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Except for about 5 million families in the Philippines, the balance of about 21 million is too vulnerable because of the current economic conditions. With that many households looking to the government for varying levels of support,…
PNoy was not my candidate for President in the 2010 elections, but he was certainly head and shoulders above the rest of the “frontrunners”—former president Joseph Estrada and Sen. Manny Villar. The smell of corruption surrounding these…
GINATILAN, CEBU– Cebu officials on Thursday, June 24, 2021, expressed their grief on the passing of former president Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III. Aquino died on Thursday morning at the Capitol Medical Center in Quezon City due to…
MANILA, Philippines — “He wasn’t fond of me but I could not bring myself not to admire him.” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. had this to say Thursday, June 24, 2021, as he grieved the passing…
President Benigno Aquino III on Independence Day gave a strongly-worded speech, possibly his last as head of state, against dictatorship and the demise of democracy. Aquino, addressing hundreds of diplomats and government officials, warned that freedom may…
There are two ways to deal with incoming president Rodrigo Duterte: accept him for what he is or assail and lambast him to high heavens. The turncoats in the Liberal Party, who only a few weeks ago…
The Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas is looking into reports that television host Kris Aquino used a presidential chopper during a campaign sortie of the Liberal Party (LP) in Cebu last Tuesday. Lawyer Ma. Corazon…
Who’s qualified to become president of the Philippines? This was the question posed by President Benigno Aquino III to nearly 4,000 Cebuanos at the Sec. Serge Remonde Sports and Cultural Center during the Liberal Party (LP) rally…
THE roads near the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño will be closed starting 12 noon today for the brief visit of President Benigno Aquino III. Affected are Osmeña Boulevard, D. Jakosalem St. and P. Burgos St. Fr.…
Failure of policy to shift from early success in import substitution into export industrialization and poor governance in general, characterized by high level of corruption from the top down to the local level, constrained the country from…
Owner wants CICC renovated as a showroom for more Mandaue gems The sign said “Please don’t ride” but visitors of Mandaue City’s exhibit in the international expo for the APEC in Manila are agog over the sports…
Manila — China’s top diplomat asked the Philippines yesterday not to raise contentious issues — an obvious reference to the Asian neighbors’ territorial spats — in an annual economic summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in Manila next week,…
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