EDITORIAL

March 16, 2013
Every year in March, we celebrate the International Women’s History Month (IWHM). Like any special day devoted to a cause, IWHM brings attention to the many issues important to women, equality and empowerment among them. It looks like women’s causes are making inroads in the traditional American psyche. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, signed by President Barack Obama in January 2009, is one such advancement and is considered a victory for all women in the work force who took lesser pay for the same kind of work they do as their male counterparts. Continue reading →

March 1, 2013
This convoluted congressional battle over issues of gun control, debt reduction, sequester, immigration reforms, Section 5 of voting rights act, affordable care act and a hundred more concerns will go on forever at the expense of real and progressive reforms if people like us do nothing. Continue reading →

February 16, 2013
“We define ourselves as a nation of immigrants. That’s who we are — in our bones. The promise we see in those who come here from every corner of the globe, that’s always been one of our greatest strengths.” Continue reading →

February 16, 2013
In the Philippines the official campaign period, 12 additional members of the Philippine Senate and more than 100 party-list groups started this week with the two major political coalitions firing off their campaigns separately – in Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, Manila for the administration ticket and in Cebu City for the opposition United Nationalist Alliance (UNA). Continue reading →

February 1, 2013
Today’s generation must seek, formulate and enforce badly needed reforms in our broken system soon or suffer the consequence of inaction or delay not much later. We have had more than enough of the political posturing and special-interest wrangling while bad legislations and practices go unchecked and continue to put this nation in peril. The time to institute reforms is now or we may never have the opportunity to do it ever again. Continue reading →

January 16, 2013
Anti gun legislation advocates and supporters are harping on President Obama’s potential or likely use of his executive power to pass gun legislation sans Congressional approval. Threats of impeachment from the Right Wing Republicans and the rising up in arms from some nutty gun owners are posted in the Internet for all to see and perhaps, take sides on. Continue reading →

January 1, 2013
The Philippines has a lot to celebrate and be thankful for this New Year. For one, the country’s economy is into unprecedented growth. The Philippine GDP growth for the 3rd quarter hit a two-year high of 7.1 percent— the highest in Southeast Asia, and among the top performing economies in Asia. The Philippine Stock Exchange index this year broke record high after record high, soaring above expectations and breaching the 5,800 mark and the Philippine Peso appreciated by as much as 6 percent last year and is projected to gain even more strength this year. Continue reading →

December 1, 2012
Brutal, barbaric, heinous. No amount of words can aptly describe the massacre of 58 people, 32 of them journalists and media workers, on November 23, 2009 near Ampatuan town in Maguindanao.This carnage defied comprehension. Continue reading →

November 16, 2012
There’s no rest for the wicked. Ten days after Barack Obama swept the swing states to win his second term as POTUS, politics, nasty, bitter politics continues to dominate the conversations in the social media and the airwaves. Not surprisingly, the losers, who still couldn’t believe just what hit them, found the people to lay the blame on. Continue reading →

November 1 2012
Decided voters have gone early to the polls but it will not be till the official day of U.S. elections, on November 6, when all ballots will have been cast. In a week’s time, we could be seeing President Barack Obama getting a second term, much to the chagrin of die hard Republicans. Continue reading →