Monthly Archives: November 2013
Sitting by the Edge of a Wall
Charlie Gandula finally decided to tie the knot with Cassidy Villacorta. While he came from the northern highlands of the Mountain Province, she hailed from the Visayan City of Iloilo. Charlie, or Caloy, as known by his kin, is dark complexioned, burly, and with an above average height. Continue reading
Part 2 Annie D. Ant: Readers Theater Edition
Climate change is real. It isn’t just an “inconvenient truth” (Guggenheim, 2006) in a documentary film starring former US Vice-President Al Gore. It’s been happening in the Philippines. Furious typhoons and ruthless droughts. Continue reading
The ‘Pork Barrel King’ under siege!
If there is one thing that President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III consistently does, it is to blame his predecessor, former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for all the ills and scandals that befall his administration. And poor Gloria can’t do anything to defend herself from her detention room at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City. Continue reading
Quincy’s First Halloween
My grandson, Quincy and I waited a few hours, even left the front door slightly ajar and opened the back door to peek if there was any sign of his friends showing up for their trick or treat but sadly, there was none. A basketful of good treats – chocolates, Skittles and an assortment of Tootsie Rolls waited by the door but there were no takers. Continue reading
Chaos or progress in PHL
November 1, 2013
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno has warned of a possible chaos and military intervention if President Aquino and Congress will not abolish the billions of pesos of taxpayers money called the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and lately added with the Development Acceleration Program (DAP). Continue reading
Fil-Am Rob Schneider sizzles in Manila, dares Pacquiao to a duet, plans movie in PHL
November 1, 2013
Thank God, I am a Filipino. Thus said Filipino American actor Rob Schneider during an interview before his jampacked one-night show at the Solaire Hotel and Casino Resort in Pasay City. Schneider acknowledged his Filipino roots, his mother being half Filipino who grew up in Baguio City where, he said, he has many relatives. Schneider’s grandmother is full-blooded Filipina who married his American husband while on duty at the Clark Air Force Base in Pampanga. Continue reading
Bohol tourism on road to recovery
November 1, 2013
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol — Bohol’s efforts to get its tourism back on track is starting to pay off as the Department. of Tourism (DOT) Region 7 office reported that most tourism establishments have also resumed operations. Continue reading
Pacquiao-Rios will be Asia’s richest title fight
November 1, 2013
MANILA — The Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios matchup at Venetian Cotai Arena on Nov. 24 in Macau will be Asia’s largest purse for a boxing event. This as the fight would surpass the Mike Tyson-James “Buster Douglas heavyweight 1990 title fight in Tokyo, Japan, considered the richest fight in the region for years, PNA’s Lily O. Ramos reported, quoting the South China Morning Post. Continue reading
Drilon raps former SC chief Puno for predicting chaos if pork stays
November 1, 2013
PASAY CITY (PinoyNews) – Senate President Franklin Drilon, a staunch ally of President Aquino, has cautioned former Chief Justice Reynato Puno on his prediction of possible chaos or military intervention in case all pork barrel of members of Congress, President Aquino, and other officials are not abolished. Continue reading
CircaPintig weaves stories of resilience and survival in SHORT ACTS!
November 1, 2013
Chicago, IL – CircaPintig, a not-for-profit community-based theater company is mounting a collection of short plays weaving together stories of haunting memories of self, family and home. This versión of Short Acts tells of intergenerational conflicts between fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, friends confronting their views on gay marriage and migrants searching for lost identities in the wilderness of diáspora. Continue reading