Editorial Cartoon June 2, 2011
Against conventional political wisdom, former Tarlac Gov. Margarita “Tingting” Cojuangco has indicated that she would run for vice governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Neither a Muslim nor a Mindanao denizen (although she has taken care of the legal requirements of residency as expected), she’s an outsider who has the gumption to [...]
P-noy isn’t making things worse, economically or otherwise, but he’s missing a lot of chances to make things better. While it’s true enough that “’pag walang corrupt, walang mahirap” (where there are no plunderers, there are no paupers), it’s even truer that pag walang pagbabago, walang saklolo(where there is no transformation, there is no salvation). [...]
In a recent article in Time Magazine, Fareed Zakaria offers five strategies to bring unemployment down in the United States. The context is the observation that the US economy is now producing the same amount of goods and services as it did in 2007, prior to the global crisis, but with seven million fewer workers. [...]
Will the 10 million or so overseas Filipino workers redefine the future of our grandchildren? Leaf through “Exceptional People,” suggests Isabel Escoda from Hong Kong. This new Princeton University book shows how the flow of people is reshaping that future. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas dubbed a 2007 conference as “OFWs: Ilan ba Talaga Tayo?” OFWs [...]
One of my earliest memories of childhood was snuggling close to my mother in a narrow, windowless corridor. The massive engine of the ship taking us to Manila hummed incessantly. The steel walls and the small improvised cot made from a thick sheet of plastic mounted on a wooden frame seemed to vibrate. My father [...]
I didn’t have a deprived childhood but my natal family clearly did not belong to the privileged few of my hometown. My family was best classified as peasant, as my father’s family owned over a half-hectare of land consisting of a residential lot and an agricultural area where coconut trees, fruit trees, vegetables and nipa [...]
Noli de Castro was vice president for six years and a senator for three. Last November 8, some four months after leaving government service, he reassumed his role as principal anchor of the flagship ABS-CBN newscast, “TV Patrol.” I have no objection to the so-called revolving door in journalism, the practice where journalists join government [...]
THERE are many ways a company can celebrate its 100th anniversary. It could throw a huge bash, complete with glitzy entertainment numbers. It could build a monument to its achievements. Or it could launch a series of public-service projects. To mark the 100th year of its presence in the country, Nestlé Philippines Inc. decided to [...]
I MAY not represent the hundreds or thousands of students who flocked to the regional offices (ROs) of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to apply for a slot under its Students’ Financial Assistance Program (StuFAP), but I’m quite sure that I share the same feeling of panghihinayang (disappointment over lost opportunity) with them because [...]
WE would like to clarify the news story titled “BCDA confirms review of SCTEX deal” (Inquirer, 5/25/11), which stated that “the privatization of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) was just one of several big-ticket projects being reviewed by the Aquino administration for being possibly ‘tainted by corruption.’” The BCDA never said that the SCTEX concession agreement [...]
THIS refers to Cerilo Daya’s letter titled “A last recourse to be heard.” (Inquirer, 5/4/11) It is unfortunate that Daya had to resort to misinformation and lies about what is happening in the IP communities in Taganito/Cagdianao, Claver, Surigao del Norte area. By his own admission, he and his organization have brought their case to [...]
