Corruption, Climate, Congress: Preying on Philippine Resilience and Faith
November 9, 2013 at 3:10am by Prof. Dr. Diane A. Desierto (JSD, Yale) Anyone born, bred, raised, and educated in the Philippines instinctively knows what...
Cover Ups, Fund Scams and the Pork
by Megan Flores There’s More Here than Meets the Eye The case of Jenny Napoles has opened a can of worms whose stench has reached...
Agosto Bente Uno
by Lakwatserang Paruparo Taong 2013 Agost bente uno Tatlumpong taon mula nang patayin si Ninoy Aquino. Mahigit pa sa dalawampu Ni Marcos na nakaupo sa...
Pilipinas…for the Win! #LabanPilipinas
By ‘Lakwatserang Paruparo’ Let’s face it, basketball is the most popular sport in the Philippines. Despite the average height of Filipinos compared to international basketball...
Pork Barrel Polemics #PDAFScam
by Dean de la Paz In the prelude to the Php 729 million fertilizer fund scam instigated by the Executive Branch in the previous administration...
@noynoyaquino Noynoy’s big blunder in Sabah
by Bernie Lopez advance copy – Opinyon Magazine, March 18, 2012 Noynoy’s big geopolitical blunders are starting to emerge – first, Spratleys, now, Sabah. As...
“What alternatives are left to the Sultanate after March 1, 2013?” – Yolanda Ortega-Stern
Editor’s Note: I met Yolanda Ortega-Stern through my sister, Lorna Lardizabal-Dietz sometime in November 2011 when she and Thomas Stern, her husband came over to...
Philex “leak” is massive: News blackout on possible 5 MMT in the Agno River
by Bernie Lopez This article is based on a low-profile field trip of an independent team to the Philex mine site, conducted prior to a...
The American Food Crisis: Rise of cancer food –fall of health food
by Bernie Lopez The American food crisis is not a crisis of supply. There is abundance. Rather, it is a crisis of contamination. This abundance...
Long live Jesse #salamatJesse #SalamatSecJesse
This is a tribute from Bill Luz The National Competitiveness Council joins the nation in mourning the tragic passing of DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo. We...
Memories of Sec. Jesse Robredo from one of his neighbors in Naga City #SalamatJesse
Leonel grew up in Barangay Dayangdang, Naga City, 3 minutes walk from the house of the late DILG Secrertary Robredo. Here is his tribute I...
The Sabah Question Revisited
Editor’s Note: The author requested that Blog Watch feature his article on Sabah. By Christopher Diaz Bonoan “And all other territories over which the Philippines...
Lessons Learned from the Impeachment Trial
by Rick B. Ramos Lesson No.1. Senators will vote along party lines and/or in coalition with other parties and depending whether they are up for...
Students join 20,000 workers in Labor day march
by Jeff Crisostomo Students joined various labor organizations and unions in the recent May 1 Labor Day mobilization. More than 20,000 workers from the recently-launched...
Labor day in the Philippines
by Alex Almario Belaboring the worker’s cause Most of our holidays have become, through the years, largely cynical. Christmas, people will say, has now been turned...