AYON sa hindi pa katagalang kasaysayan, ang dynasty na kasalukuyang naghahari sa Isla de Oriente ay napunla ng may isang dayuhang negosyante, si Mr. Sah Kim na nakita ang mga yaman ng isla: ang mga kagubatan na sagana sa mga malalaki at mayayabong na matitigas na mga kahoy at mga bundok na sagana sa mga mina. Nadagdag pa… Read More »
A Filipino caregiver who had worked several years in Canada suddenly discovered that she had cancer. Her physician told her that she would have about six months to live. She decided that she would go home to die in the Philippines. “Ayokong mamatay dito. Gusto kong mamatay sa sariling bayan, sa piling ng aking mga kapatid at iba… Read More »
HELLO, dear readers. In this issue, I mean to put levity aside and provide the due respect and seriousness that my subject deserves. May 10,2010 is an auspicious day for all of us Filipinos. Each of us view elections campaigns differently : many just show a tolerant attitude towards the unique accoutrements that go with Philippine political campaigns… Read More »
Marcelo Martin was a small frame man with squarest jaw, bristly hair, bog forehead, bushy hair and of average height. His constant work under the sun tanned his skin is like a leather. He had large uneven stained teeth due to smoking. Shortly before the outbreak of the Pacific war and during the Occupation, Marcing, as he was… Read More »
By: Rudy Viernes May is the merriest and most colorful month of the year in the Philippines. It is a month of fiestas, processions, Flores de Mayo, Santacruzan, Virgin Mary…and mangoes, too! In most little towns and villages the annual fiesta is an anticipated event held in May. Most part of the year the barrio perks up… Read More »
By Rudy M. Viernes Novato, California The Hospicio de San Jose in Manila is a Catholic charitable institution, managed since 1865 by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. It is the foster home of orphans, children and adolescents abandoned or surrendered by their parents due to poverty. Some of these children have special needs. There… Read More »
On May 10, the Filipino people will troop to the polls to elect the man who would succeed Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and who would be tasked with straightening up the mess that his predecessor had put the country into. Tough challenges await the winner, perhaps as tough, if not tougher than what the late President Cory Aquino had… Read More »
Q. I am a dual citizen now-Canadian/Filipino. When I took the oath we were told to present the certificate of being Filipino again plus the forms with our pictures/thumb marked, at the Philippine airport’s port of entry when we arrive there. If I do this at the port of entry in the Philippines, my understanding is that I… Read More »
Although we had expected a whitewash of the cases against the Ampatuans of Maguindanao because of the family’s close “friendship” to Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the decision of Acting Justice Secretary Alberto Agra to drop murder charges against ARMM Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan and his cousin Akmad Ampatuan — even before the court could hear all testimonies and receive all… Read More »