The return of authoritarian rule is a constant threat, and progress an increasingly elusive goal in the Philippines. Democratization and development have too often foundered on the shoals of government indifference, incompetence, and antipathy. A process that began...
The coalition pointed out that there have been warnings on the dangers of Dengvaxia published by international and local experts and the World Health Organization (WHO) since March 2016, but the government still proceeded with the program.
The admonition that University of the Philippines students shouldn't be protesting in the streets but should instead be in their classrooms, and that by doing the first they're wasting the people's money, UP being a state university supported by their taxes, has...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld No matter what his apologists and he himself believes, like every other Philippine President Benigno S. C. Aquino III will be leaving Malacañang in 2016 with a trail of citizen disappointment behind him. But unlike...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective After President Aquino was pressured to put a stop to the random opening of balikbayan boxes by the Bureau of Customs to look for something to tax, Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina did not even sound apologetic. He was...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld In the course of his visit to several European countries, President Benigno Aquino III rejected, during a forum in Brussels, Belgium, what he called “blanket statements” -- and proceeded to make some blanket...
“Aquino gave the go signal for schools to hike fees; he is the enabler of the deregulated status of education.”
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Campaigning in 2010, Benigno Aquino III identified corruption as the cause of Philippine poverty, and promised to put an end to it once he was elected President. It hasn’t been as easy as he seems to have thought. As...
By MARYA SALAMAT
What Aquino calls as “new juncture” in Philippine relations with the US revolves chiefly on the Philippine role in maintaining the Pacific as an 'American Lake.'
By RONALYN V. OLEA
The Aggay family was on their way to Villa Cielo village in Gattaran, Cagayan when the two armed men fired at them.
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