Searching for heroes? Here’s a compilation

Why aren’t enough movies like Heneral Luna being made? Because, as this book is titled, they’re “Stories Rarely Told.” Reader C. Soriano must have been so affected by Sat. late night TV to email: “I wonder if you also were watching ANC’s ‘Meet the ‘Presidentiables’.’ Grace Poe was asked if she thought Mar Roxas was…

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Relief from default in divorce cases

THERE are situations in both Divorce and Child Support cases where the Summons and Petition resulted to a default against one party for failing to respond on time.  In certain situations, the defaulted party failed to respond on time because he or she did not even know that he or she was served with a…

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How the average Pinoys regard the Spratlys conflict

PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III has been excoriated for his handling of the festering conflict with China over the Spratlys. From losing trading revenues to being pulverized in a shooting war, Aquino’s “belligerence” has been severely criticized, but the pundits have not offered any constructive and realistic suggestions on how we should handle the situation,…

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Self-destructive

“THE people of the Philippines are not ready for my kind of style,” Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte warned in September when he turned down ardent calls by his supporters for him to run for the presidency. In a sudden twist of fate, Duterte made his presidential bid official on Friday, Nov. 27, as he…

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Six years of bruised souls

Yards and yards of written papers spilled into violent paragraphs. There were pitiless accusations and vehement invectives that tried to open the eyes of those who do not want to see, unplug the ears of those who do not want to listen and ignite the thoughts of those who do not want to think. It…

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US Marine guilty of Laude murder

Faces up to 12 years in prison JOSEPH Scott Pemberton, the US Marine Private First Class charged with murder for the death of Filipina transgender Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude in October 2014, was found guilty on Tuesday, Dec. 1 in the Philippines, where he will remain in prison. Pfc. Pemberton, who was on a break after…

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Tax consequences of divorce on non-custodial parents

CONSIDER the common divorce scenario where the divorce judgment provides  primary custody of the children  to one spouse while the other spouse only gets visitation.  The parties begin to file separate tax returns.  What are the tax consequences of the non custodial parents with regards to claiming the children in his or her return? A…

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Jesus, The King of Hearts

IN his recent podcast, “The Light of Faith,” my college classmate, Archbishop Socrates Villegas, of the Archdiocese of Lingayen, Pangasinan, explains the positions and titles in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. He talks about the orders of deacon, priest and bishop and the titles of Monsignor, Archbishop and Cardinal. In the end, he says…

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Income inequality makes the rich stingier, study says

It might be the season of giving, but a new study shows that wealthy individuals residing in states with high income inequality are less likely to be generous toward others. Researchers from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and Stanford University’s Department of Sociology who conducted the study noted that recent research has…

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‘Lani Misalucha Live in New York’, the review

As expected, the exceedingly hyped “Lani Misalucha Live in New York” concert was a rousing success despite the grueling tension and arduous mind-torturing agony (days prior the main event) over unsold tickets, uncollected payments, settling final dues, and meeting last minute details. The concluding hours close to showtime gave box office the most startling moments…

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Aspirin daily: safe or risky?

My column on “Aspirin, the Wonder Drug,” came out in 2002, when this common household item was on the spotlight for sometime for its new role in staving off heart attack, medically termed Acute Myocardial Infarction (the killer, Acute MI). In 1962, a year after I graduated from medical school, my 46-year-old father succumbed to…

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World boxing champ Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao heads December birthday celebrants

For the merry month of December, world boxing champion, Sarangani Congressman and senatorial candidate Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, heads the list of prominent personalities celebrating their birthdays.   The world-famous boxer will be celebrating another year of his life on Monday, December 7. Others who are celebrating their birthdays this month are: December 4  –  Former…

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Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks

THANKSGIVING is when people take a step back and reflect on all of the wonderful things and events to be grateful for, and to give thanks to those people who played such a key role in helping us achieve them. At this Thanksgiving, I would like to once again give thanks to all of the…

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Fil-Am doctor to open endoscopy surgicenter in Southern Nevada

THE sole Filipino-American gastroenterologist in Southern Nevada, Dr. Noel Fajardo, is set to unveil a new, state-of-the-art endoscopy surgicenter in the region this December. LV Surgery Center will be the first surgicenter accredited and approved by the Nevada Department of Health following a 2008 outbreak of hepatitis that was linked to colonoscopy centers that were…

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Noli Me Tangere and the APEC Summit

THE APEC summit, for which the Aquino government was willing to create horrible incoveniences and economic losses for the country, concluded amidst self-congratulatory applause and back-patting by its organizers. The good news is that, in spite of the threat of a terrorist attack, in the wake of the massacre in Paris, the delegates clearly enjoyed…

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