Dear Atty. Rodriguez, I just want to follow up on your previous topic on drinking and driving. I heard something about the issue of when the cops should ask a driver to blow into a screening device. I heard it should be done immediately. Is this true? Curious Dear Curious, Yes it is true. The police officer should… Read More »
Eskeremengoles! Saming last Kalabit, Me mga nag – email nabating pabalik! Good wishes sa staff, sana raw lumawig Buhay ng BALITA, sey nung avid readers. * * * Alahoy! Alahoy! Tuwing Kung Hei Fat Choi ! Noon sa Echague nabaha ng Tikoy! Ewan ko, ewan nyo? Ganun pa ba ngayon? Happy New Year to all! Sating madlang Tsinoy!… Read More »
Like many Americans, I wished I were in Washington last Tuesday to personally witness the unfolding of history and hope during the inauguration of the first African-American to become president of a nation that struggled through a great civil war and centuries of civil rights battles to arrive at this stage of its history. It was fitting that… Read More »
Q. Good afternoon Atty. Wong! I am presently engaged and planning to get married . My boyfriend is a Filipino-Canadian citizen for almost 18years. Never been married po siya at ganoon din ako. The problem is ano po bang dapat namin gawin kasi yong birthday na nakalagay sa birth certificate niya is 1976 pero doon sa record niya… Read More »
One advantage Filipino immigrants to North America have is that almost all of them can speak in English. Actually Filipino immigrants in the 60’s and 70’s were educated from elementary to university in English. In 1946 when the Philippines got full independence from the United States, the medium of instruction in the elementary schools gradually was changed to… Read More »
The world is enamoured with new US President Barack Hussein Obama, a phenomenon never before witnessed since Camelot’s John F.Kennedy became the youngest US chief executive to occupy the White House. Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, who sang “My Country tis of thee “ at Obama’s historic inaugural, remarked before Larry King’s CNN interview that “my country has… Read More »
I know an advertising agency owner who never fully takes a vacation. He takes his family to fairly exotic locations, but never so alien that they are outside the reach of modern communication. In other words, he is never further than a cell phone call or email away. He checks in with the office several times a day… Read More »
To be over six feet tall during those years in the barrio was indeed rare. Probably due to an over active pituitary gland, Bonifacio Alcon, the eldest in a family of six, grew to be above six foot while his parents, brothers and sisters were of normal stature. Many in the barrio believed that when his mother was… Read More »
This unpretentious barrio like the others had its share of a man of wit and wisdom. He was the only known scholar and probably a man of all seasons. Like other men of letters and academic excellence, his life had colour, pathos, and tragedy. He was Ka Tano. During Ka Tano’s time many in the barrio and other… Read More »