More tasks for Filipino troops in Golan
THE 346 Filipino peacekeepers in Golan Heights have been given additional duties as they took over the tasks of the Austrian peacekeepers who have bee recalled home.Armed Forces of the Philipines (AFP)...
View Article‘Sopranos’ star James Gandolfini dead at 51
LOS ANGELES: Award-winning United States actor James Gandolfini, the burly star of classic TV mafia drama “The Sopranos,” died on Wednesday aged 51 in Italy, triggering a flood of tributes from the...
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SPURS UPBEAT DESPITE GAME 6 COLLAPSE
Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs shoots during a practice day before Game 7 of the NBA Finals at the American Airlines Arena on June 19 in Miami, Florida. The Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs are...
View ArticleOple honored for crusade against human trafficking
Maria Susana “Toots” Ople, the head of the Blas F. Ople Policy Center that advocates the rights of laborers, was honored at the US State Department as a Trafficking in Person (TIP) hero.US Secretary of...
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Sex probe widens
Mario Antonio, Assistant Labor Attache in Jordan, faces the media on Thursday. With him is OWWA Administrator Carmelita Dimzon. PHOTO BY EDWIN MULIFOLLOWING the recall of six Philippine Embassy...
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Time for govt men in PNCC to face the public
WHO is afraid of the Philippine National Construction Corp. (PNCC)?Nobody, of course, fears a government-controlled corporation, especially if it is PNCC.Rather, it could be presumed that PNCC and its...
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Social media kerfuffles
I’ve been guilty of it, failing at holding back, and being caught in the trap of a pointless because juvenile exchange on some comment thread or other on Facebook.And because my personal standards...
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Marc Faber: PH stock market among bubbles to burst
And who is Marc Faber? Well, he’s a big Swiss investor and adviser to gigantic investment funds. He’s considered one of the experts in emerging markets. He lives in Thailand and runs his investment...
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Philippines first in Asia to destroy ivory tusks
The Philippines destroyed five tonnes of elephant tusks on Friday in a landmark event aimed at shedding its image as one of the world’s worst hotspots for illegal African ivory trading.The backhoe of a...
View ArticleUS-Taliban talks stumble before they even start
WASHINGTON: Inept handling of a US bid to open peace talks with the Taliban has left Afghan President Hamid Karzai fuming and fueled fears that America is ready to cut and run at any cost, experts...
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Asean: Indonesian haze not a sovereignty issue
Amado S. Tolentino Jr.Illustrative of Asean cooperation on the principle of sovereignty over natural resources is the Asean response to the recurring Indonesian haze, which has been affecting the...
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Scrambling for committee assignments normal
Efren L. DanaoThis Jaded Congress insider believes that angling for choice committee assignments is par for the course at the start of any First Regular Session. It’s but natural for senators and even...
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Two often interchangeable forms of the English future tense
Jose A. CarilloHere’s a seemingly basic but rather perplexing grammar question e-mailed to me by FH, an English teacher in Iran:“What is the difference between the following sentences?“(A) ‘I will...
View ArticlePeso slide not necessarily a bad thing
The peso slipped briefly to the P44:$1 level Friday morning, causing some jitters, before rising back to the P43:$1 level at the end of the trading day.Importers, in particular, were worried that the...
View ArticleWhy blame the squatters? (2)
Flood is something we’ve already taken up in this space, but we’re revisiting it simply because it is too big a topic. Moreover, there are developments that cry out for comments and...
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