Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 16:20:08 +0000
THE proposed establishment of a clear Philippine Space Development and Utilization Policy and creation of the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA), the country’s version of United States National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA), may find realization shortly. The Senate last Monday unanimously approved the proposed “Philippine Space Act,” its version of the “Philippine Space Development Act” […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 16:20:31 +0000
POLITICAL experts and analysts have collectively agreed that millennial votes in general would influence the 2019 election results. Many of their intellectual views and almost faultless dissection of issues, however, went slightly off the mark. The dramatic end of some political dynasties is interesting news but even more interesting and disturbing was the massive […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 16:30:23 +0000
LAST-minute gambits in Philippine politics can impact on election outcomes. The most interesting of such cases transpired in 1992 when then House Speaker Ramon Mitra Jr., leading comfortably in surveys and concededly the next president, unceremoniously lost his bid. Mitra’s expected win suddenly vanished when just days before election day, a report exploded claiming he […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 06:41:27 +0000
AN exciting new role attributed to the Fourth Estate in recent days, postulated no less by Malacañang, is the transformation of the journalists as coup plotters. It’s an interesting twist but it portrays harmless people who report news in print, broadcast, and social media as state foes. Of course, in the annals of Philippine […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:30:29 +0000
THE Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) MUST scrap its Provincial Bus Ban along EDSA. MMDA seems to have mislead the Metro Manila Council into adopting its Resolution 19-002 imposing the ban and compelling the transfer of provincial buses terminals to Valenzuela City for northbound buses and Sta Rosa City in Laguna for southbound buses. […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 06:52:52 +0000
A MONTH before the elections next May, the House speakership drive is now intense. With the ‘kingmakers’ endorsing their bets, the eventual winner will assuredly be a staunch administration supporter. Interestingly, this is the first time that close to a dozen prospective lawmakers, some of them with dubious achievements and some relying chiefly on […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:20:29 +0000
THE recent Tarlac incident where a local candidate spanked a Comelec official who took down his over-sized campaign posters is decidedly unfortunate. The Comelec has vowed to probe the incident and sanction the lawyer-candidate and even seek his disbarment if warranted. It better does so or it will merely strengthen the growing impression that […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 16:20:06 +0000
EASILY one of the most interesting senatorial candidates in the upcoming May mid-term elections is smart and pretty young Muslim lady Samira Gutoc from the non-government organization (NGO) sector. Samira Gutoc, whose productive life journey has been largely devoted to engagements in promoting youth development, education and empowerment trusts that NGO networks will actively […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 16:30:55 +0000
“SHAPE up or ship out!” In confronting Metro Manila’s water czars, a fuming President Rodrigo Duterte had expressed his dismay over the way the country’s most valuable water resources are being managed. The water problem in Metro Manila is not just about shortage of supply; it also drumbeats the fact that as the need […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 16:30:25 +0000
THE world currently observes International Women’s Month this March. As usual, the celebration’s theme focuses on women’s empowerment and gender equality. Indeed, despite tremendous gains in women’s welfare over the decades, women generally remain a notch lower than men in several aspects. Plain housewives or mothers who are compelled to remain at home to […]
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