No stopping zone at UN Avenue

Norman V. Mendoza 10/17/2016

Starting Tuesday October 18,, the whole stretch of UN Avenue will be a No Stopping Zone with only two passenger jeepney and one bus loading and unloading areas. No pedestrian would be allowed to cross there except…

Canada’s liberal champion enjoys 65% approval rating

10/17/2016

OTTAWA — The phenomenon that is Justin Trudeau continues to soar one year after his landslide election. On the eve of this anniversary, the Canadian prime minister’s approval rating reached 65 percent (compared with the previous Tory…

Ban in Haiti gets glimpse of Matthew’s destruction

10/17/2016

PORT-AU-PRINCE — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited victims of devastating Hurricane Matthew on Saturday, saying the destruction wrought by the storm was “heartbreaking,” and he renewed a pledge to help the nation cope with a deadly scourge…

The fate of our fish

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 10/16/2016

We all agree that fish is a very important source of food for us and marine resources. It is a major provider of livelihood and economic and recreational opportunities for millions, apart from its nutritional benefits. But…

Agot, their straw man

Jason A. Baguia 10/14/2016

Feast day greetings go today to the people of Talisay City, Cebu, who celebrate the passing over into heaven of Saint Teresa of Avila. She is the saint in whose honor others like Therese of Lisieux and…

Creeping socialism

09/29/2016

He admitted even before he assumed office that he is a leftist, and so President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent rants against the US and the European Union, as well as the United Nations (UN) merely reflected the so-called…

Watch list or witch hunt?

Editorial 09/28/2016

President Rodrigo Duterte’s apology to Pangasinan Rep. Amado T. Espino Jr. and other officials whom he admitted to have been mistakenly included in the second watch list of suspected drug dealers/coddlers during a visit to a shabu…

UN to review country’s anti-drugs war

09/25/2016

The Geneva based-United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council will review this week the Philippine observance of economic, social and cultural rights, such as the government’s approach to illegal drug users, and discuss President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on…

International spotlight

09/25/2016

When President Rodrigo Duterte invited officials from the United Nations, the United States and the European Union to investigate reports of extrajudicial killings, he probably had no idea that they would take his invitation seriously. When the…

UN to review PH record on rights treaty

09/25/2016

A United Nations (UN) committee in Geneva, Switzerland, is set to review the Philippines’ observance of economic, social and cultural rights this month. In a statement on Friday, the UN said its Committee on Economic, Social, and…

Doing it right

Editorial 09/12/2016

Just because US President Barack Obama eventually dismissed President Rodrigo Duterte’s rant over the possibility of him being questioned by other world leaders for the extrajudicial killings in the country doesn’t mean the White House is done…

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…

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