THE WRITE CONNECTION
Pros and Cons of Medicare Portability in the Philippines
by Yoly Tumangan Tubalinal.
March 1, 2012
One of the things in the wish list of many Filipino Americans who are part of a generation of baby boomers is to see the U.S. Congress extend MEDICARE benefits to those who want to retire in the Philippines. Continue reading
Reality Shows that Got Me Hooked (and why I think they are a refreshing diversion)
by Yoly Tumangan Tubalinal.
January 16, 2012
The news and politics that dominate the airwaves today can be very stressful and frustrating. As I try to keep myself abreast of world events, national and local issues that “occupy” major networks, the mindless chatters, utterly disgusting hypocrisy and in your face lying of people involved in this daily political discourse make me feel sick. Continue reading
One Final Plea For Dondon Lanuza, death row, KSA
by Yoly Tumangan Tubalinal.
January 16, 2012
I got a nagging email from a very frustrated and exasperated friend and MegaScene columnist, Don Azarias. Reacting to a report from Loida Nicolas Lewis’ secretary that the collection in the U.S. for Dondon Lanuza’s fund only reached $3,286 as of January 4, Don wrote: Continue reading
A second look at retirement in the Philippines
by Yoly Tumangan Tubalinal.
January 1, 2012
A fierce debate is going on in Washington about MEDICARE, the one program our country’s baby boomers (and that includes me) can’t live without at this point in their lives. Some very likely changes/possibilities are scary – raising the eligibility age to 67, increasing premiums for many beneficiaries, revamping co-paynments and deductibles in ways that would raise cost for retirees, privatization of Medicare and heaven knows what more? Continue reading
A family tragedy
by Yoly Tumangan Tubalinal.
December 16, 2011
Three days after Thanksgiving, just as soon as we reached home from church, Bart received a call from his niece-in-law. She had bad news –her brother-in-law, Bart’s nephew, was taken to the San Francisco General Hospital and was in critical and unstable condition. Continue reading
Home for Christmas
by Yoly Tumangan Tubalinal.
December 1, 2011
I have avoided going home to the Philippines on Christmas for the same reasons many of you have done so yourselves, “magastos” (expensive). Continue reading
Partnership of a Sublime Kind
by Yoly Tumangan Tubalinal.
November 16, 2011
I love Thanksgiving and would not dream of skipping celebrating it or picking any other holiday, except Christmas, in its stead. I think it offers us a wonderful opportunity to express in a more personal way our gratitude for and appreciation of our Lord’s bountiful blessings, the many things but more importantly, many more people He has sent into our lives. Continue reading
We, the Filipino People
by Yoly Tumangan Tubalinal.
October 1, 2011
Philippine National Artist, F. Sionil Jose started a flurry of emotionally charged internet conversations among Filipinos all across the globe with his September 12 “Hindsight” column in Philippine Star. The article expounded on why he, like former Senator Leticia Shahani, thinks Filipinos are shallow. Continue reading
September Musings
by Yoly Tumangan Tubalinal.
September 16, 2011
Spending our Labor Day weekend in the middle of nowhere wasn’t something Bart and I would consider extraordinary. To start with, we had to work with a crazy direction I hurriedly pulled out of the internet which we took with us without bothering to check first. Continue reading
On the killing of Osama bin Laden, Who Deserves the Credit?
by Yoly Tumangan Tubalinal.
May 16, 2011
When President Barrack Obama invited his predecessor, George W. Bush to join him on Ground Zero in honoring the memory of the victims of September 11 shortly after the killing of Osama bin Laden Continue reading