Gloria’s ‘Trojan Horse’

Former Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan, the accused mass murderer of “Maguindanao Massacre” infamy almost convinced President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III into considering him as state witness in the multiple murder case against his father Andal Ampatuan Sr., his brother Andal Ampatuan Jr., and himself. P-Noy seemed to entertain the notion after he heard Zaldy’s “confession” during an interview with… Read More »

FIL AM INDICTED ON A $20-MILLION MEDICARE FRAUD

CHICAGO (jGLi) – A Filipino American, who owns two suburban home health care outfits, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly swindling Medicare of at least $20 million over five years in one of the state’s largest recipients of Medicare payments, according to a press release sent to this reporter by Randall Samborn, spokesman of… Read More »

MOPPET STARS COME AND GO BUT….

Local tinsel town will be incomplete with no mention of outstanding moppet stars since way back. For they have captivated the young and old cineastes alike. The child performers veritably left lasting impression. In the early ‘50s, Tessie Agana, daughter of actress Linda Estrella, was a household name with her blockbuster Roberta, followed by Kerubin, Ang Prinsesa at… Read More »

Filipinos in the Canadian Mosaic

The July Ist celebrations of Canada Day were shared by the more than one hundred cultures that make up this nation. In town centers and parks people of all colours, sexes, religions, ages, political orientations and varied languages gathered together for flag-raising of the Maple Leaf and of singing O’Canada. In Markham, the annual luncheon on July Ist… Read More »

POWER OF THE MIND PART 4 – Telepathy

The survival of men depends on how they will communicate with one another in any given time and moment in this life here on earth. It will tell the difference between losing the battle for survival and making the domination of earth to continue. AVV711 Communication is a tool every creature on planet earth uses for survival. Men… Read More »

PRESIDENT AQUINO SHOULD LISTEN TO HIS CRITICS

And were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate to prefer the latter.—Thomas Jefferson, January 1787 CHICAGO (jGLi) – Philippine President Noynoy Aquino should be thick-skinned when it comes to criticisms that have no basis. Such criticisms will not make him vulnerable but… Read More »

MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE

Q. Hi Atty Wong, avid reader po ako ng column nyo at ang dami nyo po natutulungan. Naglakas loob lang po ako na sumulat sa inyo umaasa na matulungan nyo din po. Bale ito po ang case ko, I got married here in Canada we are both Filipino citizen then I got divorce also here in Canada way… Read More »

Sara Duterte: Hero or heel?

If it weren’t real, one would have thought it came from a reel, a scene straight from a movie of the Walking Tall genre, where a local sheriff blasted villains and their cars with his bat. Except that this time, it was a lone sheriff who was being beaten, not with a bat by a bulky man, but… Read More »

Lawlessness in Davao City

Once known as the “Murder Capital” of the Philippines, Davao City once again topped the headlines when Mayor Sara Duterte – surrounded by armed police bodyguards — beat a sheriff while hundreds of horrified people watched. Duterte was caught on video camera punching sheriff Abe Andres – an officer of the court – several times while he was… Read More »

SPONSORS TO REPAY IMMIGRANTS’ DEBT TOP COURT RULES

By Edwin C. Mercurio – NUJP Canada Canadians or permanent residents who are sponsoring their family members from abroad to come to Canada could find themselves owing thousands of dollars should their sponsored relatives turn to social assistance during the sponsorship period due to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada… Read More »