ONE of the damning results of the current controversy on World Bank (WB) report on the rigging of bidding of the National Road Improvement and Management Program 1 (NRIMP 1) is the exposure of an ugly and disgusting truth – Philippines is like an underworld, ruled by Mafia, under the firm grip of a gang [...]

THIS writer is tired and so is this nation. Yet, it seems there is no end to it. With great effort, one has to drag oneself, force one’s self once more to stand up and denounce this evil. It is a sickening but is there any other choice?
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The scourge of corruption has completely enveloped [...]

ANXIETY and anguish are sweeping among the country’s 37 million workers as the global financial crisis begins to take its bite on the Philippines. Filipinos face a grim outlook in the coming months as news of lay offs and company closures cascaded national headlines.
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THIS writer nearly fell off the chair when Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita in an interview expressed the reaction of the Arroyo regime on the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th US president.
Asked what President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (PGMA) can learn from the President Obama, Ermita gave a discomforting response. “President Arroyo had been president ahead [...]

DRUG abuse has been a perennial social problem. It is a scourge society had been battling to stamp out unsuccessfully. Many promising young men and women had been wasted by drug abuse, their bright future snuffed out. Illegal drugs are soul eaters for they do not just destroy the body but above all the soul [...]

THIS year, the political scene in the local front will be as exciting as the national landscape as politicians prepare for battle in the 2010 elections. The battle for political supremacy in the province and city of Iloilo could be labeled as the clash of the titans.
The battle for the top position in Iloilo provincial [...]

THE year before a national election with presidential office up for grabs is an exciting year. Two-thousand-and-nine is an exciting year for the country as it prepares for the exit of the current administration, barring attempts to extend its term for life. Alignments, realignments, change of alliances and exchange of positions are bound to happen [...]

AT about the same time last year, the House of Representatives under the leadership of then Speaker Jose de Venecia made a desperate attempt to push for Charter change (cha-cha) through the Constituent Assembly (Con Ass) mode. Faced with a national wrath over the brazen attempt, de Venecia was forced to make a hasty retreat.
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STEPHENIE Meyer’s Twilight saga first caught this writer’s attention few months back when the Philippine Daily Inquirer featured the series and the up coming movie on the first book on a weekend issue. The featured article did not merit any serious attention as the books appear to be another teenage fad and a pitch for [...]

WITH the election of Barack Obama as the next president of the United States, change has finally arrived in America. More than America, the Philippines does not only need change, the country is desperate for it. Since the birth of the nation, the trajectory of the Philippines is downward and its capacity for self destruction [...]