From KM to AB-Toronto: Message to Anakbayan Toronto on its 10th Anniversary delivered on November 26, 2022, Toronto By Hermie Garcia Kabataang Makabayan, ca. 1960s,… 12/02/2022
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Notebook
Solidarity and sharing lessons
Grim and bright scenarios for the PH May 9 presidential elections (Or, Philippine reality politics)
As the political situation in the Philippines is intensely building up to an explosive climax that is the May 9, 2022 elections, in everyone’s mind… 04/22/2022
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NOTEBOOK: People-powered movements make history
It’s an honour to give the Opening Remarks in this event, the Andres Bonifacio Festival 2020. Last year, we at the FC-WJNet initially intended to… 12/04/2020
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Revolution in the raw
A Rustling of Leaves (1988) Following is a film review cum opinion column published in The Philippine Reporter on April 10, 1989. The film was… 09/25/2020
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NOTEBOOK: Why Andres Bonifacio Festival?
Why a festival of this nature, meaning having a historical content. A quick story. In my first week in Canada in November 1984, I was… 11/22/2019
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Was Rizal an American-sponsored hero?
More than a week ago, on June 4, an audience of a few dozen mostly Filipino Canadians were awed in a presentation of historical facts,… 06/14/2019
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Red-tagging and troll journalism
It’s a classic case of “Missing the point, beating around the bush and jumping to conclusion.” It’s way of emphasizing what a writer or journalist… 10/26/2018
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Interesting pictures and quotes
08/11/2017
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Thoughts on the role of community media
Keynote Address, PPCO holiday party, Dec. 8, 2016, Toronto Let me acknowledge first the bountiful harvest of recruits PPCO has this year. More importantly, we… 01/13/2017
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‘History will absolve me‘ — Fidel Castro
(“History Will Absolve Me” is the title of a four-hour speech made by Fidel Castro on 16 October 1953. Castro made the speech in his… 12/09/2016
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