OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Among overseas Filipinos, Saudi Arabia-based Eli Mua is probably one of the most ardent and dedicated OFW welfare advocates. Through his nearly daily Facebook posts and frequent liaisons with different OFW groups in the Middle East and in the Philippines he has strongly...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Will 1.7 million registered overseas voters matter at all in the 2022 national elections with total registered voters of over 67 million? At first glance, it appears that overseas votes are inconsequential and almost irrelevant to the outcome of one of the most...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Every OFW yearns to have his or her own dream house for comfortable and blissful retirement upon returning home for good one day after long years of toiling abroad away from loved ones. This narrative never changes whether an OFW is work ing in Hong Kong, Singapore,...
BALANGA, Bataan — Vice President Leni Robredo does not have the most number of incumbent local officials in her campaign but despite this, she remains hopeful that the people will prove the power is in their hands on May 9. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks before her supporters during a...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion The answer to this question is certainly awaited with bated breath by many in next month’s national election more than any other poll in recent years. Although Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. continues to maintain a formidable double-digit lead, based on surveys, over Vice...
With 23 days left before the 2022 elections, the family of the late President Ramon Magsaysay has expressed full support for the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo. The late President Ramon Magsaysay and Vice President Leni Robredo (File photos) In a statement released on Black...
Former Quezon City Mayor Jun Simon has no authority to speak for Vice President Leni Robredo and her campaign when he allegedly asked Senator Panfilo Lacson to withdraw from the presidential race, her spokesperson said on Monday, April 11. Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesman Barry Gutierrez...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday, April 11 said he is not withdrawing from the Macy 9, 2022 presidential race even if he is running with one leg. ’I will finish the race. Even if I am crippled, I will crawl to finish the race,’’ Lacson after revealing that former Quezon...
By Jun R. Ruiz Jr., M.D. Colorectal cancer is an important preventable and treatable cancer, as it ranks as the third most common cancer in the Philippines. In 2020, an estimated 17,364 new patients in the country were reported to be diagnosed with colon and rectal cancer. The COVID-19 pandemic has...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Several groups are now earnestly campaigning in social media to get party list seats in Congress in the upcoming May 2022 polls. Their principal objective is clear: get a party list slate so their top representatives get to become members of the House of Representatives. Of...
Pinoy guitarist and singer-songwriter Jun Lopito, died Tuesday, March 29. Tributes from Pinoy music fans poured out in social media in praise and tribute of the man and musician. Jun played with rock icons The Jerks, Pepe smith, Gary Perez and Edmond Fortuno of The Airwaves, Sampaguita, Pinikpikan,...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Hundreds of thousands of OFWs, including those who voted for President Duterte in 2016, are likely to be very much dejected when he steps down from office at end-June this year. Why so? Because he will leave behind a certain high-profile legacies aimed at OFWs which are...
