Who’s afraid of ARMM?

This is a re-posted opinion piece. Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat—I write this after coming out of Sunday Mass in this city where barely a week ago, a car

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Living in a Low-Rate World

Borrowers Benefit, Savers Suffer as Interest Rates Fall; Mixed Blessing for Firms Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has put the financial world

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Mike Arroyo sued for plunder

This is re-posted article. 25 others charged in used chopper scam include Puno, Verzosa, Po They didn’t quite believe his brother. Former First Gen

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A better PNP

This is a re-posted opinion piece. Like the military’s chief of staff, the director general of the Philippine National Police needs not just competen

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Moralizing the economy

This is a re-posted opinion piece. There are danger signals coming out from the horse’s mouth, so to speak. President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III dec

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Partners for growth

This is a re-posted opinion piece. Never mind the assessments of its previous ambassador to Manila; Washington now seems to like the new administrati

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Deterioration

This is a re-posted opinion piece. Not too long ago, Asians went to the Philippines to obtain top-quality education in many fields ranging from agric

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Education: The key to life

This is a re-posted opinion piece. Some may deride the methodology of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings as mere “Dr. Kwak Kwak”

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Transforming the Army

This is a re-posted opinion piece. The Philippine Army has a new face—and a new body to match. Either that or it had me completely fooled for two day

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New rules on night work

Finally, after 37 long years, the Labor Code of the Philippines, which was originally issued as Presidential Decree No. 442 during the martial law y

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Sin taxes

This is a re-posted opinion piece. Following the second Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council meeting, sin-tax reform has been added to

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