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Filipinos to the Marcoses: ‘Never again!’
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph. D. Thanks to the social media, a very recent photo of ‘Imelda at the Ateneo’ proclaimed volumes. Four students identified as enrolled at the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), one of the homeland’s leading schools of higher education, joined Imelda Marcos, the other half of the infamous conjugal dictatorship, in […]
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Move to impeach Aquino over DAP, a legal or moral issue?
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. Impeachment talks abound lately, not solely confined on these shores, likewise, from our ancestral home. The process has been bruited about during the last few days because of the Philippine Supreme Court’s decision on the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). Arguments invoke a constitutional option: “Article XI, Section 1: Public Office […]
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Maj. Gen. Tony Taguba: An officer and a gentleman of a certain age
By Cristina DC Pastor The last we heard of Army Major General Antonio ‘Tony’ Taguba was at the height of the Abu Ghraib torture scandal in 2004. He was the pride of the Filipino American community then. A Philippine-born general entrusted with a huge, patriotic responsibility to investigate alleged military abuses at Abu Ghraib prison. […]
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Overseas voting registration resumes; 16 people enlist on first day
The overseas voting registration for the 2016 Presidential Elections resumed on May 6 with 16 Filipinos becoming the newest registrants from the Northeast. The registration took place at the lobby of the Philippine Center where applicants waited for their turn to submit their passports and other official documents to the Philippine Consulate General. Maria Cristina […]
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On Memorial Day let’s remember our troops; they are America’s children
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. Once again, a holiday, traditionally observed on the last Monday of May is almost on the radar screen. Memorial Day’s center stage lies in remembering all the women and men who lost their lives in protecting our country at war. Over time, the world has observed the significance of the […]
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Trafficking survivors speak up at summit: ‘We are not slaves anymore’
By Irma Bajar and Zarah Vinola “The officer explained I was a victim of ‘human smuggling’. I said, ‘No sir.’ I did not know at this time that I was trafficked or that you can smuggle people like this.” One teacher, who would not offer her name in fear of retaliation from the recruiter against […]
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Many claimants to Imelda Marcos’s paintings; she could be one of them
By Cristina DC Pastor At least three entities have competing claims over Claude Monet’s water lily painting, believed to be owned by former First Lady Imelda Marcos, and the proceeds from its sale to a London gallery. There could be more, according to the District Attorney of New York (DA) in court documents obtained by […]
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Where is the Catholic Church’s humility in the RH law?
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. Multiple Choice: Check the answers that would identify the Reproductive Health Law: _____ Measure took almost 16 years to become a law; _____ Was held in ‘deep freeze’ by the Supreme Court on March 13, 2013; _____ Law’s I.D. 10354; _____ President Aquino signed bill into law in 2012; _____ […]
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Town hall meeting on Lorna Sun, migrants workers’ rights on April 6
A town hall meeting will be held on Sunday, April 6, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church in Elmhurst to discuss the case of Lorna Sun, a domestic worker who died of cardiac arrest and who, according to Philippine Forum (PF), did not receive adequate assistance from the Philippine government. […]