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By Randy David
To my last column on the current conflict between the Philippines and Taiwan, a country with whom, until recently, we have had only friendly relations, a reader from Canada has written a most thoughtful rejoinder. He wishes to remain anonymous, but, with his permission, I will quote from the rich account he has shared of his experience as a former official of the Canadian department of fisheries in charge of enforcing maritime fishing boundaries. His job entailed protecting his country’s fishery from poachers coming from other countries.
Posted: May 22nd, 2013 in Columnists,Columns,Editor's Pick,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Ma. Ceres P. Doyo
In 2000 I covered the Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal in Tokyo that investigated and tried atrocities against women in countries occupied by Japan during World War II. This was some 60 years after the war crimes were committed. The trial was initiated by civil society, human rights and women’s groups from Asia, Europe and the host country, Japan.
Posted: May 22nd, 2013 in Columnists,Columns,Editor's Pick,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Conrado de Quiros
I almost fell out of my chair when Miriam Defensor-Santiago came out with her advice to the newbies in the Senate. Would you take advice from Erap on how to live an abstemious life?
Posted: May 22nd, 2013 in Columnists,Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Jayson Arvene T. Mondragon
If hate is part of the curriculum of every school in the world, everyone will be astonished to find so many excelling in it. Or maybe not.
Posted: May 22nd, 2013 in Columnists,Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Leandro “DD” Coronel
Raul S. Gonzalez, whose recent death the Inquirer reported (5/18/13), was truly an outstanding man of letters. He was a writer, editor, educator, public relations man, and mentor to many now-accomplished writers.
Posted: May 22nd, 2013 in Columnists,Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Vinod Thomas
Economic growth is front-page news everywhere. But experience tells us that the link between income and human development is far from assured. Worldwide, countries with similar per capita incomes have had quite different achievements in basic education or basic health. In the 1990s, the Philippines and Sri Lanka had similar per capita incomes, yet the poverty rate in the Philippines was much higher then and has remained so.
Posted: May 22nd, 2013 in Columnists,Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Peter Wallace
Ten million tourists by 2016. Can it be done? Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez thinks so, and with a growth of 37 percent since he took over (or a yearly growth of around 12 percent) compared to an average annual growth in the previous decade of 5.6 percent, there’s a distinct possibility.
Posted: May 22nd, 2013 in Columnists,Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
In the spirit of journalistic fair play to which the Inquirer adheres, please allow me this rejoinder to Amando Doronila’s May 6 front-page commentary titled “Attacks on Legarda rock LP coalition.”
Posted: May 22nd, 2013 in Inquirer Opinion,Letters to the Editor | Read More »
Why is Grace Poe number one? The SWS and Pulse Asia failed to capture this unexpected outcome of the May 2013 elections in their surveys? Why?
Posted: May 22nd, 2013 in Inquirer Opinion,Letters to the Editor | Read More »
Naaawa ako sa Pilipinas (I pity the Philippines). Because of political dynasties, graft and corruption, and voters who vote with their feelings instead of their head and who can be bought with a few measly pesos, we have have elected officials who, as they become richer, are leading our country and people deeper into economic morass.
Posted: May 22nd, 2013 in Inquirer Opinion,Letters to the Editor | Read More »
In the article titled “Rogues gallery of candidates” (A13, Inquirer, 5/14/13), Cipriano Violago of San Rafael, Bulacan, is listed among the “politicians charged with crimes.”
Posted: May 22nd, 2013 in Inquirer Opinion,Letters to the Editor | Read More »
Alfred McCoy’s classic description of Philippine politics—as “an anarchy of families”—was coined in the early 1990s, but two decades later it’s even more apt and true. The results of the 2013 midterm polls have only confirmed that, while guns, goons and gold continue to play a huge part in how this country elects its leaders, a fourth element—bloodline—has the strongest grip of all on the system.
Posted: May 21st, 2013 in Editor's Pick,Editorial,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
