Away from the glare of camera lights, Abby Viduya, a.k.a. Priscilla Almeda, is settling to a low-key life with a sparkle in her eyes in the laid-back city of Ichihara in eastern…
With Japan’s entertainment industry down, PAL flies low
Benigno D. Tutor, Jr. Even with his years of experience at the helm of PAL’s domestic and international offices, newly designated country manager for Japan Danilo “Danny” Lim admits that the horizon doesn’t look so…
The Philippine-Japan Media Feted in Tokyo
Benigno D. Tutor, Jr. The Department of Tourism in Tokyo, headed by Benito “Bong” Bengzon Jr., hosted a party for some 20 members of the Philippine media in Japan at the newly…
Filipino English Teachers Take First Step to Unite
Some 30 Filipino English teachers employed as Assistant Language Teachers (ALT’s) by the public school boards of education, as regular English teachers in private schools or as self-employed tutors, attended a Christmas…
Embassy Raffle Brouhaha
by Philip Nemenzo “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” – William Shakespeare (Hamlet) Something is rotten, indeed, but not in Denmark. One of the highlights of the recently concluded 1st…
Condom and Abstinence
Combine condom’s use and abstinence and you get a double barreled shotgun to maim population explosion. But these potent combinations can never get worked together, sorry to say, in the Philippine setting….
OWWA exec says religious ties can’t protect women
by PATRICIA MARCELO and ISAGANI DE LA PAZwww.ofwjournalism.net MANILA — A LINE in the International Declaration of Human Rights wasn’t able to protect her from a rapist, nor could the teachings of…
Stranded Pinoys in Lebanon still traded, NGO says
by ISAGANI DE LA PAZwww.ofwjournalism.net QUEZON CITY—FILIPINO workers, mostly women, in Lebanon are still being traded for new employees after getting sidetracked from work when fighting broke out in September, advocates said….
Failures in gov’t lending project for OFW groups cited
by CANDICE Y. CEREZOwww.ofwjournalism.net QUEZON CITY – THE bankruptcy of roughly 200 government-funded livelihood groups of overseas Filipino workers and their families reveals major errors in a project that an OFW leader…
Albay reconstruction to take years
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Shops are reopening and telephone lines are back up, but reconstruction in the impoverished Albay could take years, officials say. President Gloria Arroyo, who made a flying visit…
RP not doing good in Kuwait vs SEA Games rivals
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — ALMOST all Southeast Asian Games powerhouses have made it to the medal scoreboard, except for the reigning and defending champion. Seven days into the 15th Asian Games in…
Japan’s tough hiring requirements peril JPEPA
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — SENATE Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. yesterday warned that if the requirements imposed by Japan on Filipino health workers turn out to be difficult to comply with, then…
Amending Charter can be done before polls
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — MALACAÑANG yesterday rejected calls to postpone amendments to the Constitution until after the May 2007 elections. Presidential adviser on political affairs Gabriel Claudio said Charter Change had been…
Party-list wants showbiz stars barred from elections
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — A PARTY-LIST group is urging the Supreme Court to stop showbiz personalities turned politicians from appearing in movies and television shows and to ban them from running for…
Graft court to look into Erap son’s bank
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The Supreme Court has given the Sandiganbayan the green light to examine the bank accounts of San Juan Mayor Joseph Victor Ejercito at the Export and Industry Bank…