Through a Looking Glass (Alice Hernandez Reyes): Welcome, balikbayans!
There is no better place to celebrate the Christmas season than right here, in the Philippines. It is what draws so many ecpatriates to the land of their birth every December.. This year , several members of my family will…
Veteran actor Ronaldo Valdez dies of gunshot wound; suicide or murder?
Veteran and award-winning actor Ronald James Dulaca Gibbs, best known by his screen name Ronaldo Valdez, died on Sunday. He was 6. The cause of his death was not disclosed but the Quezon City Police admitted they are investigating thoroughly…
Gov’t muzzles Duterte, 2 anchors from Quiboloy’s network
By Beting Laygo Dolor, Editor MANILA — The Movie and Television Ratings and Classification Board (MTRCB) this week suspended the shows of former President Rodrigo Duterte and Lorraine Badoy and Jeffrey Celiz aired over Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI). The reasons…
EDITORIAL: The worst possible blow to Trump’s candidacy
It will very definitely be appealed before the US Supreme Court, but in a shocking decision this week, the Colorado Supreme Court removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, throwing a monkey wrench to his plan to…
Health & Wealth (Art Gabot Madlaing): The Need of Parental Travel Permit
Our niece and her husband are traveling to the Philippines in January, 2024 together with their first granddaughter whose mother is Russian and now a U.S. immigrant. They asked me what’s needed to have Parental Travel Permit so that…
Upside (Cherie M. Querol Moreno): Manalo, Daus-Magbual solidify FilAm leadership in Daly City
DALY CITY, Calif. – Juslyn Manalo, the first Filipino woman to become mayor of Daly City, got the gavel for the third time during the City Council’s Dec. 11 reorganization rites. Manalo, who served as vice mayor this year, has…
Are threats over the 2024 U.S. elections real or perceived and are we ready for them?
By Cesar Antonio Nucum Jr. WASHINGTON – Election issues in the United States have not really died down even during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic especially after the believed Big Lie that the Democrats stole the 2020 election continues…
CHINA UNDER FIRE ANEW OVER PHL SHIPS ‘ATTACKS;’ Beijing told to leave West Philippine Sea
By ALFRED GABOT, Editor in Chief MANILA – As tension escalated to new height between the Philippines and China over Beijing’s continued belligerence and “dangerous maneuvers” in the West Philippine Sea, Philippine officials moved to re-calibrate its plans for the region…
Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla reunite, more stars shine at ABS-CBN Christmas Special at the Big Dome
The ABS-CBN Christmas Special returned to the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City after three years, with some 300 Kapamilya stars on Wednesday (December 13) night. The biggest surprise of the night was the performance of Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel…
Filipino Americans gird for 3-day ‘Simbang Gabi’ 2023
By Rudy M. Viernes SAN RAFAEL – Filipino-Americans in the United States, especially in California, which holds the largest population of Filipinos in America, are ready with their dawn masses, popularly known as “Simbang Gabi.” In Marin county, in Northern…
























