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In everyday life, we tend to assign less weight to oral speech than to the written word. The spoken is presumed to be “ephemeral,” liable to be misheard, reinterpreted, or denied. The written word, in contrast, is…
While the Duterte administration continues to draw flak from the United Nations and domestic critics over its bloody, all out war against illegal drugs and drug lords, it’s heartening to learn that there is the Church, the…
To be exact, President Rodrigo Duterte didn’t say outright that the country was leaving the United Nations (UN) immediately or in the near future. He was said to have been ticked off by an American reporter who…
On the blacktop, the wife cradles her husband’s corpse. A suspected drug pusher, he was shot dead in a police operation. Photographs of the harrowed living embracing the unfeeling, bleeding dead have become familiar. The Philippine Daily…
The ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in support of the Philippines’ case against China’s hegemonic claim over almost the entire South China Sea will surely heighten tensions and instability in the region,…
SUBIC, Zambales — Fishermen geared up on Tuesday afternoon for a return trip to the disputed Scarborough Shoal, after the United Nations’ Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague armed them with a favorable ruling on the…
Paris – Drinking very hot beverages “probably” causes cancer of the esophagus, the UN’s cancer agency said on Wednesday, while lifting suspicion from coffee if consumed at “normal serving temperatures.” “These results suggest that drinking very hot…
United Nations — A 17-year-old Honduran-American activist called for a youth movement to eradicate poverty and preserve the planet. The president of the tiny Pacific island nation said urgent funds are needed to develop his country and…
Seoul, South Korea — North Korea fired five short-range projectiles into the sea yesterday, Seoul officials said, in a continuation of weapon launches it has carried out in an apparent response to ongoing South Korea-US military drills…
President Aquino will be one of the world leaders set to speak at the UN Climate Change Summit on Sept. 23, a high level push led by UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon to reach a consensus among nations…
A daughter of a Cebuano journalist has been appointed “global chief of media” of the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef). Marixie Mercado, youngest daughter of newspaper columnist Juan Mercado, is currently the Unicef’s spokesperson in Geneva, Switzerland,…
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