Forty-four days between New Year’s Day and Valentine’s Day would be very boring, when staying home is the pandemic norm. So for fun and festive reasons, I witnessed “livestream” town criers — donned in 1887 costumes — declare what famous North American groundhogs chuckled about the coming of Spring. That was on February 2, when North Americans celebrated… Read More »
“For to travel is always, in some sense, to learn. What we don’t know yet, is to be found Elsewhere.” – Hugh Kenner, The Elsewhere Community (1998). By Rey Moreno My name is Samuel “Rocky” Magtaka. My first name was not an accident. My parents were deeply religious Catholics, so were my grandparents and also my ancestors who… Read More »
By Nap C. Alip Trivia: Today’s generation for sure wouldn’t forget the top love teams of the ‘70s, none other than Nora Aunor-Tirso Cruz 111 and Vilma Santos-Edgar Mortiz. From grand champ of the top rated TV singing tilt Tawag ng Tanghalan for many months, Nora was given movie breaks with actor-singer Tirso Cruz 111 from the famous… Read More »
Written by Scott Dion Brown Fresh off her stellar performance as Paige Aquino in Netflix’s Tiny Pretty Things, Filipino-Canadian Nicole Huff will once again be returning to the screen, this time in a guest starring role as Alina Taylor on CBC’s Pretty Hard Cases. The new action-packed series stars Meredith MacNeill and Adrienne C. Moore as detectives who… Read More »
Trivia: From the ‘50s to ‘80s several child stars achieved fame also in their grown up years. In 1950, foremost of all was Tessie Agana, considered the child superstar. Her mom was the famous Sampaguita Pictures actress Linda Estrella. The outfit big boss Dr. Jose Perez convinced Linda to allow Tessie to be a child actress. In her… Read More »
by Mary Ellinelle Villareal Parreno Sa mga CANADIAN CITIZEN, ano ang pakiramdam na ang nanloko sa iyo ay UNDOCUMENTED pala sa Canada. I realize na ang mga taong walang status ang siya pang may makapal na mukha mag assure sa pamilya ng mga citizen na for 20 to 40 years na kaya nilang papuntahin dito ang mga kamag-anak… Read More »
THIS IS HOW NAOMI ONG and ROXLEE ONG played their tricks on us. As narrated by Mae Bentia, the victim and now one of the victims’ advocates. MARCH 2. 2019 – in a BIRTHDAY party. The couple NAOMI and ROXLEE ONG introduced themselves to me. Naomi says “DI BA IKAW SI MAE? Yes, I am. Hey, I know… Read More »
by Mary Ellinelle Villareal Parreno Iyong mga nagyayabang diyan sa enchanted village,itaas niyo pa ng konti ang RANGE ha..Bakit? Kung magyayabang ka na MAYAMAN ka at alam ng lahat ng tao sa palibot mo na WALA KANG TRaBAHO, ano ang labas mo niyan? Maliban lang kung BOBO at hindi nakakaintindi ang nasa palibot mo. Meron bang mayaman na… Read More »
By Dr. Freddie Obligacion After Philippine President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III delivered his final state-of-the-nation address, Philippine Senator Grace L. Poe, had this to say in an interview, “All of the important and key [officials in his administration] who come out with tough decisions are women. So I am grateful to the President for seeing the potential… Read More »