Students crown Aquino ‘tuition hike king’
Neil A. AlcoberMILITANT youth and student groups trooped to Malacañang on Monday to denounce the Aquino government’s “imposition of higher tuition fees, enforcement of repressive policies on education,...
View ArticleMoratorium to douse China’s rash moves in disputed waters
Bernice Camille V. Bauzon ReporterA moratorium on China’s increasingly provocative moves in the South China Sea could help weaken the Asian economic giant’s aggressively high-profile presence in...
View ArticleRains Bring New Threat Of Dengue Fever
Maris LalogThe rainy season is here and with it, mosquitoes that carry the dengue virus. Since June is Dengue Awareness Month, the Department of Health (DOH) warned the public to be on the lookout for...
View ArticleTESDA chief is Palace’s sacrificial lamb – senators
Jefferson AntipordaMALACAñANG is just using Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Joel Villanueva as a “sacrificial lamb” to convince the public that the...
View ArticleEnvironmental awareness high among Tondo’s youth
VINCENT TIOPIANCO Haribon team and kids from SAC 5 unite to save and protect the environment AFTER watching the Japanese TV series Steins;Gate and spending the whole day with the active youth from the...
View ArticleSandigan to SC: No need to create special division
Jomar Canlas Senior Reporter And Jefferson Antiporda ReporterTHE Sandiganbayan on Monday asked the Supreme Court to throw out the plea of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales to create a special division...
View ArticleSpurs crush Heat to win fifth NBA title
The San Antonio Spurs celebrate with the Larry O’Brien trophy after defeating the Miami Heat to win the 2014 NBA Finals at the AT&T Center on Sunday (Monday in Manila) in San Antonio, Texas. AFP...
View ArticlePalawan’s Oyster Bay now a major navy base
The Philippine Navy’s frigate BRP Ramon Alcaraz is anchored in Ulugan Bay off Puerto Princesa. Ulugan Bay, with a coastline partly concealed by thick mangrove forests, is at the center of the...
View ArticleJINGGOY BARRED FROM LEAVING PH
Reina Tolentino And Llanesca T. Panti ReportersThe Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division has barred Sen. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada and his co-accused in the plunder complaint from leaving the country. The court...
View ArticleSC allies lobby to spare Aquino
Jomar Canlas Senior ReporterPhilippine National Police spokesperson Senior Supt. Reuben Sindac points to the bed where the senators charged with plunder will sleep once they are arrested. PHOTO BY...
View ArticleIntroducing … ‘Let’s face IT!’
Gus LagmanIt’s about time! It truly is about time that the public gets to read the truth about the issues concerning the automation of Philippine elections. Since 2009, some opinion writers who know...
View ArticleTwo myths: The US alliance poses grave risks
RICARDO SALUDO Last of two parts “No politics in pork cases.” That was how one newspaper summed up President Aquino’s response to opposition and activist protests that the government’s PDAF campaign is...
View ArticleOfficer’s medals meaningless at CA
EFREN L. DANAO That’s no way to treat a hero! The medals won by a heroic military officer up for promotion mean nothing to the Commission on Appointments (CA). The most graphic example of this is the...
View ArticleIs the Aquino administration prepared for El Niño? (Part 2)
ARNOLD PADILLA [The first part of this article appeared on Tuesday June 17, 2014.] In Mindanao, the Department of Energy (DOE) warned that the power crisis could further worsen because of El Niño. The...
View ArticleMr. Aquino goes to war (against entertainers, that is)
MARLEN V. RONQUILLO President Aquino, in his Naga City Independence Day speech, was very specific —emphatic even—on who the post-Aquino president should not be. His own words • Hindi natin kailangan ng...
View ArticleRice prices soar due to Aquino govt bungling
RIGOBERTO D. TIGLAOThe price of rice, the Filipino staple food, has soared to P42.50 per kilo, a level seen only during periods of crisis for global rice and other commodities. The P40/kilo level was...
View ArticleAre Filipino entrepreneurs ready for AEC?
The answer is easily apparently not. That there is hardly any discussion about the start of the implementation of the Asean Economic Community next year is proof that not only SMEs (small and medium...
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