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Happy day
Students sing the graduation song during commencement exercises at Justice Cecilia Munoz Palma High School in Quezon City on Wednesday.Photo By Mike De Juan
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Peace pact to bring ‘real-life changes’
Catherine Valente ReporterIt’s all systems go for the historic signing today of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front....
View ArticleNext block for peace pact: Close congressional scrutiny
Jefferson Antiporda ReporterWith the agreement creating the Bangsamoro now signed, Congress must see to it that draft law covering the pact is carefully examined and analyzed to sharpen its focus on...
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Tiamzons – fellow Rizalians
RENE SAGUISAG Benito (Benny) Tiamzon of Marikina and Wilma (Nene) Austria of Pasig met in Rizal High in Pasig. They were members of Class 1969, I am told, a time of ferment. I was in Class ‘55. I was...
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LRT-MRT chaos
MA. ISABEL ONGPIN The dispiriting scenes in our public transport are becoming all too prevalent and all too aggravating. Traffic will become even worse the coming months and years as infrastructure,...
View ArticlePact ends 40 years of darkness – Najib
Joel M. Sy Egco Senior ReporterMALAYSIAN Prime Minister Najib Razak, who witnessed the historic signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) in Malacañang on Thursday, said the peace...
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To beat the blacklist, bank with Singapore
Roger Mitton When people in Southeast Asia talk about economic sanctions imposed by the United States, they invariably assume the discussion is about Myanmar. Think again: Washington imposes similar...
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Bangsamoro agreement opens up Mindanao’s fertile lands
Joel M. Sy Egco Senior Reporter & Llanesca T. PantiMoro Islamic Liberation Front rebels shout “Allah akbar” (God is great) inside their camp in Sultan Kudarat during a rally in support of the peace...
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‘I won’t let peace be snatched’
Joel M. Sy Egco Senior Reporter & Al JacintoMILF chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal (left) exchanges copies of the agreement with his government counterpart, Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, as MILF Chairman Al...
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Muslim Mindanao is not Aceh
Rigoberto TiglaoIn her briefing Tuesday, Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, head of the government’s panel in the talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, said: “The signing of the “comprehensive agreement”...
View ArticlePragmatism never trumps integrity, honest rule of law and morality
OUR leaders—in government and politics, human development, business and commerce, and veritably every department of life (except religion)—have by and large become as sick as the leaders of Western...
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Ombudsman Morales & P10-billion pork barrel scam
Rick Ramos It has been more than six months now since the Department of Justice (DoJ) filed the much-awaited plunder and malversation charges with the Office of the Ombudsman. Last 16 September 2013,...
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Questions on the Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro
Yen Makabenta To give the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) and President Aquino’s singleminded push for a peace deal in Mindanao the proper analysis that it deserves, I have immersed...
View ArticleMonetary Board’s good, expected move
THE Bangko Sentral Monetary Board is living up to its pledge to keep financial stability in our country. It did the perfectly correct move of raising—by one percentage point– the amount of money banks...
View ArticleMarquez to fight Alvarado as boxing returns to the Forum
The Forum is back in the boxing business, and that means a homecoming of sorts for Bob Arum and Juan Manuel Marquez. Marquez, a four-division world champion, had his first fight at the arena in 1995,...
View ArticleChinese boycott Malaysia over missing jetliner
BEIJING — From beach vacations to entertainers, all things Malaysian are being boycotted in China in protest of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 and what many consider the bungled...
View ArticleNadal vs. Djokovic in the finals
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — The Sony Open made history on Friday. Unfortunately, it didn’t come on the courts. For the first time in an ATP main-level tournament since 1968, both men’s semifinals were...
View ArticleSolons seek construction of ‘Yolanda’ memorial in Tacloban City
Two lawmakers are seeking the construction in Tacloban City of a memorial for the victims of super typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) According to Bayan Muna Reps. Neri Colmenares and Carlos...
View ArticlePutin to Obama: Let’s talk about Ukraine
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Russian President Vladimir Putin called President Barack Obama on Friday to discuss a U.S. proposal to resolve the crisis in Ukraine — and they agreed to have Secretary of State...
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