On diplomas and jobs

More than half a million students graduate from more than 2,000 colleges and universities in the Philippines every year. Only about 30 to 40 percent of them would find any kind of employment, and only about 5 to 10 percent would be employed in jobs that match their course, while close to 60 percent would join the growing… Read More »

When Matadors Wrestle the Horns of their Bulls

There is no dearth of material source for writing on the impeachment of CJ Corona. There is as much dirt as there is much dearth of clean surface to write on. Those who have time say their pieces of criticisms or defense and vent their anger as emails to media and as feed to the internet. As yet,… Read More »

Unholy National Alliance

With the 2016 presidential election still four years away, Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay is busy forming a grand “opposition” political union of his party, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), with other political parties. And on top of the heap of those he’s trying to lure into his new United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) is former President… Read More »

Filipino awarded Female athlete of the year

By David Grossman SPECIAL TO BALITA It took quite some time for Melissa Vilar to understand that she was not living in a dream. The 19-year old native of Toronto, and of Philipino descent, attended the annual George Brown College salute to athletes, coaches and officials expecting to share the good times, memories and more in the final… Read More »

FILCAN4GG JOINS PROTEST OVER CHINA’S BULLYING OVER THE PHILIPPINES’ SCARBOROUGH SHOAL

Toronto, Canada – Filipino-Canadian For Good Governance (FilCan4GG) is calling upon all Filipino-Canadians to join the Global Protest alongside the US Pinoys for Good Governance (USP4GG) and all other groups worldwide to protest China’s bullying tactics on the Philippines’ Scarborough Shoal. GLOBAL DEMONSTRATIONS SCHEDULED ON MAY 11, FRIDAY IN FRONT OF CHINESE EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES The territorial dispute… Read More »

DONATION/DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY

Q. I am in my senior years. Since retiring from government service few years ago, I now live in Canada with my niece. I have properties in the Philippines consisting of a 4-door apartment building. The monthly rental income of this property is the primary source of my income to augment my meager pension from the GSIS. As… Read More »

A FILIPINO CHURCH GROUP BOUGHT A GHOST TOWN IN SO. DAKOTA

by Rudy M. Viernes The Iglesia ni Cristo church in the Philippines shelled out $700K to purchase an abandoned, tiny exclave in Scenic, South Dakota. For what? For possible expansion of its imposing edifices with trademark narrow-pointed spires which are landmarks in many towns and cities in the Philippines. But INC hasn’t divulged its plans for the property… Read More »

Parenting with a cause

I was browsing the web and I stumbled upon an interesting article on fatherhood. Author of relationship articles, Ken Solin wrote,”90% of being a successful father is showing up.” So true. Indeed so many fathers don’t show up when necessary. Some even disappear. And those who are always around, don’t really show up in the real sense of… Read More »