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ON DISTANT SHORE By Val G. Abelgas On August 23, 2010, President Aquino had barely warmed his seat in Malacanang when a disgruntled police officer hijacked a tourist bus and took hostage several Hongkong tourists, touching off a crisis that tested Aquino’s mettle in leadership and diplomacy. Eight of the tourists were killed along with the hijacker in the bungled rescue operation that was witnessed Read More …
By NESTOR MATA MALAYA ‘The just-concluded May mid-term national elections were dominated by familiar names of political dynasts and celebrities.’ THE elections are over, the results are known, and the winning candidates have been proclaimed. And, lo and behold, we see that the familiar names of political dynasts and celebrities dominated the ballots of the machine-conducted May 13 senatorial, congressional and local elections. The mid-term Read More …
“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.” FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT By Alex P. Vidal We always maintain that it is not healthy for democracy if the government’s executive and legislative branches are always in honeymoon stage. More danger lurks if they end up as lovers. Rubber stamp legislatures have been Read More …
POSTSCRIPT By Federico D. Pascual Jr. The Philippine Star NOW THIS?: When communist hordes overran China in 1949 in the concluding chapter of a civil war, the Philippines gave aid and sanctuary to Kuomintang Chinese fleeing the mainland on way to Taiwan. Many of them settled in Manila and flourished in business. Now they are treating us like rubbish just because one of them was Read More …
GLIMPSES By Jose Ma. Montelibano I really like what Sen. Serge Osmena said about the recently concluded senatorial elections, “P-Noy won but Binay did not lose.” In my view, the 9-3 score is an affirmation of the President’s popularity. I do not believe that voters elected the senators because P-Noy said so, or Binay said so. That P-Noy or Binay said so may have affirmed Read More …
Making life worth living By Ellen Tordesillas Malaya It took a week for President Aquino to realize that the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by a member of the Philippine Coast Guard team in the disputed waters of South China Sea could lead to serious repercussions for the country. Last Wednesday, President Aquino sent as his personal representative Amadeo R. Perez, chairman of the Manila Read More …
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel The front page of all local newspapers Friday were again dominated by the dispute with the Philippines over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman, with one of the main emphases being the show of force by Taiwan’s Navy warships, Coast Guard cutters and Air Force fighter jets in or over waters near where the May 9 incident occurred. The Read More …
Taiwan recalled its top diplomat in Manila and announced that it was no longer accepting applications for Filipino workers, after the Philippine Coast Guard killed a fisherman last week. By Ralph Jennings, Correspondent The Christian Science Monitor TAIPEI, TAIWAN The Philippines offered a high-level apology Wednesday in an attempt to salvage relations with Taiwan after its coast guard killed a fisherman, but Taipei rejected the Read More …
By NESTOR MATA MALAYA ‘It’s just the fourth day after the national elections, and yet in kaffeeklatsches the talk is that Aquino is already a political lameduck.’ It’s only the fourth day after the mid-term national elections, and yet in Manila’s kaffeeklatsches the talk is that President Noynoy Aquino looks like a political lameduck. And someone was even heard asking, naughtily, “Does Noynoy have even Read More …
By Erick San Juan In the midst of the mid-term election fever and the tensions that went with it after the voting hours and during the canvassing of votes, our country was once again put in a very critical position with our neighboring countries. Most Filipinos were caught unaware of the dangers posted by the incident that happened last Thursday when the Philippine Coast Guard Read More …