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By Rodel Rodis
Our Scarborough Shoal conflict with the People’s Republic of China (Big China) – which ignited on April 9, 2012 when Chinese fishing vessels were caught poaching in Philippine waters by the Philippine Navy – has taken a back seat to a potentially graver conflict in the West Philippine Sea, this time with Taiwan, also known as the Republic of China (Little China), a conflict which was sparked on May 9, 2013 when the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spotted a Taiwanese fishing boat poaching in Philippine waters off Balintang Island.
Posted: May 22nd, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »
By Benjamin Pimentel
Perhaps the stupidest reaction to the last Philippine elections came from people who concluded that, based on the outcome, Filipinos are really stupid.
Posted: May 20th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »
By Susan K
Many Filipinos go abroad to earn money. But after returning home, they soon find themselves broke. This prompts them to look for another job overseas—year after year after year.
Posted: May 19th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists,Featured Columns,Global Pinoy | Read More »
By Rene Ciria-Cruz
Top ratings organization S&P has given Philippine elections a first-ever investment grade rating, despite the chronic failure of electronic voting machines and sporadic incidents of violence.
Posted: May 17th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »
By Luis H. Francia
This semester for the first time I taught a course on José Rizal, titling my seminar, “José Rizal and His Novels: Imagining the Filipino.”
Posted: May 17th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »
By Rodel Rodis
This was the question posed to me by a curious TV reporter on May 7, just three days after a stretch limousine traveling across the San Mateo Bridge carrying nine Filipino nurses to a bridal party suddenly burst into flames killing five of the occupants, including the bride.
Posted: May 12th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »
By Benjamin Pimentel
The importance of mothers in the world became clear to me one afternoon a few years ago when my son made a choice during a brief visit to the hospital. I expected he would pick me. Instead, he picked his mother. He just had a minor procedure and the doctor said the surgery [...]
Posted: May 11th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »
By Emil Guillermo
Bachelorette party? Night of relative bacchanalian fun? How about the Junior or Senior Prom?
Posted: May 11th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »
By Ted Laguatan
Overseas Filipino voters can positively change the quality of Filipino leaders and the quality of Philippine government. In general, overseas voters cannot be bought or coerced.
Posted: May 9th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »
By Benjamin Pimentel
Something Alex Padilla told me years ago makes it clear that he has the toughest job in government – but also the clearest sense of why that job is important. “Two related truths I believe in on this matter are these,” he told me in a January 2011 email after he was named head [...]
Posted: May 5th, 2013 in Blogs | Read More »
By Susan K
Teary eyed Linda, wife of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Saudi Arabia went to Radyo Inquirer recently to seek the assistance of Bantay OCW. She said she could hardly eat or sleep. She had made a shocking discovery when she checked her husband’s Facebook page.
Posted: May 5th, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists,Featured Columns,Global Pinoy | Read More »
By Rodel Rodis
After the Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) law was finally passed in 2003, its most enthusiastic supporters vowed to get it immediately amended as soon as possible.
Posted: May 2nd, 2013 in Blogs,Columnists | Read More »
