Cory fighting for her life
By Joanne Rae Ramirez
Former President Corazon Aquino, who vanquished a formidable dictatorship and repelled seven coup attempts against her presidency in the 1980s, is now fighting for her life. [Continue reading...]
Come clean
Philippine Daily Inquirer
NOT EVERYONE has the patience of a Fidel V. Ramos, whose enthusiasm for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has been “waning, waning” for four years now. He still thinks the President can “transform, transcend and transfigure” herself into “an object of admiration, not vilification” by 2010. But then he is grousing from the position of an increasingly enfeebled insider. [Continue reading...]
Pop star Michael Jackson has died in Los Angeles, aged 50.
Paramedics were called to the singer’s home around midday local time on Thursday after he stopped breathing. He was pronounced dead two hours later after arriving at hospital in full cardiac arrest, said Fred Corral of the LA County Coroner’s office. [Continue reading...]
The Constitution and the Marcos jewels
By Raul Gonzalez
Quick-to-the-draw critics who have not even read my letter regarding the Marcos jewels to Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) Chairman Camilo Sabio jumped into conclusion (or confusion), saying that I advocate the return of the jewelry to former First Lady Imelda Marcos. [Continue reading...]
Rizal marker honored in Swiss city near German border
By Brady Eviota - Few stopped by to read the small marker in English on a wall near the main train station here in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. [Continue reading...]
Hidden treasures of the Philippines
By Alejandro R. Roces - We have written on our man-made tourism resources in the past. Resources, such as our churches, along with our overwhelming natural resources, remain our best option for encouraging tourists to visit the Philippines. [Continue reading...]
Lotus
By Conrado de Quiros
“WALANG IWANAN,” the speaker on the stage would shout, and everyone would shout back, “hu-wah!” The ritual exchange was introduced by Brigadier General Natalio “Boying” Ecarma, the self-effacing but tough-as-nails Marine commander of Basilan, Sulu. The “hu-wah!”, he said to much laughter, had to sound like a grunt, something pushed out of the lungs or pulled out of the heart, and not like the braying of a brat. [Continue reading...]
