News in The Six

Volume 1, Issue No. 11 OPINION/COMMENTARY     The News UpFront: (TOP STORY) as of Wednesday, November 29,   2017   ~ The left-leaning tabloid was at it again. Now, as in the recent past, it disrespects the dead to further its obsession. Its latest offensive was authored by a Vancouver-based surrogate, a "churnalist" most notable for his fake news and a lack of fundamental understanding of the issues. He turns the rag into a pulpit with the full cooperation of its publisher, and his obituary for a late member of the Senate, into a propaganda piece that demeans the deceased.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   HABITUAL MISCREANT Death as An Excuse for Vitriol by a 'Churnalist' By ROMEO P. MARQUEZ Editor, The F...

Volume 1, Issue No. 10  OPINION/COMMENTARY     The News UpFront: (TOP STORY) as of Tuesday, November 28,   2017   ~ On the day of a general meeting of the suddenly-rich Filipino Centre Toronto on Sunday (Nov. 26) afternoon, not a soul showed up at the cavernous hall in Toronto's eastern neighbourhood of Scarborough. It felt spooky to wait in an empty hall surrounded by chairs and tables wrapped in white linen. After patiently waiting for about an hour, a colleague and I left the chamber, disappointed that nobody was there to say the meeting had been canceled or postponed. An agenda filled with monetary payables was among those to be considered.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  NO QUORUM A SIGN OF PROTEST? A Ghost Meeting ...

Volume 1, Issue No. 9  OPINION/COMMENTARY       The News UpFront: (TOP STORY) as of Tuesday, November 21,   2017   ~ A respected journalist in Manila alleges that the garbage issue Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was confronted with during the ASEAN summit in the Philippine capital a week ago had something odd in it. An Ontario-based company had shipped 106 container vans of hazardous waste to Manila in 2013-2014 under the pretext that it's recyclable plastics. Some had been used as landfill in Tarlac province but the bulk is rotting in ports reportedly in Subic and Manila. For that trash, Filipino nurses were accepted in Canada, journalist Jojo Robles says.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   NEWS FROM MANILA Cana...

Volume 1, Issue No. 8  OPINION/COMMENTARY     The News UpFront: (TOP STORY) as of Saturday, November 18,   2017   ~ Monetary claims have surfaced as soon as the Filipino Centre Toronto sold its building for $5.9-million, triggering a mass resignation of officials and members. There have been changes in FCT's leadership which were unannounced for reasons that have not been clarified. A meeting has been called for Nov. 26. Among the items in the agenda is "authorizing the payment of remuneration to certain directors and/or officers x x x and reimbursement of expenses incurred by certain persons . . . " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Resignations Hit FCT After It Sold Its Building for $5.9-M By ROMEO P. MA...

Volume 1, Issue No. 6  O PINION/COMMENTARY  The News UpFront: (TOP STORY) as of Friday, November 10,   2017   ~ A 12-page newsletter is the latest in Tobias Enverga's arsenal of gimmicks to raise his profile in the Filipino community. It came out as an insert in a tabloid known for its leftist sympathies and fake news. But it's all optics. Filipino Canadians know how to discern now. A member of the Senate or a celebrity? To be or not to be? At this juncture, we're saddled with both - one satiating himself with perks courtesy of taxpayers, and one taking advantage of those perks to make himself a celebrity that he can not be.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   FIVE YEARS PAST AND HE'S STILL AT IT Tobias Enverga's Campa...