The Amboy is disgusted

Jobers R. Bersales 11/02/2016

During my student activism, there were three Filipinos we feared — and hated — the most: the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, followed by his Defense secretary Juan Ponce Enrile and then his Integrated National Police chief Fidel V.…

How to be a softie

Radel Paredes 10/29/2016

Before President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to Japan, there was his more controversial visit to China, where he officially announced our country’s “separation” from the United States. Acting like a global toughie while obviously trying to please his…

No BPO has left the country, says trade dep’t

10/24/2016

NO BUSINESS processing outsourcing (BPO) company has left the country following President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration that the Philippines would “separate” from the United States, an official of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said on Monday.…

‘The ice is melting’

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 10/24/2016

That’s how Xu Liping, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences quoted by the Chinese daily, Global Times, described in a nutshell President Rodrigo Duterte’s 4-day state visit to China. He could have been pointing…

Government urged: Be more friendly with major partners

Victor Anthony V. Silva 10/23/2016

A leader in Cebu’s information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) sector is encouraging the government to be more friendly and more collaborative with the country’s major partners to help the industry to continue to grow. Wilfredo…

Better lukewarm than absent

Rina Jimenez-David 10/21/2016

For a while there, it looked like activists and political protesters were happy playing footsies with the police and military. Where normally activists, many of them from the Left, would be the first to raise a howl…

Trump’s meltdown

Ricky Poca 10/17/2016

The ongoing presidential debates have taken a turn for the worse for Republican candidate Donald Trump who’s now hounded by the controversy he sowed for himself when some women came out accusing him of sexually harassing them.…

Is tap water safe?

Philip S. Chua 10/17/2016

THE HUMAN body is about 50 to 75 percent water. An average adult has about 55 to 60 percent (man, 60 percent, and women, 55 percent) while an infant is typically between 75–78 percent, dropping to 65…

Ninja moves

Gerard Pareja 10/16/2016

Pre, kon duna kay makit-ang hitsuraang walker sa Mango, imo sang bangkahan o isuroy una nimo i-check in?” nangutana si Berting kang Loloy. “Dili intawon, pre, uy,” nagkanayon si Loloy. “Makit-an pa lang tas mga silingan o…

Obama signs bill requiring diaper stations in men’s cr

10/12/2016

Changing a baby’s dirty diaper in public is truly a struggle for most parents, and the US government has taken notice. President Barrack Obama has approved the Bathroom Accessible in Every Situation Act, also known as the…

Clinton scores; Duterte’s alliances

Ricky Poca 10/03/2016

Last week’s first presidential debate in the US between Democratic standard-bearer Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump showed how fortune favors the prepared. Hillary Clinton came to the debate very well prepared as she practiced on…

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…

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