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Where were you when Ninoy Aquino was assassinated?
By Daniel de la Rosa Thirty-one years. It’s been that long since I got on a California Bus Line that would take me to the airport to welcome Ninoy Aquino home from exile. Back then, the red-colored bus would go up past Nayong Pilipino, circle around and drop you at a stop right beside the […]
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Jeopardy trivia: Who are two presidents with same birthdays?
By Lourdes A. Ongkeko, Ph.D. They are decades and decades apart from one another, but they share one event. They mark the same birthday anniversary. They have served their countries as presidents. They likewise were elected to their posts. Who are they? The Philippines’ own Manuel Luis Quezon and William Clinton of the United States […]
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President Putin, the Free World deserves an explanation!
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. A unanimous condemnation on the unspeakable downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight M-17 — how it was shot down with 298 people on Board — has been demanded by the United Nations Security Council. It’s time that the world makes the aforementioned demand. Indeed it is high time, President Vladimir Putin. […]
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Philippines calls shooting of Malaysian plane ‘most revolting of acts’
The Philippines on July 21 issued a strong call for a full, thorough and independent investigation into the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight 17. In a speech before the UN Security Council, Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Libran Cabactulan said Manila condemns “in the strongest possible terms” the downing of the Malaysian […]
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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 […]