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Grow old along with me / The best is yet to be,” Rabbi bin Eszra says in the 1850 sonnet. That is not so here, reveal studies presented at the “Philippine and Global Perspective on Aging” at…
We flicked through the dictionary for the word that fits a bizarre contrast. In one part of town, Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he’d run, come 2016, adding his father’s dictatorship benefited Filipinos. Across town, over 20,000…
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce,” Karl Marx said. Isn’t farce what happened while we fixated on reports of those who turned themselves in over the pork scam scandal? Their jail is a class…
No, thank you. We chucked a second chance under a new law that enables human rights victims to claim reparation. We cheer those lodging long overdue claims under Republic Act No. 10368, we wrote in a letter…
A compelling book has just come off the press. “Philippine Communication in the Digital Age” leads with an understatement: “The world of mass communication has changed dramatically.” In 25 documented chapters, Dr. Crispin Maslog illustrates the sweep…
Applause is the end and aim of “weak minds,”parliamentarian Edmund Burke once wrote. But it also spurs “noble minds.” That’s tailor-fit for Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales. She didn’t dally for the standing ovation that erupted after she hauled…
Reaction to Viewpoint column “Restitution” cascaded in. That June 3 column reported the Court of Appeals reaffirmed Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales’ order: Fire 10 Navy men linked to the 1995 murder of Ensign Philip Pestaño. An Ateneo honor…
The Court of Appeals Thursday stood pat on its earlier decision that affirmed Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales’ order: Fire 10 Navy officers linked to the 1995 murder of the then 24-year-old Ensign Philip Pestaño. Pestaño—who? He studied…
Now it’s definite. On his flight back to Rome, after a gruelling Holy Land trip, Pope Francis confirmed he plans to visit the Philippines, come January 2015. “With regard to Asia, two trips are planned,” Francis said,…
Few Filipinos have visited the Natuna archipelago of Indonesia’s Riau province. It straddles one of the world’s potentially largest gas fields. And over the last two months, Indonesia twice accused Beijing for claiming part of Natuna, reports…
If allowed to grow, bad weeds will smother the good grass”, says a Filipino proverb. (Ang masamang mila, kapag kinonsiti, / Pag tubo’y, siya ang makapangyayari.) That fits Deputy Speaker Giorgidi Aggabao’s proposal: Scrounge the Lower House’s…
Where should pork barrel scam thieves be jailed? In the bickering, did we overlook “another green revolution that is stirring the world’s paddy fields again”—from new seeds crafted in Los Baños? International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) developed…
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