By Mariano “Anong” Santos CBS TV Channel 2 cameras were recently in front the Jose Rizal Heritage Center (Rizal Center) at 1332 Irving Park Road in Chicago filming the network’s investigative reporter, Pam Zekman, doing a story on a caregiver who allegedly bilked her aged patient of well over $500,000. Zekman called it...
By Mariano “Anong” Santos Publisher/Editor A real estate broker once joked about a lawyer who got his real estate license. “Why did he?,” asked his fellow brokers. “So he can mess up his own deal!,” came the answer. Of course there are even several books of jokes about lawyers. Sharks, it was...
By Mariano “Anong” Santos Publisher/Editor Again, the Philippine Senate is on an extended break. That means the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Renato Corona will be put on hold until May 8. Meanwhile, a recent survey revealed that only about 14 per cent of the Filipinos trust him as compared to Senate President...
By Mariano A. Santos Publisher/Editor By the middle of March, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will start his 14-year sentence for trying to make hay out of the vacated seat of then US Illinois Junior Senator Barack Obama. Part of Blago’s defense was that he did not actually receive any money. But his intention...
By Mariano Santos The 2012 elections shift to high gear this month with the Super Tuesday primaries being held March 6 and Illinois’ own primary happening on March 20. What is at stake for the Filipino Americans in these events? Plenty—if only we’re aware of it. It is common knowledge that...
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...
