Everything, everywhere, all at once
ALDWIN FAJARDO PONDER I sometimes question the career choice I made. Not in a throw-my-laptop-out-the-window-and-open-a-beach-bar kind of way — although that fantasy does visit me every Monday at 7:13 a.m. — but in a quieter, more persistent way. The kind that shows up when I’m driving down I-680, coffee in one hand, existential dread in the other, wondering how my life became a series of phone calls that begin with, “Hi, just looping you in…” Being a nursing home administrat
Rights protection is latest victim of Duterte’s card board justice
Although unlikely to pass, the Philippine House of Representatives’ vote to allocate nothing but PhP1,000 (US$20) to the Commission on...
How much are the Filipino people's human rights? Less than $20, says PH House
Human rights protection in the Philippines is on the verge of extinction after the country’s House of Representatives voted to...
Lack of access to safe water, poor sanitation killing 361,000 children worldwide each year
About 361,000 children under 5 years of age die each year due to diarrhea caused by poor sanitation and lack of access to safe, readily...
Trumpcare threatens care for millions of older Americans
Proposal by the current White House administration and the Republican-infested U.S. Congress to overhaul the $530-billion Medicaid...
Proof of citizenship required in Trump's America?
Donald Trump’s presidency and the hateful rhetoric he brings with him certainly created waves of uneasiness among millions of immigrants — documented or not — in the United States. It flipped my personal “panic on” switch, particularly when immigration agents started rounding up mostly brown people for overstaying their welcome (or something like that) here. A naturalized American who came here (and still speaks) with a thick Filipino accent, it feels as if I have to always b
PH President Duterte's cardboard justice
I can understand the hatred Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has against illegal drugs. I can’t agree more with him that these bring...
What I learned from my parents' marriage
In this day and age, many wedded couples are considered extremely lucky to stay married longer than their next mobile phone upgrade. I’ve...
An immigrant artist's stormy journey to finding out his true calling
The road to recognition was a long and winding one for Filipino-American artist Marconi Calindas — who hopped from career to career and...
Gun control initiative launched in California
In the wake of recent mass shootings in Oregon and Arizona campuses, anti-violence advocates launched on Oct. 15, 2015 a ballot...
