Vol. 34 No. 11 »
NEW ORLEANS, “The City That Care Forgot” (Part 4)
While in New Orleans we embarked on a Louisiana Plantation tour to view the monumental plantation homes that bring to mind the dark legacies of slavery prior to 1808 when international slave trading was
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Unknowingly, the Filipinos celebrate Independence Day with a smell of blood
With the four declarations of the Philippine Independence, which date would be most fitting? Buried in the countless pages in the history of the Philippine revolution is the bloody and unceremonial end of the
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Pinakbét, Hálu-halò, at Enseládang Prútas
Sir Charles Darwin—’sang manlalakbáy at s’yentípiko Sinaliksík ang kalawákan ng Galápago Kinilála sámu’t sáring ispísis ng háyop At hinalughóg ang kabuuán ng lupálop Pabagál nang pabágal ang paggápang ng hígad Sa tangkáy ng haláman
Read More »Making the Quarantine a Family-Oriented, Enriching Experience
(In the Time of Covid-19) Mahigit dalawang buwan na ang lumipas mula nang magsimula ang tinatawag na stay-home quarantine. Marami sa atin ang nawalan ng trabaho dahil ipinasara muna ang mga kumpanya at establismento
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Can PH survive a post-pandemic world?
Last year, President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesperson Salvador Panelo boastfully said that there is nothing wrong if the government used the gas-rich Recto Bank (Reed Bank) as collateral for a $62-million loan agreement with China.
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George Floyd, Filipinos and Racism: We Were So Wrong to Make Fun of Dark, Black People – And We’re Sorry
I am Filipino, born and raised. But unlike most people back home, I have a fair skin. Maputi ako, so growing up I was used to being called tisay, mestiza, or anak ni Tisoy.
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President Duterte suspends the termination of Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA)
In an unprecedented move, President Rodrigo Duterte has suspended on June 2 the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement three months after he criticized that the agreement favours the United States. Foreign Affair Secretary,
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Metro Manila under GCQ faces transportation woes on the first day; MRT, LRT and PNR get positive vibes
Back to work and back to a new normal have become the major intention when Metro Manila was put under the general community quarantine June 1. But confusion on the availability of transportation derailed
Read More »Duterte seeks approval of Bayanihan to Heal program for another three months or up to September 30
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is expecting the approval of the special powers granted to him, known as Bayanihan To Heal program, to combat the Covid-19 health emergency for another three months or up to
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Are you ready to live in Tondominium?
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso led the groundbreaking ceremony of the soon-to-rise 15-storey Tondominuim 1 & 2, as part of the City’s vertical housing project. Mayor Isko Moreno, together with his vice-mayor Honey
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