When “Joc Joc” is a joke The Fourth Estate, or tri-media, even has to misbehave upon Joc Joc’s arrival at the NAIA such that a stricter policy has to be issued to…
Limos para sa Pulubi Tulong nga ba?
sa panahon ngayon marami ang nagkalat ng pulubi sa kalye. mga taong wala matirahan at sa lansangan na nakaratay. ang baryang inaabot mo nakakatulong nga ba para sa kanila. o ang baryang…
Realities in RP science
by Raul Kamantigue Suarez, PhD During my recent Balik Scientist visit to the Philippines, a very dear scientist friend said she had gotten tired of reading articles such as this because, after…
Myths in RP science
by Raul Kamantigue Suarez Much has already been written concerning the low productivity of the Philippine scientific community. A quantitative measure of this, for example, the number of papers published in journals…
Asian Companies Turn to Surety Bonds to Free up Capital
SINGAPORE, Oct. 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ — Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk adviser, said today that more businesses across Asia are freeing up much-needed capital by switching to surety bonds from…
Roxas slams Palace P1-M deposit move
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — LIBERAL Party President Senator Mar Roxas yesterday ridiculed Malacanang’s proposed P1-million increase in bank deposit insurance as another “photo-op” tactic based not on a real concern for the…
‘Contingency fund’ in Russia – Verzosa
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE P7-million supposed “contingency fund” of the National Police delegation to the International Police conference in Moscow was seized by Russian authorities pending result of the anti-money laundering…
Nograles: P1/liter rollback is not enough
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — SPEAKER Prospero C. Nograles yesterday said Filipinos are still getting the short end of stick even with the P1 per liter oil price rollback, insisting that the cut…
Palace not contented with 1 peso oil price rollback
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — MALACANANG is not contented with the staggered rollbacks being implemented by oil firms, following another round of P1 price cut on pump prices. Press Secretary Jesus Dureza said…
Meralco, ‘untouchable’ to most senators?
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — ARE the majority of the senators of the land quiet on Meralco’s announced power rate hike because they do not want to earn the displeasure of the Lopez…
Loren asks Meralco: Justify ’03 rate hike
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Meralco cannot be allowed by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to raise power rates anew without first justifying, as mandated by the Supreme Court, its provisional rate increase…
Senate fails to tag Euro fund source
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Senate yesterday failed to establish the real source of the P6.9 million “contingency fund” seized by Russian authorities from the retired comptroller of the Philippine National Police…
The Verzosa stairway to promotion
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — A flight of stairs 10 storeys high in less than two minutes. The PNP is seriously considering this standard speed and endurance record in the proposed “Verzosa Test”…
JDV cries wolf
Watching JDV cry wolf? There ought to be sufficient enough legal and political basis for JDV’s final endorsement of the impeachment complaint against PGMA as would conveniently meet the requirements of form…
The ease (and unease) of global human mobility
RP hosts a global migration forum that will reveal why international migration no easy issue to deal with Analysis by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANOInstitute for Migration and Development Issues (IMDI) www.filipinodiasporagiving.org KUALA LUMPUR,…