Isn’t it cute? Chilean farm exports tarantula pets
BATUCO, Chile: As pets go, they are low maintenance. No muss, no fuss, nice and quiet, and even a bit furry. So, how about snuggling up with a giant, non-biting tarantula?A farm in Chile exports the...
View ArticleTurkey protests unnerve Arab Islamists
CAIRO: The pro-secular protests rocking Turkish cities have sent ripples across the Arab world, unnerving Islamist leaders who have long touted Turkey as a successful model of political Islam, analysts...
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Aquino mergers to crumble in 2014 – analysts
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino 3rd may now be enjoying overwhelming control over Congress but such influence, anchored mainly on alliances forged with other parties, may not last beyond 2014 due to massive...
View ArticleOur gay country
According to a survey by the US-based Pew Research Center, the Philippines is one of the few truly gay-friendly countries in the world.How true. All of us, without exception, are exposed to gays...
View ArticleNDRRMC’s Del Rosario
A lot of people are wondering these days if National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) Dir. Eduardo Del Rosario do report for work.Eversince Del Rosario was appointed by Pnoy to head...
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UP honors martial law pillar
(Second of two parts )THE University of the Philippines honors Cesar Virata by renaming its College Administration for him. By doing so, it is revering one of the main pillars of martial law and...
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A new language for dislocated belief: Part II
The New Atheists often assert that people cling to faith from a place of weakness. In response to this, Christian Wiman, who has long battled cancer, was quoted in the May 6, 2013 issue of The New...
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Aung San Suu Kyi and role reversal in Myanmar
Ric Saludo’s former colleague Roger Mitton contributed this article“I want to run for president and I’m quite frank about it,” Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi told last week’s World Economic...
View ArticleCourtesy is dead; long live the people
Senator Joker Arroyo, who was about to retire from public service, lamented what he called the death of courtesy in the chamber he was leaving behind. In an interview with reporters recently, the man...
View ArticleSMC not acquiring Tan’s stake in PAL
Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is not going to buy out the stake of business magnate Lucio Tan in flag carrier Philippine Airlines Inc. (PAL). This is in contrast to the rumors...
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Drug courier caught with stomach full of shabu
A chemist of the NBI presents to media 34 of 60 packs of shabu which suspected drug courier Akilou Bassi of the Republic of Benin had tried to hide by swallowing some and inserting others in his anus....
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SC junks Kontra Daya petition against Comelec
THE Supreme Court (SC) on Monday junked the petition seeking to prevent Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes and two Commissioners from participating in the ruling on election...
View ArticleMalacañang’s 150th year as home of presidents
Malacañan Palace—more popularly known as Malacañang—is celebrating its 150th year as the official residence of Philippine presidents.In a press conference, Palace spokesman Edwin Lacierda said that the...
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PH FRIEND OF ARAB WORLD – JORDAN ENVOY
President Benigno Aquino 3rd accepts the credentials of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the Philippines, His Excellency Demiye Zuher Mohid Haddad at...
View ArticleTubbataha Rangers chase away ‘mystery ship’
The Philippine Navy deployed a gunboat and a surveillance plane to a World Heritage-listed marine sanctuary after a suspected Vietnamese fishing vessel was seen there, authorities said on Monday.The...
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LP faces pressure for committee seats
Former Senate majority leader Vicente Sotto 3rdSEVERAL lawmakers on Monday agreed with the observations of political analysts that the administration coalition could splinter by 2014.Former Senate...
View ArticlePNoy should look at his own backyard
During their meeting on the sidelines at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Myanmar (formerly, Burma), President Benigno Aquino 3rd reportedly gave the Burmese Nobel laureate and democracy icon Aung San...
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Sustainable reform requires a broader view
I was fortunate enough to cross paths last week with former Ambassador to Italy and now Chairman of Abacus Holdings Jose V. Romero, and in the course of our brief conversation he made a most...
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