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Credit to Author: ANTONIO CONTRERAS| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:43:30 +0000

WHEN the forces of the universe conspired to create a happy place, they would have most likely found their mark in the Philippines. Our country is not just a happy…READ

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 21:02:19 +0000

To flout means to show contempt (for), scoff or jeer (at). — Collins English Dictionary First word IT has come to this. First, because of the failure of the Congress…READ

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Credit to Author: RICARDO SALUDO| Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 20:40:59 +0000

THE maliciously and unlawfully posted Jim Paredes sex video holds hard lessons for Facebookers and other denizens of the wild and woolly world of social media. First, one commends the…READ

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Credit to Author: RAMON T. TULFO| Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 20:36:19 +0000

BRUNEI has passed a law penalizing adultery and homosexuality with death by stoning. The Muslim country in Southeast Asia has taken a leaf from very conservative Middle East Islamic countries…READ

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Credit to Author: RAMON T. TULFO| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:13:35 +0000

I WAS sitting on a park bench talking with two friends — an expat from Sweden and a lawyer — at the Palm Promenade within the Ayala Center in Makati…READ

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Credit to Author: YEN MAKABENTA| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:45:33 +0000

First word IN the book, Force and Statecraft by Gordon A. Craig and Alexander L. George (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995), the authors, one a historian of international affairs and…READ

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Credit to Author: RAMON T. TULFO| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:42:51 +0000

THE Philippine Air Force (PAF) has been replenished with new UH-1H “Huey” helicopter parts and maintenance equipment from Japan. The fresh arrivals, which are a donation from the Japanese government,…READ

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Credit to Author: FR. RANHILIO CALLANGAN AQUINO| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:41:14 +0000

WHAT remedy does a person wrongly convicted have after the judgment of conviction has attained finality? Convictions become final for so many reasons other than the established guilt of the…READ

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Credit to Author: RIGOBERTO D. TIGLAO| Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 16:11:48 +0000

THE real reason why former President Aquino 3rd’s Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto del Rosario filed a useless case against China’s President Xi Jinping in the International Criminal Court (ICC) is…READ

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Credit to Author: MARLEN V. RONQUILLO| Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 17:24:43 +0000

There is nothing wrong with foreign borrowing for developmental projects. The P8 trillion or so funding requirement by the ambitious “Build, Build, Build“ program of the Duterte administration cannot be…READ

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