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THE PEOPLE’S confidence in the Arroyo government is deteriorating daily as the corruption scandals hounding it escalate in number and […]

MANILA, Philippines — During the past days, I have been asked questions on the Supreme Court decision nullifying the threat

HAIL TO THE PUNO COURT FOR CHAMPIONING press freedom. By stopping the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) from canceling the operating

MANILA, Philippines — I was invited, through Foreign Secretary Alberto G. Romulo, to meet President Macapagal-Arroyo in Malacañang last Feb.

MANILA, Philippines–HOPE. THAT IS WHAT RETIRED JUSTICE Jose A. R. Melo’s appointment to the Commission on Elections brought to those

MANILA, Philippines–I THINK THE SUPREME COURT ACTED prudently in requiring the government to comment on the petition of the 11

MANILA, Philippines– “11-MONTH OFW REMITTANCES HIT $13.1B,” bellows the Inquirer (1/16/08). The irony is that I am still flooded with

MANILA, Philippines–MY COLUMN LAST SUNDAY ON THE “SHABBY treatment of OFWs” touched raw nerves. I was deluged with e-mail. From

MANILA, Philippines—My esteemed colleague, Conrado de Quiros, picked the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) as the Filipino of the Year 2007

MANILA, Philippines—Globalization, deregulation and privatization have altered not just the economy of nations, but also much of everything else in