Commercial Street in Van­couver is fast becoming a haven of violence after two reported crimes occurred in less than a month this October. In a span of two weeks, residents living within the vi­cinity were shocked with hor­rific events, which up to this time have not been resolved by police. It can be recalled that on the night of October 10 at about 11:45 pm in the corner of East 5th and Commercial, a man , believed to be a Fili­pino Canadian was set on fire by three male Caucasians.

Whether it’s a case of racial hatred or just simply a ran­dom attack, setting a man on fire is an act of complete evil and clearly a heinous crime. On October 10 at about 11:40 pm, an unsuspecting man believed to be Filipino-Canadian suffered burns af­ter three black-clad, tattooed and pierced Caucasian males set him on fire while he was taking a nap on an aban­doned couch outdoors. It occurred at the corner of Vancouver’s East 5th Avenue and Commercial Drive where the 26-year old man was burned.

Metro Manila has never seen a typhoon like it. In fact, I think that it is the first time that Metro Manila was declared in a State of Ca­lamity. Whether this is true or not, this is undoubtedly the worst floods that Manila has ever seen. The floodwa­ters did not choose whom to hit or where to go. Rich or poor, everyone was affected. The news and pictures are really very grim.

Who’s telling the truth and who’s telling a lie ? A thief is always the one who catches his fellow thief, goes an old adage. A battle of explosive exposes’ is starting to unfold between Senator Panfilo “Ping “ Lacson and his for­mer boss and benefactor, former Philippine president Joseph “Erap” Estrada. Both of them surely knows are a ton of secrets and time will only tell who is really telling the truth and who is only fabricating barefaced lies.