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Public service is like a job fair; there’s a lot of mismatch. *** Telcos offer so many “Unli” promo packages. Subscribers are asking Telcos to stop “UnliGreed.” *** My message to PCOO in Tagalog: Hindi po “nitpicking” yung “Rogelio,” “Norwegia” and Chinese program on PTV4. Sanay lang po kami sa tama. Sana po kayo din.” […]

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BEIJING: Tit-for-tat tariffs on products worth tens of billions have left the US and China teetering on the brink of an all-out trade war, one Beijing can ill-afford with headwinds mounting for its economy. US President Donald Trump announced tariffs Friday on Chinese imports valued at $34 billion—with another $16 billion under consideration—prompting an immediate […]

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THURSDAY the 14th was a very rain-drenched day as I set off from my Antipolo abode even before dawn. I had accepted an invitation to guest in Ado Paglinawan’s “Ang Maestro: The Unfinished Revolution,” aired over Radyo Pilipinas from 5 to 7 in the morning, purposely in order to be able to announce in the […]

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We live in a new age of freedom of expression when the long history of suppression and cover up of the truth is breaking out and social and mainstream media have championed the voice of victims and survivors of child sexual abuse. The controlling power and influence of some leaders in traditional institutions such as the Catholic Church to instill fear, […]

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EIGHT senators are ready to file Senate Resolution 761 expressing, as The Manila Times front page story the other day put it, “grave concern over the increasing militarization by China in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).” The resolution depicts the highest level of alarm taken by the country since the Scarborough Shoal standoff […]

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ACCORDING to the theory of the Thucydides Trap, a rising Sparta and declining Athens led to war. Applying this to the superpower rivalry between China and the US, the doomsayers say that a fast-rising China which is touted to overtake the US, at least economically, by 2028, will inevitably lead to a pre-emptive strike by […]

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