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PerryScope By Perry Diaz It’s tough fighting the world’s second biggest economic power and most populous country. But when another economic heavyweight joins the fight against you, they could trounce you very badly. And to make the situation worse, the two adversaries are the giant People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Lilliputian but economically rich Republic of China (ROC), which is more commonly known Read More …
By Paul Atienza The Daily Tribune Some 85,000 Filipino workers in Taiwan have been engulfed in the strained relationship between the Philippines and Taiwanese government over the death of a Taiwanese fisherman after a Philippine Coast Guard vessel tried to stop a Taiwanese fishing boat last May 9, as reports of attacks on Filipino workers had risen. Amadeo Perez, chairman of the Manila Economic and Read More …
By Pat C. Santos The Daily Tribune PALACE REJECTS RESULTS OF PROBE Taiwanese Hung Shih-Chen who died from shots of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) units chasing his fishing boat last week was murdered, according to the Taiwan official who heads the investigation team after a three-day probe conducted with their local counterparts. Chen Wen Chi, director of the international Cross Strait Legal Affairs under Taiwan’s Read More …
By Erick San Juan In the midst of the mid-term election fever and the tensions that went with it after the voting hours and during the canvassing of votes, our country was once again put in a very critical position with our neighboring countries. Most Filipinos were caught unaware of the dangers posted by the incident that happened last Thursday when the Philippine Coast Guard Read More …
Death on the High Seas: Ma issues ultimatum over fisherman’s death 72 HOURS:The government will freeze Filipino workers’ applications and recall its envoy if Manila fails to respond to Taiwan’s demand for a formal apology and arrest of the suspect in a fisherman’s death By Mo Yan-chih Taipei Times The administration of President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday gave the Philippines 72 hours to arrest those Read More …
Source: The Filipino Australian The US Pinoys for Good Governance (USP4GG) and the Global Filipino Diaspora Council (GFDC) today announced the names of 11 senatorial candidates and a party list that they are endorsing for the May 13 elections. Signing the GFDC Charter – (L-R): Atty Ted Laguatan, Atty Rodel Rodis, and Atty Loida Nicolas-Lewis on February 26 during the 2nd Global Summit of Filipinos Read More …
GLIMPSES By Jose Ma. Montelibano When the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution removed a dictator, it was not only the physical Ferdinand Marcos that Filipinos sought to get rid of, it was also what he represented. Much has been said of his brilliance as a lawyer, his journey to political greatness, his brand of leadership. Yet, great power in the hands of a person without Read More …
Telltale Signs By Rodel Rodis To throw someone under the bus is to sacrifice another person undeserving of such treatment. This is exactly what the Commission on Elections (Comelec) did on January 18, 2013 when it ordered the removal of 238,557 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from its official voters list for “failing to notify the commission of their intent to vote on May 13” after Read More …
GLIMPSES By Jose Ma. Montelibano It is that special time of the year again when Filipino families show their attachment to relatives and friends who have passed away. Truly, the dichotomy between life and death is somewhat blurred in the culture of the Filipino. We are forced by physical reality to accept that loved ones are gone. Death creates the separation of touch but does Read More …
GLIMPSES By Jose Ma. Montelibano It was quite an unexpected experience. I never thought that going to Perth, Australia, would be so meaningful to me for reasons other than what I expected. I had been invited by the outgoing president of FILCCA, an umbrella group of several Fil-Australian associations in the seven states of Australia. Perth belonged to one of them, the state of Western Read More …