By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada is one of three senators of the Republic -- the two others are former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Ramon Revilla Jr. -- being investigated by the ombudsman for possible complicity in...
The real disaster in our country is neither the flood-inducing typhoons that sink our cities under murky waters nor the earthquakes that crumble our homes. In the end, the real disaster here is the poverty that ruins lives.
ni MARK ANGELES Bulatlat.com Maluwag ang bulsa ng mga dinastiya’t burukrata kapitalista (mistula). Kasi pala: bukal ang masang butas ang bulsa. Kinalburong pasensiya! Lipos na! Said na! Sky’s The Limit (author’s rough English version) Dynasties and bureaucrat...
“It’s a matter others want to avoid. But it’s a reality that has to be talked openly, since the NPA is more active now in Region 11, notwithstanding the statements from the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines).” -- Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte
The NPA named the five “prisoners of war” as Barangay captain Lito Andalique, kagawad Marvin Bantuasan, Crisanto Piodos, and Balaba Andalique, and Cafgu tribal member Pepe Subla.
A Chelsea Manning-leaked cable showed how Iceland asked the U.S. to stop European "bullying," just the first of a deluge of revelations detailing how America throws around its weight.
The US government shutdown was not to blame for the crashing of the food stamp program for poor families in 17 states on October 12, just the latest in a long line of snafus by private contractors hired by government.
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld A gust of fresh air is sweeping through the centuries-old, grandiose but encrusted and musty environs of Vatican City with the arrival of a new Pope elected just seven months ago. Pope Francis, or the former...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The claim that it’s not Benigno Aquino III who really wants to keep the pork barrel system intact, either by renaming it or by insisting that discretionary funds are not part of it, is straight out of the Marcos...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Coincidental with the cliff-hanging negotiations in Washington, which ended on October 17 with the Obama administration defeating the House of Representatives in their standoff on funding the federal...
Ni YANI ELA Bulatlat.com Nakakabingi ang ingay ng mga nag-uumpugang granahe. Pasikot-sikot, paikot-ikot sa taenga. Walang katapusang pumipiga ng pawis, tubo at gutom. Langitngit ng mga nagtatangisang makina. Sa pananahi, pamutol ng lata, panghakot ng semento’t...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star This week two dramatic events, both with worldwide implications, played out in the capitals of the United States and the United Kingdom. In Washington, the issue was how to resolve the standoff between the...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Did we get that right? Was Benigno Aquino III blaming the Arroyo regime for the 15% drop in his September approval ratings? Mr. Aquino blames his predecessor’s administration for the corruption that has metastasized...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Former Chief Justice Renato Puno’s proposal to the Filipinos who participated in the Aug. 26 Million People March to use “people’s initiative” -- the Constitutional provision by which the people can enact a law...
KASAKA presses its demand for the military to leave their community, saying the troops are in the area to prepare entry of a foreign palm oil investment in Loreto.
Three and a half years after the EU and IMF, the "twin monsters" of global neoliberalism, came to the "rescue," Greece has been transformed from a developed economy into an emerging economy, posting unemployment and poverty rates that are normally associated with so-called "third world" nations, and is permanently stuck in a vicious cycle of debt, austerity and depression.
An activist dressed as beauty queen “Megan Yan” – a spoof character of Miss World winner Megan Young – stole the show.
But groups, including those in Ateneo de Davao University, said revenue-sharing “is not the main issue but rather about empowerment of communities and local leaders.”
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