I had expected Sen. Francis Escudero to withdraw his candidacy during a press conference he had scheduled last week at the Club Filipino in Greenhills. This was based on earlier reports that his patron at the Nationalist People’s Coalition, businessman Danding Cojuangco, had decided to patch up differences with his estranged cousin, Peping Cojuangco, to support… Read More »
While America was upholding the result of decades of battle for civil rights by electing an African American to the presidency, tens of thousands of Californians were institutionalizing inequality, injustice and bigotry by passing Proposition 8, which sought to ban gay marriages in California. They wanted to include in the state constitution a provision that would deprive a… Read More »
If there were one subject barrio people loathed in discussing, it would be about the dead. Call it part of religion and folkways so that when someone would pass away, the concern was how to inter the body, which should not be beyond three days. In the barrio, the family of the dead had two choices for the… Read More »
At 11:00 PM Eastern Time on November 4, 2008, Barack Obama made history when he was elected President of the United States, a feat that no African-American has achieved before. After enduring a negative campaign by his opponent, Obama convinced the American people that he is the man whom they can trust in changing the way the government… Read More »
Pinoys waited for Ramil for days. The experience and the lessons learned from the two strong typhoons ‘Ondoy’ and ‘Pepeng’ created the hoped- for reactions. Citizens, government, and NGOs and private groups got themselves ready. Rubber boats were deployed to the north which was the expected target of the onslaught; Trucks and other vehicles were stationed in the… Read More »
Were you there? Were you at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts during the presentation of “A Taste of Broadway, the Classics” on Saturday, October 10, 2009? If you were there, then you will probably join me in saying that it was a terrific success. The Markham Federation of Filipino Canadians deserved the entire accolade it… Read More »
CHICAGO, Illinois (JGLi) – Unfortunately, Filipinos look up to politics as their final destination — the Holy Grail – before they ride into the sunset. They don’t realize that the career, where they excelled at, is already their last frontier, the be-all and end-all. I don’t see Michael Jordan, Pele or Muhammad Ali running for office. But Manny… Read More »
In ignoring or bypassing recommendations and proposed changes to the Live-in Caregiver program (among them the Juana Tejada Law), Immigration Minister Jason Kenney tried to explain the his government’s position by saying the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) “is developing options for other improvements to the Live-In Caregiver Program (LCP)’ He further stated “ the implications of the… Read More »
People from all walks of life have asked me about the difference between normal sadness and clinical depression. “Are they the same or just slightly different?” “Do I need to take nerve pill if I’m only sad?” Sadness is a normal feeling. It can simply be a reaction to ordinary events that happen in our daily lives.… Read More »