A week after Typhoon “Tisoy”(international name: Kammuri), the strongest typhoon to hit the country this year, barreled through central Philippines and enhanced the northeast monsoon, thousands of Filipinos in sodden Cagayan are still desperately crying out for immediate aid and assistance. Their cries, however, have been unfortunately drowned out by the (well-deserved) attention and cheers the country has been lavishing on the competing Filipino athletes in the 30th Southeast Asian Games, as well as the seeming
A Nikkei Asian Review article (“Crony capital: “How Duterte embraced the oligarchs,” by Aurora Almendral) recently probed the President and his friends and enemies in the business world. There are four things that the article brings to mind. The first is the need for a closer focus on the President’s interactions
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