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The Malacañang-DFA disconnect

The Malacañang-DFA disconnect

It’s clear that foreign relations is not among PNoy’s strong points and he needs a competent adviser on this area.

The honorable peculiarities of Filipino English

The honorable peculiarities of Filipino English

Why did Pinoys invent titles for professionals? Why the fetish for professional titles like Atty., Arch., and Engr.?

Tips on how to stick to your budget

Tips on how to stick to your budget

Until you are wealthy enough not to have to look at the price tag, you need to have a budget. Let’s review the process of making a budget.

Unsilenced

Unsilenced

“People are born, they live and they die. They don’t disappear.” But it happens. In the Philippines the practice is more known as “salvaging” a cruel play on the word that connotes “saving.”

Vetting the VAT

Vetting the VAT

It seems that the rationale for imposing a VAT on highway tolls comes from the same legislators who now say that it was not their intention to apply a VAT on those.

Mindanawons in PNoy’s government

Mindanawons in PNoy’s government

The politics of Mindanao separatism, while rooted in distinct and separate identity, arises in the context of poverty, neglect and politics of exclusion.

Mindanawons in PNoy’s government

Mindanawons in PNoy’s government

The politics of Mindanao separatism, while rooted in distinct and separate identity, arises in the context of poverty, neglect and politics of exclusion.

Mindanawons in PNoy’s government

Mindanawons in PNoy’s government

The politics of Mindanao separatism, while rooted in distinct and separate identity, arises in the context of poverty, neglect and politics of exclusion.

Alexis Tioseco & Nika Bohinc: Babang Luksa

Alexis Tioseco & Nika Bohinc: Babang Luksa

One year ago on this day, two lives, young, in love, still in the middle of making a difference, were snuffed out.

China’s flag raising

China’s flag raising

Foreign news agencies reported last Friday that China “had used a small, manned submarine to plant the national flag deep beneath the South China Sea”.

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