Understanding the Media
For about a month now, I have had what I will call “an expanded role” beyond the column I write three times a week at The Manila Times. The specifics …
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Mining Sector Giving Up on the Philippines?
It is probably welcome news to environmental activists but a disappointing turn of events for anyone who likes the idea of tapping the Philippines’ imposing stockpile of mineral resources to …
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Nancy Binay candidacy: Pinoy Political Success Is Relative
One child grows up to be Somebody that just loves to learn And another child grows up to be Somebody you’d just love to burn Mom loves the both of …
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One Step Forward and Two Steps Back
My colleague John Baybay posted a thought-provoking article to GR Business Online a couple days ago (“Fair Process and the Myth of Inclusive Growthâ€, available at www.grbusinessonline.com). The article makes …
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He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother Eddie
“Come to me my babies! Let me quell your pain!” Jim Jones Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones After the sudden resignation of Pope Benedict it was …
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What sequestration means for the Philippines
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 …
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Is Meralco’s Rate Hike a Political Gambit?
If you haven’t heard, Meralco was granted a significant increase in its distribution rate by the Energy Regulatory Commission this past week, one that will add between P 1.20 and …
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Musings on Independence Day: Discovering a new kind of freedom
It’s that day again; that historic moment that will forever make its way to our youth’s school textbooks, that significant event that ended Spain’s grip on our forebears for good, …
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