By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Something positive could yet result from the Liberal Party’s (LP) failure to find a popular candidate: the possibility that rather than just another popularity contest, the 2016 presidential elections could be about...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star A month ago I wrote in this space that at least two unresolved issues – his “dismal record” on human rights and impunity and the Mamasapano tragedy – will hound President Aquino in his sixth and last...
Has the Aquino administration fulfilled its promise to make the government transparent?
“If he will again sugarcoat and put rhetoric in his SONA, surely it will have no effect because the public is already enlightened how a ‘disaster president’ he was.”
A protest highlights an international court’s “guilty” verdict on Philippine President Aquino and US President Barack Obama.
By CHRISTINE ANNE T. CABANATAN Bulatlat.com On the Fringes When I learned that we were to attend an environment forum, I thought, this is just self-explanatory. However, as I listened to the speakers from the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment and Ban...
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino The heat, of course. Is it going to be tolerable? Ah but the scorching summer temperature is like inferno on Earth. There’s also the humid air, succeeded by a brief but heavy rain, and then it’s sticky hot again. Rains are...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The failure of the so-called political parties and coalitions to name their respective candidates for President and/ or for Vice-President in 2016 is reaching crisis point for the dynastic system as the October...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star What are they up to? Are they aiming to deter bigger participation in the anticipated protest actions timed with President Aquino’s final state-of-the-nation address on July 27, as some activists suspect? Or...
“If she wants to help, she should listen to us, because we experienced these abuses.”
“We are very concerned to have a speedy trial and a speedy process.”
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld If one were to believe a survey which asked people worldwide which “type of people” they would not want to be their neighbors, Filipinos -- some 40% of whom said “people of another race” -- are among the most racist...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star The government’s economic managers have been repeatedly assuring us that whatever happens to debt-ridden Greece and its European Union membership will have little impact in the Philippines. However, it’s...
“If this senate hearing pushes through, it will be a good venue to really talk about the issue and to have all the parties involved to face each other.”
O, Kay lamig nang panahon, Tila kayhirap namang bumangon At kalimutan ang panaginip sa pagtulog Ngunit gayon din ang pagyanig ng mga pagkulog Kung kaya't mas maiging manatili na lamang sa loob ng bahay, Paka-ingatan ang sarili at huwag na kung saan man maglakbay...
DAVAO CITY – Graffiti artists painted images of the late New People’s Army commander Leoncio Pitao, or “Ka Parago,” in the freedom wall along Matina street, Davao City. The artworks depicted Ka Parago as a father and revolutionary. Parago was on medical leave when...
Their dialogue and complaint-filing at the Department of Justice may hang in the air for the moment, but the voices of the members of Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) were not silenced as they sought justice, in...
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