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Day: June 14, 2014
The Philippine Children’s Medical Center, next in line for privatization?
Moving the hospital to another location will not only disrupt its operations, it will also be risky to patients.
Naga youth protester released on bail
Mijares shouted, “Patalsikin ang Pork Barrel King! Walang pagbabago sa Pilipinas!” (Oust the Pork Barrel King! Nothing changed in the Philippines!) while holding a banner with the words “Oust PNoy,” “Scrap all forms of pork,” and “DAP ibasura.” (Junk DAP).
June 12: What’s there to celebrate?
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Independence Day has never been more of a sham and a shame than it is today, 116 years since the Declaration of Independence against Spanish colonization “under the protection of the Mighty and Humane North American Nation” and 68 years since the so-called “grant” of Philippine Independence from US…
Independence: ‘Unfinished’ and elusive
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld In 1962, then President Diosdado Macapagal declared June 12 Philippine Independence Day — 16 years after it had been celebrated every July 4 when, in 1946, the United States “granted” the country independence. Few objected at the time, in apparent agreement with Macapagal that the June 12,…
Is China beginning to become a superpower?
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Why does China — the world’s second largest economy — behave like the neighborhood bully, specifically towards the Philippines and Vietnam with which it has maritime disputes, and arrogantly claim “undisputable sovereignty” over 90% of the South China Sea? Could this situation have been…
The shapes and colors of protest during the Independence day rallies
Measuring almost two meters wide, less than three meters high and seven meters long, the “golden pig” was purposefully made big “because the pork barrel is gigantic.”
Motorcycle driver tagged as rebel supporter killed
Around 30 minutes before his body was discovered, a member of the Florida Driver’s Association who requested anonymity said Wilfredo Estrebillo arrived at the terminal driving his tricycle at around 7:30 a.m. A man then approached Estrebillo and asked if he could be brought to Barangay Florida.