My Father
BY GREG CASTILLA – The third Sunday of June is celebrated as Father’s Day in many countries. It’s a special day set aside to honor all fathers and the role that they play in the family and in society in…
Category: View from an Expatriate
A priceless birthday gift for a 6-year old during the time of coronavirus
BY GREG CASTILLA – Xavier is our first grandchild who turned six years old last April 4. As Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc and majority of us are under stay-at-home orders, I’ve started to feel the quarantine blues. I guess…
Where is God?
BY GREG CASTILLA – IN TIMES of great crisis like the unspeakable sufferings that the coronavirus has inflicted on so many people, young and old alike, it’s more than natural for people to ask: Where is God? Asking the question…
Living at the time of COVID-19
BY GREG CASTILLA – IS THE WORLD about to end? What a scary question to ask. But there are some people who, because of the coronavirus outbreak that remains unmitigated, have asked that question. Asking the question may sound premature…
Postcript to movie “Onward”
I recently saw a Disney movie with my wife, two young grand kids and their parents. The title of the movie is Onward. I thought I would not like the movie because I’ve never been a fan of animation, which…
Trip to Disneyland
I NEVER DREAMED of going back to Disneyland, popularly known as “the happiest place on earth.” It was in 1986 when my wife, two young daughters, and I visited this park, which is a collection of exciting rides and shows…
TBT – Throwback Thursday
BY GREG CASTILLA – TBT stands for Throwback Thursday. People use TBT in social media, like Facebook, to share old photos of themselves to reminisce the past or for nostalgia. In my column today, I am “posting” a TBT article…
Cassian, My Grandchild
At a little over two months old now, Cassian Lindon responds with his big “hippo” smile, if you talk to him. He coos like a dove that I sometimes wonder what he is thinking or trying to communicate. Whatever it…
Is it time to impeach Vice President Robredo?
An old article intended for the print edition of Sydney-based Bayanihan News by the author Greg Castilla. IS IT TIME impeach Vice President Leni Robredo? After almost two weeks of senseless and quasi-dictatorial posturing by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Solicitor…
Bulusan’s lesson on corruption reflected in PH local politics
Ever since I arrived in Naga three weeks ago, talks of corruption in the city government have always been a hot topic my friends cannot avoid talking. Believe me, my friends are not the typical rabble-rousers. They are intelligent people…