED MOVIE PRODUCERS

Trivia: Even in the early ‘50s up to the late ‘60s, did you know several popular producers had embarked on producing movies? For the record, it was the late actor-dad of movie king Fernando Poe Jr. who started it. Yes, Fernando Poe Sr. founded the Royal Productions which focused on dramas and super heroines. The top actress then… Read More »