Speech and the written word

Randy David 09/11/2016

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…

Community drive against illegal drugs

Editorial 09/02/2016

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…

Some joke

Editorial 08/31/2016

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…

Blood cries out

Jason A. Baguia 08/05/2016

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…

China’s perilous game plan

07/16/2016

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,…

Fishermen vow to return to Scarborough July 13

07/13/2016

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…

Very hot drinks ‘probably’ cause cancer – UN body

06/16/2016

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…

UN event spotlights 17 goals to end poverty, save planet

04/23/2016

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…

NKorea fires more missiles into sea

03/22/2016

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…

P-Noy told to ditch coal in UN speech

Bencyrus Ellorin, Inquirer 09/12/2014

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…

Cebu journo’s daughter named to key UN post

Jeanette Malinao 01/26/2014

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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