It is two weeks before the Philippine midterm elections as I write this column. I hope my kababayans are like me, quite excited about going to the polling precincts to cast their very important votes. Already, I am listing down my choices for senators and of course, the local officials who will lead my home city of Quezon.… Read More »
It was a beautiful third Monday of April, a spring day. The sun was shining and the city was in festive mood. It was a holiday-Heroes Day, and Marathon Day, the 117th. The streets were busy; people were coming and going. There were about 27,000 participants in that marathon from all over the world. At about three o… Read More »
Man is both body and mind. Without even mentioning the soul, man do consist of several levels state of creation that must be in complete union and balance with one another to have a harmonious existence. AVV413 The term psychosomatic is common usage that has association with imaginary things but medically is not correct. This is a state… Read More »
Yes, President Benigno Aquino III wants his hand-picked senatorial bets to sweep the May 13 election and shut out the opposition with 12 wins and no losses. (PNoy is the president’s political nickname; Noynoy is his family nickname.) Will his wish come true? Not likely. Aquino has been doing the rounds of campaigning around the country and using… Read More »
CAROL STREAM, Illinois (FAXX/jGLi) – Unlike the father of Sorsogon re-electionist Sen. Francis “Chiz’ Escudero, who discouraged Chiz from running for elective office, the father of Escudero’s province mate, Loida Nicolas Lewis, groomed her in politics early in life. In fact, her father, Francisco J. Nicolas, gave her name recognition a head start while she was still a… Read More »
On April 24th, the Toronto Star carried on its upper fold the story of a dying caregiver, 44-year-old Maricon Gerente, who was granted the elusive permanent residence status. It was reported that it was no less than Minister Jason Kenney who decided to dispatch two immigration officers to Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital to fingerprint the unresponsive Gerente in exchange… Read More »
~ Some members refused to heed the warning by another member against electing a leftist sympathizer to head the local press association. So by a plurality of four votes, the left-leaning Hermie Garcia won the presidency, collecting 17 as against his rival’s 14, out of 47 members. A month and a half later, the publisher and editor of… Read More »
With the tour this month in Canada of the cast of Be Careful With my Heart, a top Kapamilya network TV series, much anticipated by the Pinoy communities, the teeners seem disappointed. Some of my acquaintances from Toronto and nearby places relayed why. They’ve echoed that the younger generation felt sullen that Janella Salvador and Jerome Ponce who… Read More »
Watching the video uploaded by Balita’s Romy Marquez gave me goose-bumps, more than goose-bumps. (And I thought my heart throbbing experiences were left in Manila.) It frightened me to watch three journalists aiming and shooting at each other using their tools of the trade, — still cameras and video cameras. It frightened me more to think why media… Read More »
Q. Hello Attorney, I am a foreign worker who moved to Alberta, Canada last June 2012. I wanted to consult you about the townhouse property of my late husband. This property was purchased through a developer through the PAG-IBIG housing fund. Since my husband was left in the Philippines, all the paper works were done by him and… Read More »