Saudi hosts investment forum under Khashoggi shadow

AFP 10/23/2018

Saudi Arabia opened an investment conference on Tuesday despite a wave of cancellations from policymakers and business titans over the murder of journalist and government critic Jamal Khashoggi. The three-day Future Investment Initiative (FII) was meant to…

Osmeña: Rama-Labella rivalry is mere ‘shadow boxing.’

Morexette B. Erram 07/02/2018

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña believed there is something more to the separate public declarations of former mayor Michael Rama and Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella of their intention to run for the mayoral post in next year’s…

In the shadow of death: The kempeitai in Cebu

Jobers R. Bersales 09/06/2017

Last Saturday was the 72nd anniversary of the end of the Pacific War. It’s very telling of how poorly we treat the past that not a single whimper nor cry was heard from government, both local and…

Boy shadow blue

Francis B. Ongkingco 03/28/2017

You mean you don’t remember, Steven?” Krishelle frowned with disbelief. “I can’t really say, Kris. Maybe the tests and medications in the facility made me forget,” Steven squinted, trying to force himself to remember what Krishelle was…

Boy shadow blue

Francis B. Ongkingco 03/24/2017

I am going to be eighteen tomorrow?” the teenager’s unbelieving voice trembled with anxiety. “Yes,” a man wearing a laboratory gown sighed deeply with unquestionable regret. “Still, all our investigations have been inconclusive!” “What will turning eighteen…

S. Korean lawmakers order probe on Park

11/18/2016

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s parliament on Thursday passed a law that would allow a special prosecutor to investigate a corruption scandal threatening the presidency of Park Geun-hye. The opposition-controlled National Assembly also voted for a…

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