No room for complacency

This is a re-posted op-ed piece. Since its creation about two decades ago, the Abu Sayyaf has been written off several times as a spent force. Yet th

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Church and State in Manila

This is a re-posted opinion piece. HONG KONG — In principle the mostly Christian Philippines is a secular republic like its mostly Muslim and similar

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Energy dep’t backs Shell

AN ENERGY official yesterday affirmed Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.’s claims that its contested imports are raw materials, hinting support for the

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Cheap but poor

This is a re-posted editorial/opinion piece. Two reports, released one after the other by financial and economic think tanks that have found Manila n

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Limits of a peace pact

This is a re-posted editorial/opinion piece. Even before the Aquino administration has inked a preliminary peace agreement with the separatist Moro I

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PERA tax rules ready

TAX RULES needed to implement the much-awaited Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) scheme have been submitted to the Finance department an

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