SEGGA- Juan dela Cruz Band Fiasco: What happened?

  Now its out in the open. After weeks of speculations, rumors and innuendoes, a Toronto-based Filipino-Canadian promoter had confirmed That “mismanagement of funds before and after the shows “ was the cause why the legendary Juan De La Cruz band was not fully paid of their talent fees. The iconic band, composed of Jose “Pepe “ Smith,… Read More »

Ang butihing banyaga

SA isang pabrikang ari ng Hapon sa Ontario, Canada na gumagawa ng mga electronic product ay nagkasama sa trabaho sina Francis at Junichi. Kapuwa sila inhinyero sa isang pagawaang ang lahi o kulay ay hindi sagabal sa trabaho at ang batayan lamang nang pagtaas sa katungkulan ay ang angking kakayahan. Engineering Manager si Junichi at Chief Engineer si… Read More »

US Pinoys for Noynoy

By Melissa Singh                 SAN FRANCISCO —  “Ituloy ang Laban!” (Continue the struggle) is now reverberating throughout the United States as Filipinos in America who are supporting the presidential tandem of Senators Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Manuel “Mar” Roxas II have formed a national organization called US Pinoys for Noynoy-Mar (USP4NM) to boost the Liberal Party bets’… Read More »

FORECAST 2010

The vibration in the air indicates the completion of many events. They are at hand. The completion will bring many changes in our lives and can affect the whole system of living in this constant changing world of ours.                                                                                                                             AVV110              Many are not that optimistic for the coming year, 2010, though national election will be… Read More »

The stories of 2009: gloom and glory

Our top news story of the year 2009 is of course the Maguindanao massacre of November 23, the mass murder of some 57 innocent civilians including 31 journalists masterminded allegedly by one of the most powerful political warlords of Mindanao, a close ally of the lame duck president Gloria Arroyo. This brutal and heinous crime has earned the… Read More »

Some old habits never die

I was in a mall on Boxing Day morning and I was expecting hoards of people rushing for the big sales. I was kind of disappointed; there were not too many shoppers. The big announcement at the doors of the stores indicating 50 to 70% discounts were there but there were not too many passers by eyeing at… Read More »

A distant Christmas

              For Filipinos who have been outside of the Philippines for years, Christmas is both a time for rejoicing and a time for remembering. Even as the Filipino in America begins to feel the holiday mood immediately after Thanksgiving when people start shopping for gifts and Christmas decors, he feels at the same time a longing for… Read More »

Christmas in the barrio of yesteryears

Every year Christmas comes to Christendom in unerring certainty. Symbolized by the Christ child, Christmas is for children.  However, this red-letter day is likewise shared by the elders, for among them there would always be the feeling and thoughts of childhood and the children in them.               Christmas for many of us, is the storehouse of our… Read More »