We beg to differ.
The real victims of the Sabah “standoff” crisis are ordinary Mindanaoans as Mindanao continues to be ruled by Manila as if it were a mere backwater colony, where Mindanaoans’ rights to “self-determination” is paid mere lip service. Manila is obviously of no use to Mindanao today. Throughout the crisis, the only clear words fielded to…
Do you have any idea how the Nobel Peace Prize came to be? Back in 1888 Ludvig Nobel died and a newspaper printed what would have been Alfred’s obituary. He had this moment of clarity and made a conscious effort to alter his legacy. Alfred Nobel was the Swedish chemist who made his…
At the very end of 2012, the US media and public was gripped with near-panic over what was then called the “fiscal cliff,†a combination of tax increases and a programmed series of government spending cuts that was to automatically take effect on January 1 of this year. Just as the deadline passed, the US…
The truth is: SM Baguio is just a scapegoat of Pseudo Environmentalists, because they’re politicians who can’t go against the REAL CAUSES of ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION in Benguet and Baguio City: MINING CORPORATIONS who advertise in newspapers and give PR money to columnists, VEGETABLE FARMERS who fund political campaigns, and informal settlers who vote for them….
What exactly does it mean when a President is reported to be ‘monitoring’ an on-going crisis? Nothing, other than as a statement for the media to blather to the public and bring across a perception that said President ‘cares’. “Social news network” site Rappler reports how President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III paused from his…
One wonders how much more of the mess that is the Sultan of Sulu’s claim to the Malaysian state of Sabah the administration of President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III can sweep under its lumpy rug. The simple fact of the continued payment of USD1,500 a year by the Malaysian government to Sultan Jamalul Kiram…
Although the record of the current administration of the Philippines with respect to regulating labor has been unimpressive so far, Republic Act 10361, also known as the Batas Kasambahay or “Domestic Workers’ Act,” which took effective on February 10, is a notable exception. The law, which was signed by President Aquino on January 18, provides…