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DISPUTED ISLANDS INTHE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA
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ROUGH RIDE
Emergency units try to clear the road after seven vehicles collided at C5 and Ortigas Avenue in Pasig City (Metro Manila) early morning of Friday. The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said...
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Euden Valdez, Staff WriterJapanese pop culture fans converge for cast visit The Filipinos’ fascination for anything Japanese, especially pop culture, continues to grow. Just this week, a cult following...
View ArticleAsia-Pacific region must unlock fiscal space
Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, UN Under-Secretary-General and ESCAP Executive SecretaryAsia-Pacific countries continue to drive the global economy. The region has demonstrated great resilience during the...
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Begin well and end well
Fr. James Mctavish[19th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, August 10, 2014. /1 Kgs 19:9a,11-13a / Ps 85:9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14 / Rom 9:1-5 / Matt 14:22-33] Have you ever started something, like putting an...
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Almost fathers
Katrina Stuart SantiagoKATRINA STUART SANTIAGO My undergraduate self who took my Comparative Literature thesis laughably seriously knew to thank biological uncles and titos—the ones I grew up with, and...
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Mining – The good and the bad
Fr. Shay Cullen, SSCIf you cook your dinner in a stainless steel pot or pan, have a computer for your e-mail and research or wear a watch, the chances are that you have nickel helping you along. It’s a...
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Who drags down PNoy’s ratings? Try Francis Tolentino
Marlen V. RonquilloWhat is this Ebola-like virus that has seeped deep into the national mindset? This virus has blinded our evaluation of what policies are good and bad for the broader society. Our...
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Do Not Become Your Fear!
Fr. Ben P. Beltran, SVDBe properly scared An explosive device was hurled on the roof of the convent in Smokey Mountain while I was sleeping sometime in 1993. It was a Belgian fragmentation grenade. The...
View ArticleLet’s help our fellow Christians in Iraq
THOSE of us Filipinos who pray should bombard heaven with prayers imploring God for a miracle to convert the dishonest, cruel and hypocritical officials of the Aquino Administration who are merrily...
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Mutya Winners
Mutya ng Pilipinas winners Kim Fyfe, 2nd runner-up, Patrizia Bosco, mutya overseas communities, Eva Psychee Patalinjug, mutya Asia-Pacific international Glennifer Perido, mutya tourism international...
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On the line
Meralco linemen check electrical wires in Manila. Electricity rates will increase by 31 centavos per kilowatt hour (kWh) this month for households with a monthly average consumption of 200 kWh, because...
View ArticleAquino will not name successor just yet
CATHERINE S.VALENTEMalacañang on Sunday said President Benigno Aquino 3rd will not anoint his successor just yet. Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said Aquino and his government have “clear...
View ArticleChina’s sea aggression worries US solon
BERNICE CAMILLE V. BAUZONUnited States Sen. Robert Corker (R-Tennessee) voiced his growing concerns on China’s increasingly aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) and welcomed...
View ArticleTeachers file 4th impeachcomplaint against Aquino
REINA TOLENTINO AND CATHERINE S. VALENTEA group of teachers will file an impeachment complaint today against President Benigno Aquino 3rd before the House Secretary-General’s office for allegedly...
View ArticleMalacañang wants Jardeleza in JBC shortlist
JOMAR CANLASMALACAÑANG has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to compel the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to include Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza in the shortlist of candidates for the post vacated...
View ArticleFinal Bangsa draft bill hangs as govt, MILF end negotiations
CATHERINE S. VALENTE The government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panels ended their 10-day marathon negotiations on Sunday but failed to come up with a final draft of the Bangsamoro...
View ArticleReveal SALN, Palace prods SC justices
JOEL M. SY EGCOMALACAÑANG on Sunday prodded Supreme Court justices to make public their respective Statements of Assets Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN), saying transparency and accountability are the...
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Shortage in dressed chicken seen
Vendor Perlita Dela Cruz arranges dressed chicken in her stall in Blumentritt Market, Manila, on Sunday. A broilers group confirmed a shortage in chicken supply in Metro Manila after Typhoon Glenda...
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‘OBAs’ cloud budget transparency efforts
JOEL M. SY EGCO DESPITE persistent efforts to consolidate all public funds to ensure better transparency in their disbursement, so-called special funds, or mostly “hidden” items such as off-budget...
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