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In a singular act, in a meeting with the Filipino community in Los Angeles, California, putative Senate President Frank Drilon did his best to prove that the next leader of the Senate will be a Malacanang lackey. The Senate has long held a reputation of…
The biggest joke I heard this week was Malacañang saying that it will not get in the way of probes by either the Senate or the Office of the Ombudsman into corruption and other irregularities in government. Said Lady Gaga: “It’s up to the new…
W ASHINGTON — Charges by a top activist that New York University dismissed him due to Chinese influence have added fuel to concerns over Beijing’s educational clout which critics say hurts US academic freedom. Chen Guangcheng, one of China’s most prominent human rights campaigners who…
While the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) started with economic light- to middleweights in 2005, it expanded in 2009 with one heavyweight, the US of A. Since then, it has added to its fold other light- to heavyweights (Canada, Mexico, Australia, Malaysia and Vietnam) to the exclusion…
MAE CHAN — In a rural classroom in the Thai highlands, hill tribe children energetically slide their fingertips over tablet computer screens practicing everything from English to Mathematics and Music. The disadvantaged students are part of an ambitious scheme by the kingdom to distribute millions…
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Big joke
The biggest joke I heard this week was Malacañang saying tha…
China activist revives concern…
W ASHINGTON — Charges by a top activist that New York Univer…
TPP: The pivot to the Pacific …
While the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) started with econo…
Tablets thrust Thai classrooms…
MAE CHAN — In a rural classroom in the Thai highlands, hill …
Mismatches?
It was not unusual that the lines were long during the gover…
More work ahead
Thursday headlines about the stock market drop dampened mood…
Unpopular move
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) keeps on claiming t…
Australian court agrees, we’re…
SYDNEY — A landmark ruling won by an Australian gender trail…
‘Kayo po na nakaupo’
It already happened before. It is again happening now. Inste…
The Philippines and Sabah in t…
As attempts to find a diplomatic solution to the problems be…