By Mariano Santos Editor’s note: This is the editorial of the premier issue of PINOY published in February 2000. We are reprinting it on our 12th anniversary as a covenant with our readers and to the commitment for what PINOY stands for. The decision to come out with another publication is greeted with considerable...
Guest Editorial By Jose Ma. Montelibano Inquirer News Service If P-Noy is anchoring his move against Corona on his crusade against corruption, the people will support him. But if he is seen as simply using politicians against a Chief Justice, he will lose the high ground…” Impeachment is a process provided by the Constitution...
By Mariano Santos Editor/Publisher TIME Magazine’s annual selection of the Person(s) of the Year is a valued journalistic tradition since it started in 1927 when 25-year old Charles Lindbergh was named its first “Man of the Year.” In 1986, President Corazon C. Aquino became the first and only Filipino, so far, to be selected....
By Mariano Santos Editor/Publisher In 2012, we will be surely back on square one—doing the hard stuffs we did this year. The challenges will be much more—next year being an election year. I am referring to the “Save Our Apparel and Textile Industries” a trade act bill pending in both houses of the US...
By Mariano Santos Editor/Publisher There was a time in the early ’80s when, having lived through a decade of authoritarian rule, Filipinos began to accept the possibility of remaining under the Marcos dictatorship for a long time. Many liked the sense of security that a controlled environment offered. Others who understood the system and...
By Mariano A. Santos PINOY Publisher/Editor And now in November, it is right to recall the many blessings showered upon us this year. While it surely is another challenging year, this should not get into the way of the spirit of Thanksgiving. True, unemployment is at 9.5 per cent of the work force or...
By Mariano Santos Publisher/Editor President Aquino was somewhat lionized by US President Obama when the two met on Sept. 19 in New York for the summit of heads of states who attended the Open Government Partnership. The purpose of this conference is for world leaders to get committed to a covenant to promote transparency,...
By Mariano A. Santos PINOY Publisher/Editor Commemorative events for the 150th birthday of the Philippine National Hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal just keep on coming. Undoubtedly, some think the more the better. Sadly, that was not achieved. Worthy events like the Rizal lectures at the Chicago Public Library and the Newberry Library got dismal...
By Mariano “Anong” Santos PINOY Editor/Publisher Physicians, nurses, medical technicians and therapists… these are the professionals who composed the bulk of the second wave of Filipino immigrants to the United States. There was a time when the mainstream population practically saluted our community because of the quality of caring they received from our medical...
By Mariano A. Santos PINOYPublisher/Editor Anniversaries and commemorations—there are just plenty of them nowadays. Some sectors in the community just could not get enough activities to mark the 150th birthday anniversary of our National hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. Last July, the centennial year of the death of Rizal’s mother, Dona Teodora Alonzo, generated...
