UN chief warns of risk of “all-out escalation” in Israel, Gaza
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Thursday warned of the “risk of an all-out escalation in Israel and Gaza,” urging Israelis and Palestinians to find common ground for a return to...
View ArticleDFA to showcase Albay, Legazpi as PHL’s fast developing tourism destinations
LEGAZPI CITY: The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs, will be showcasing Albay province, especially Legazpi City, as fast booming economic and tourism hubs outside Manila...
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Pachyderms and wimps in government
EFREN L. DANAO High officials of more moral governments would resign when their names are linked to scandals, anomalies or even ineffective administration. A Korean official, for instance, resigned...
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DAP, ignominy & the legacy of Aquino’s presidency
RICK RAMOS My column last week on “A Do-Nothing Aquino Administration – Part 2” (MT, 05 July 2004) cited the pending concession of the 94-km Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) as an excellent...
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Friday prayers
Muslim men pray outside the Al-Saite Mosque in Baseco, Tondo, Manila on Friday. The Islam world is observing the holy month of Ramadan.PHOTO BY RENE DILAN
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The power of one
YEN MAKABENTA President Benigno Aquino 3rd has placed his faith in the brute power of numbers in Congress (as herded by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte and Senate President Franklin Drilon) to defeat any...
View ArticleNTC should enforce its rulings on telcos
ON May 7 this year, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), using stern language, denied the motion for reconsideration filed by mobile operator corporations against a decision it made in...
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Palawan, Mindanao will have rains
Palawan and Mindanao will have cloudy skies with light to moderate rains and thunderstorms, according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said...
View ArticleIraq Kurds claim oilfields as bombings kill 28
KIRKUK: Iraq’s Kurdish region claimed disputed northern oilfields on Friday in another blow to efforts to forge a united front against a jihadist-led onslaught, as twin bombings killed 28 people. The...
View ArticleGaza toll tops 100 as truce efforts waver
JERUSALEM: Israel’s aerial bombardment of Gaza claimed its 112th Palestinian life early Saturday as Hamas pounded central Israel with rockets and Washington offered to help broker a truce. Diplomatic...
View ArticleWith elections, Hong Kong antagonizes China
(Last part) Growing signs of political radicalism A collection of groups—the Alliance for True Democracy, the People Power group and student groups Scholarism and the Hong Kong Federation of...
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Welcome to Free Kiev
Anne ApplebaumWARSAW: Last month, Andrei Kuznetsov left his native St. Petersburg and flew to Ukraine. When he arrived at the Kiev airport, he asked for political asylum. The bemused guards,...
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The dreaded 2016: Aquino and Abunda
Katrina Stuart SantiagoThere is nothing like talk of 2016 that brings out the ambitions of our politicians, i.e., Grace Poe and Cynthia Villar, on the same week, in seemingly unwarranted TV interviews,...
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The rescue
Fr. Shay CullenThe dilapidated house and few small cottages falling apart made up what was called S.C.O.T.S. Foundation for abandoned children. It was set up by Lilian May Thomson, 65, from...
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The Nora Aunor kerfuffle: zero bearing on ordinary lives
Marlen V. RonquilloThe kerfuffle over Nora Aunor’s place in the pantheon of Filipino artists (that pitted the culture types against President Aquino and the powers-that-be) was mostly lost on the...
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The Digital Generation
Fr. Ben P. Beltran, SVDA bearded man wearing a mask of death wildly played a spiff on his guitar. The soloist roared into the microphone, sounding like a wounded rhinoceros. The bassist swung his head...
View ArticleSmuggling: Billions lost. FPI urges a solution
THE Philippine government loses some $3.85 billion in customs revenues a year, based on the figure revealed for 2011 by the US based think tank Global Financial Integrity (GFI), because of blatant...
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