As the title suggests unequivocally, this piece or any its part is not to level criticisms to either or both of the Philippine Senators as they take positions in the current China question. The academic perspective always seek if not lead to further illumine the issue. Senator Enrile cries treason. While Senator Trillanes claims to be only a… Read More »
Frustrated by the continued proliferation of jueteng in the Philippines, retired Arhbishop Oscar Cruz once said: “There are three things that are exempted in the President’s matuwid na daan: Jueteng, Hacienda Luisita and the KKK (kaklase, kaibigan, kabarilan).” President Aquino has yet to disprove his allegations. Hacienda Luisita, owned by the President’s relatives, continues to defy court orders… Read More »
Q. Dear Atty. Wong, I read your column in the Balita – Fil-Canadian Community Newspaper so, I took this opportunity to seek your views on a legal issue. I know that Philippine law has a ‘prescription period’ for legal cases. However, what I wanted to know is if it applies to ALL cases especially family law. Sometime 1999,… Read More »
Similarities? They are opposite poles in society’s standards. There are more differences than likenesses between the two. But that is why I’d like to focus on how they are alike. In a democratic setting, the Haves and the Have-nots are supposed to be equal. They have the same rights before the law; that is, if the law is… Read More »
It’s bad enough when two colorful senators throw insults at one another but when it leads to an international crisis – involving the president no less – it gets ugly… very, very ugly. Yes, no less than the indomitable Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile is involved in the “word war” at one end. At the other end is… Read More »
HELLO, TORONTO! While many bosses of households throughout the country have expressed non belief that this thing could have happened for such length of time without the victim doing something about it (escape from the house or retaliate), many more have condemned the spouses Marzan (Reynold and Analiza ) of Quezon City for the maltreatment they have subjected… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – How do you feel if a teacher gives you an assignment while you are in a time-out room? You might grudgingly agree. After all, the teacher will not really be able to find out if you are doing your “roomwork” or not. Your only problem: the teacher had installed a monitoring camera that would record… Read More »
Did you know that the landing on the moon of Apollo 11, July 1969 coincided with the finals of the Miss Universe tilt held in the United States? Thus, the first query thrown by the late astronaut Neil Armstrong while in his spaceship was what’s the latest on earth? The reply was, “for the first time a Filipina… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – Fifteen Filipinos, who became victims of labor trafficking to Florida, are going to appear before the Eastern District court of New York at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York on Monday, Sept. 24, according to a press release from the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON), U.S. Northeast in New York. NAFCON urged its… Read More »