Coincidental deaths or psycho lola?

And on the heels of the Filipino table etiquette controversy in Montreal, here is another hair-raising story of a Pinay who is being investigated for the death of her two American husbands who died in similar fashion, in separate occassions, in the Philippines, courtesy of the Daily Breeze. Excerpts:
Investigators in two countries are looking into [...]

On punishment of Filipino table etiquette in Canada

The story on Filipino table etiquette punished at local school published in the West Island Chronicle is the talk of the town and the Filipino blogosphere. I've been meaning to blog on it but work got in the way. For a thorough discussion, check out MLQ3's blog and Jon Mariano's blog entries.
I'd just like to [...]

Another immigration story

I chanced upon Amadou Ly's story on the NY Times.
His is an example of how the immigration issue here in the U.S. has taken an emotional turn. There's the law and yet, how do you justify the law in cases like his?

Migrant am I

Of late, there have been a lot of focus on migration and Filipinos leaving for jobs abroad.
In my personal paradigm, migration has become a main focus with the immigration debate raging here in the U.S., my current country of residence, the feature of the L.A. Times on the Overseas Class from the Philippines which I [...]

Pinoys in White House Spy Case

Still hogging the headlines in the U.S., at least where the Philippines is immediately concerned, is the White House Spy Case involving a Fil-Am FBI agent who used to work in the offices of Vice Presidents Al Gore and Dick Cheney and who allegedly leaked classified information to members of the Philippine government. Identified now [...]

Opportunities

One of the blogs I like reading is Jon Mariano's An OFW Living in Hong Kong. I haven't gone through reading all of his previous entries but I have been able to read his current ones (or since I started this blog anyway). I like the way he combines his analysis of Philippine current events [...]

The Philippines on the L.A. Times

Not much time to blog but I wish some interesting links from our newspaper of note here in this part of the world, the L.A. Times.
The Times has this series on the flow of remittances in the world and of course, the Philippines tops the list. It's just interesting to see how an outsider [...]

Shakeup in Bush cabinet

Here in Bush country, headlines are on the shakeup of the cabinet of the president of the free world. Karl Rove* only relinquishes "some control" in the shakeup but Press Secretary Scott McClellan, who has been dubbed as being the worst press secretary ever, resigns.
Rove's number one aide, Susan Ralston is Fil-Am. I know, I [...]

Books

Books on my side table:
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage.
Interesting read. So far, I've made it to coffee before drinking in my most favorite drink of all time, Coke.
This book argues that each drink is a form of disruptive technology, a catalyst for advancing culture which demonstrates the intricate interplay [...]

On House, the Da Vinci Code and the death penalty

Revenge as motive for success?
Tonight's episode of "House" revolved around ethics and morality. Nope, I am not going to spoil it for those of you who are reading this and who have yet to watch/download/whatever the episode. I would just like to point out that tonight's particular episode focuses on the question of what is [...]