Call it China bashing or paranoia: Amid the prevailing tensions over the disputed Scarborough shoal or Panatag reef islands between the Philippines and The People’s Republic of china, there are nagging fears of an impending armed conflict between the protagonists or claimants with the superpower US keenly watching on the sidelines.. The stand off has created strained relations… Read More »
I had touched on this topic several times in the past but its fascination for me has never waned. Several events lately, local and international have triggered my interest again to tackle it. The primary in nominating a president for the Republican Party in the United States was a long-drawn one which started with seven strong candidates. Three… Read More »
While delegates to the Asian Development Bank annual meeting discussed ways to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor in the region last week, the Aquino administration tried to insulate the rich from the poor by putting up walls that hid the squatter shanties along the esteros near the site of the ADB. Probably thinking the… Read More »
Mother is a symbol of sacrifice and love. But slowly times have changed the quality of mothers we have today. Being a mother is not just about giving birth; it is a lifetime commitment and an endless sacrifice. AVV512 There are enough reasons to celebrate mother’s day because they are the most important people in everybody’s life. The… Read More »
There’s definitely more than meets the eye in the sudden interest of the Aquino administration in forging a peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front at the height of the escalating dispute between the Philippines and China over the Scarborough Shoals in the West Philippine Sea. Manila Standard’s Jojo Robles was on the right track in raising… Read More »
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose . . . A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. – Ecclesiastes The long-held whispers in San Diego, California finally crossed the border into Toronto, courtesy of itchy-tongue rumour mongers and the unmasked crooks who… Read More »
Q. Unang Tanong: Dear atty, akoy isang seaman,bago ako umalis taon 1997 mayron akong girlfriend na ang mga magulang ay ayaw sa akin para sa kanilang anak,lingid sa aking kaalaman nabuntis at nakapanganak ang aking girlfriend nang wala akong alam at di nya nilagay ang pangalan ko sa birth certificate bilang ama (actually blanko ang sa father side),lumipas… Read More »
CHICAGO (jGLi) – From the early fifties, after every time a Philippine president visited the White House in an annual ritual, he would get home to the Philippines always with a largess (U.S. foreign aid) to brag around. As a result, Filipino politicians got the impression that the Philippines and the United States really had “special relation.” But… Read More »
One that quacks like a duck and walks like a duck is certainly not a chicken. Groups that flaunt themselves as community organizations but say their financial books are private and that the public has no business to pry into them are chickens pretending to be ducks, or is it ducks pretending to be chickens? A community group… Read More »
The declaration of support by US President Barack Obama for gay marriage last week has revived the long-drawn controversy over unions between two persons belonging to the same sex. For almost two years now, the gay marriage debate has been eerily quiet while both sides awaited the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth District… Read More »