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Category: Development

NAIA bags title of ‘Worst Airport in Asia’ for 2012

Posted on October 22, 2012October 28, 2013 By FallenAngel 64 Comments on NAIA bags title of ‘Worst Airport in Asia’ for 2012
NAIA bags title of ‘Worst Airport in Asia’ for 2012

Pinoy pride fans, rejoice! The Philippines can add another achievement to its ever growing list! Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 has brushed off competition to once again bag the title of “Worst Airport”! This makes it two (2) years in a row! PINOY PRIDE YEAH! Let’s go for three-peat in 2013! The difference,…

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Development, Media

After Bangsamoro: Do the Cordilleras, Visayas, and the rest of Mindanao have equal claim to autonomy?

Posted on October 11, 2012October 11, 2012 By benign0 57 Comments on After Bangsamoro: Do the Cordilleras, Visayas, and the rest of Mindanao have equal claim to autonomy?
After Bangsamoro: Do the Cordilleras, Visayas, and the rest of Mindanao have equal claim to autonomy?

Peace at last in Mindanao — or so people hope in the advent of greater autonomy granted by the government of President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III to rebellious Muslim groups there. The Framework Agreement covering the terms of this autonomy is set to be signed on the 15th of October this year between the…

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Culture, Development, Economy, Government, Politics

PNoy’s call for a re-writing of Philippine history: Will it change the future for Filipinos?

Posted on September 23, 2012September 23, 2012 By benign0 33 Comments on PNoy’s call for a re-writing of Philippine history: Will it change the future for Filipinos?
PNoy’s call for a re-writing of Philippine history: Will it change the future for Filipinos?

According to Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III, history taught in Philippine schools should consist only of “truthful information” and not “the web of lies spun by propagandists and revisionists.” This is what he makes the underlying principle in his latest project — to rewrite Filipino history books according to what he thinks actually…

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Development, Education, Politics

Filipino sentiments mixed over Manny Pangilinan’s threat to quit the Philippines

Posted on September 23, 2012September 23, 2012 By benign0 44 Comments on Filipino sentiments mixed over Manny Pangilinan’s threat to quit the Philippines
Filipino sentiments mixed over Manny Pangilinan’s threat to quit the Philippines

Following a threat from tycoon Manny Pangilinan to leave the Philippines and take with him his money, House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II has warned that the Philippines may be in for a crisis of confidence, presumably if this sort of thing becomes a trend… The House majority leader warned Pangilinan’s move would become “a…

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Development, Economy, Money Talks

Drilling in Recto Bank gas field possibly set back by Trillanes adventurism

Posted on September 21, 2012January 15, 2014 By benign0 4 Comments on Drilling in Recto Bank gas field possibly set back by Trillanes adventurism
Drilling in Recto Bank gas field possibly set back by Trillanes adventurism

When it comes to China, money is the primary currency of any kind of negotiation. And in light of the big tiff between Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and “Senator” Antonio Trillanes IV, the cast of characters is a lot bigger and includes one of the Philipines’s biggest mining companies, Philex Mining Corporation, and its…

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Development, Money Talks, Politics

Philippine anti-human-trafficking NGO sued by Uncle Sam on allegations of fraudulent use of aid funds

Posted on September 14, 2012September 14, 2012 By benign0 25 Comments on Philippine anti-human-trafficking NGO sued by Uncle Sam on allegations of fraudulent use of aid funds
Philippine anti-human-trafficking NGO sued by Uncle Sam on allegations of fraudulent use of aid funds

A bookkeeper of noted Philippine NGO Visayan Forum Foundation (VFF) blew the whistle on its founder Cecilia Flores-Oebanda. Maria Analie Villacorte who, according to VFF attorney Laurence Arroyo, resigned from the VFF last July alleges she received instructions from Oebanda to “falsify” documents that would have been used to support the disbursement of up to…

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Crime, Development, Government

BusinessWeek cites Aquino anti-corruption drive in 2Q growth report

Posted on August 30, 2012 By benign0 4 Comments on BusinessWeek cites Aquino anti-corruption drive in 2Q growth report
BusinessWeek cites Aquino anti-corruption drive in 2Q growth report

The National Statistical Coordination Board of the Philippine Government announced today that the Philippine economy grew 5.9 percent in the three months to the end of June 2012 over the same period in the previous year. Several news reports credited increased spending by the government and favourable perception created by the “anti-corruption” drive of Philippine…

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Development, Economy, Media, Money Talks

Are the obvious solutions to the Philippines’ problems feasible?

Posted on August 27, 2012 By Kate Natividad 15 Comments on Are the obvious solutions to the Philippines’ problems feasible?
Are the obvious solutions to the Philippines’ problems feasible?

I keep reading about people proposing sensible and obvious things to combat the biggest problems we face today, like controlling (and maybe even reducing) population, reducing carbon emissions, and voting for the best leader. All sounds like the ‘intelligent’ things to do, don’t they? But all that is just asking too much when you consider…

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Development, Environment, Lifestyle, Society

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