MANILA, Philippines. — If the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) report on Chief Justice Renato Corona’s dollar accounts and transactions is verified, then it’s game over for him in his impeachment trial, analysts declared.
Category: Opinion
MPC: The Impossible Dream
So much has been said and written about the Filipino Multi-Purpose Centre which is better known as the MPC. Members of the Board of Trustees, The Filipino Australian Community Foundation (PACF) now refer to it as the Philippine Australian Community Centre (PACC), apparently to disassociate the Schofields property from the former MPC in Rooty Hill […]
Comments on new guidelines released by Philippine authorities by Alfred deAureaus
I have just read the new guidelines [on outbound travel] released by airport and seaport authorities in the Philippines. It is composed of 7 pages and too lengthy to be published in this paper. Having perused it, I have the following observations:
Is Freedom a Privilege or a Right? by Dr. Aida Morden, PhD
At an Amnesty International conference several years ago, a speaker was asked this question, ‘Is Freedom a privilege or a right? The speaker posed for two long uneasy minutes until the audience of more than 30 people from different parts of the world began to get listless and two people stood up and walked out.
MPC and Remigio Biala by Boy Galang
Nagbibigay galang ako sa iyo, iha (Buena Biala). Matuwid lang na magkomento ka sa inilathala ko tungkol sa MPC na naging Philippine Australian Community Centre (PACC). Wala akong inis o galit sa inyo, lalo na sa Daddy mo. Nataon lang na siya ang nagpasimuno ng Grand Charity Concert fund raising para sa PACC/PACF.
Should we just stop the farce? by Greg B. Macabenta (US Correspondent)
Asked about the position of Malacañang on the sticky Naguiat-Okada-Wynn affair, presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda replied that it is entirely up to Pagcor Chairman Cristino Naguiat, Jr. to decide whether he wants to resign or go on leave. That says a lot about what Noynoy Aquino means by Daang Matuwid or Straight Path, the principle […]
May the farce be with you By Rodel Rodis (US Correspondent)
San Francisco, CA. March 8, 2012 . To describe the ongoing Senate impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona as a farce is to be spot on accurate as a farce is a comic play in which authority, order, and morality are placed at risk in a ridiculously absurd situation where everything goes wrong or […]
Opinion: One must walk the talk first by Jaime K Pimentel
A little bird told me that some people within the Philippine Community Council of NSW (PCC-NSW) board want this organisation to take over management of the Philippine Australian Cultural Foundation (PACF) and its centre at Schofields. Whaaaaat!? Well, you know: ”More than 25 years in existence.” With apologies to PCC-NSW president Arturo ‘Atoy’ Sayas, vice […]
Post Valentine Greetings by Armando Chavez (US Correspondent)
San Francisco. February 14, 2012 Today is a day of hearts and love. It behooves us all to pause and think about love and what it means to each of us. We are now well into decades of loving whether it be the same woman or a succession or a simultaneity of women, or both. […]
Philippines-Japan Migration Issues by Carmelita Nuqui and Jeremaiah Opiniano
JAPAN offers lots of memories — good and bad — to Filipinos, not just its rising sun that is an economic magnet for Filipinos to go there. There’s former overseas performing artist Maricris Sioson who, exactly 20 years ago, was mysteriously killed by alleged Yakuza elements five months after arriving in Tokyo.
Justice delayed — still better than none by Rodel Rodis, US Correspondent
The legal maxim “Justice delayed is justice denied” can be traced all the way back to the Magna Carta, enacted in 1215, which specifically “disallowed the selling of justice, or its denial or delay.” More than 900 years after English feudal lords forced this Great Charter on their king and laid the foundation for western […]
Ano na ang nangyari sa MPC? by Boy Galang
(Editor’s Note: The following article was sent by a person who did not wish to be identified. Although this person is very well known to the editor, he requested that his real identity be kept confidential. He wrote everything in Tagalog. To preserve the accurate meaning of his message, Philippine Sentinel decided to publish it […]