I just don’t get it. Why do Philippine education officials insist that the solution to the country’s fast-sliding standard of education is to add one or two more years of schooling? After earlier proposals by the Department of Education and the Commission on Higher Education to add an extra year between the sixth grade and first… Read More »
Dalawang linggo pa lamang sina Francis at Junichi sa San Isidro ngunit halata ni Francis na may bumabagabag kay Junichi. Naaaninag iyon ni Francis sa mga kilos ni Junichi, nararamdaman sa kanyang mga pananalita. “What’s the matter?” naitanong ni Francis isang araw na nakita niyang tila may malalim na iniisip si Junichi. “Nothing. I am just thinking of… Read More »
June 12 is a date significant to Filipinos. It does not matter whether they are in their native land or in another part of this planet, June 12 is a date wherein Filipinos congregate and raise their national flag, June 12 is Philippine Independence Day. In Markham, Ontario, the town council declared a Philippine Independence Week, starting… Read More »
Alahoy! Halahoy! Sa prexy at bise! Yuh! Congrats! Mabuhay! Wow! Sa inyo, Noy – B! Bayan e nagbunyi! Hangad natin kase Iring pagbabago e siyang mangyari! * * * Sa bagong president, umaasa ngayon — Buhay nating Pinoy! Aangat! Aahon! Kahit di silipin sa inyong Kristal bol! Bagong Pilipinas! yoNyoN! Si PNoy! * * * Tamaaa! … Read More »
Proclaimed na proclaimed na! President- elect at Vice President- elect of the Philippine Republic respectively na sina Noynoy Aquino at Jesus Jose Maria aka Jojo Binay. Eight days after the Board of Canvassers, composed of members of the Philippine Congress went to work, the two top officials of the land were officially proclaimed amidst shouts and chants of… Read More »
CHICAGO (JGLi) – Sen. Noynoy Aquino has also Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to thank for, for his ascent to Malacanang. Noynoy was the main beneficiary of the peoples’ hatred of the Mrs. Arroyo. They don’t want her to stay nano-second longer in the Palace, which would only make the Arroyo-hater meter rise. And the campaign of Aquino was able… Read More »
It won’t be until noon of June 30 that Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will exit Malacanang, but I can’t wait to bid her farewell. Goodbye Gloria, but no thanks for the bad memories. You said you will just fade away after that day, but I assure you that you will not be forgotten. Infamy awaits you at the… Read More »
It’s been a busy week at immigration headquarters in Ottawa where the Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has unveiled new proposals from the acquisition of Canadian Citizenship to those who prey on vulnerable immigrants. For decades, Canadian Citizenship was bestowed on applicants who were able to show they “resided” in Canada for three years in the last… Read More »
With the recent ruling by the Ombudsman to clear Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her husband Mike Arroyo of involvement in the controversial $329-million NBN-ZTE deal, it has become even more important that incoming President Noynoy Aquino make good on his promise to create a special commission to investigate allegations of corruption during the Arroyo administration. Nobody… Read More »