May 21, 2013 Manila, Philippines
Sunday, April 28th, 2013
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld There can be no ifs and buts about it. The bloody incident in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental last Saturday, wherein police escorts of Mayor Ruth Guingona exchanged fire with a New...
Sunday, April 28th, 2013
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Strong reactions from readers met last week’s column piece detailing how Pryce Plans, Inc. tried, in vain, to induce me into accepting only 40% of the...
Friday, April 26th, 2013
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Two recent poverty surveys – from the government’s National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) and the Social Weather Stations (SWS) – came up with similar results showing that the Aquino government is not making...
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) has been an icon of public broadcasting since it was founded in 1927, and is often mentioned as a model worthy of emulation in...
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The Philippine government’s quick and, some say harsh, handling of the crew of a grounded Chinese fishing vessel at the Tubbataha Reefs, a UNESCO World Heritage site and a protected marine...
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Five years ago, I entertained hopes of promptly receiving the lump-sum cash settlement of a modest pension plan I had signed 10 years earlier with Pryce...
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The Aquino government has been riding high on the 6.6 percent GDP growth rate last year and the granting of investment grade to the Philippines recently. It has been gloating, declaring that its...
Sunday, April 14th, 2013
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Orgies of overspending, vote-buying, intimidation and outright coercion, and exercises through which a few political families have monopolized practically every elective office from city councilor to President, Philippine elections...
Sunday, April 14th, 2013
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star With her death last Monday at 87, Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s only woman prime minister in office for a record 11 years (1979-1990) has re-stoked the debate...
Sunday, April 14th, 2013
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Edith Burgos, wife and partner of crusading, anti-dictatorship newspaperman, the late Jose “Joe” Burgos, is the personification of steadfast resolve as she files yet another motion to the Supreme Court in...
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Sunday, April 28th, 2013
As predictable as fairy tales
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Both in terms of how they’re being conducted and their possible results, the elections of 2013 are shaping up as expected. Name recall and membership in a well-known political family are what most of the leading candidates for senator have in common. That’s in addition to huge