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November 21, 2009
Tough Choices

Early this month we stated that in order to begin saving Lake Buhi, the strict implementation of the Fisheries Code provision that only 10 percent of the total area of any lake be occupied by fish cages ought to be effected. This, we admitted, had very troubling direct consequences to the economy of Buhi where majority of the inhabitants are largely dependent on the fishing industry.     

Early this month we stated that in order to begin saving Lake Buhi, the strict implementation of the Fisheries Code provision that only 10 percent of the total area of any lake be occupied by fish cages ought to be effected. This, we admitted, had very troubling direct consequences to the economy of Buhi where majority of the inhabitants are largely dependent on the fishing industry.      

December 13, 2011
New AFP chief to take on external threats

MANILA, Philippines (Dec 12, 2011) – As the country’s  internal armed conflicts have reached negotiation stages,  it’s time to take on external threats to defend and preserve the Philippines’ sovereignty territorial intergrity

This is President Aquino’s position that is echoed by newly installed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Lt. Gen. Jessie Dellosa who declared yesterday that the 125,000-strong military under his watch will focus on territorial now that domestic insurgency problems are being addressed on the negotiating table.

MANILA, Philippines (Dec 12, 2011) – As the country’s  internal armed conflicts have reached negotiation stages,  it’s time to take on external threats to defend and preserve the Philippines’ sovereignty territorial intergrity

December 13, 2011
Tagle turns emotional on installation

 

MANILA, Dec. 12, 2011— The job as new head of Manila’s Catholic Church started Monday for Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle who turned emotional as the crowd praised him for his appointment.

“We are grateful to the Holy Father for giving Manila the best in our own,” said Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines.

MANILA, Dec. 12, 2011— The job as new head of Manila’s Catholic Church started Monday for Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle who turned emotional as the crowd praised him for his appointment.

“We are grateful to the Holy Father for giving Manila the best in our own,” said Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines.

“Of course he has our own collaboration. Manila is theArchbishop Tagle grandmother of all the dioceses,” he said.

November 27, 2011
A Look Back at Arroyo’s Many Sins and Why She Should Pay

MANILA — After nine years in power, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has left the Malacanang palace. She is no longer cloaked with presidential immunity, which she and her allies had used to shield her from corruption charges, human-rights violations and other alleged crimes against the Filipino people.

Up to her last weeks in office, impunity presented itself. For two consecutive days, journalists Jesiderio Camangyan, radio anchor of Sunrise FM in Davao Oriental, and Joselito Agustin of dzJC Aksyon Radyo in Laoag City, were shot dead. After the elections, human-rights worker Benjamin Bayles of Negros Occidental, union member Edward Panganiban of Laguna and Bayan Muna member Jim Gales of Davao were murdered in separate incidents.

MANILA — After nine years in power, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has left the Malacanang palace. She is no longer cloaked with presidential immunity, which she and her allies had used to shield her from corruption charges, human-rights violations and other alleged crimes against the Filipino people.

November 26, 2011
Egypt's military under pressure from protests, US

CAIRO (AP) - The U.S. has increased pressure on Egypt's military rulers to hand over power to civilian leaders, and the generals have turned to a Mubarak-era politician to head a new government in a move that failed to satisfy the more than 100,000 protesters who jammed Tahrir Square in the biggest rally yet this week.

The demonstrators rejected the Friday appointment of Kamal el-Ganzouri as prime minister, breaking into chants of "Illegitimate! Illegitimate!" and setting up a showdown between the two sides only three days before key parliamentary elections...

CAIRO (AP) - The U.S. has increased pressure on Egypt's military rulers to hand over power to civilian leaders, and the generals have turned to a Mubarak-era politician to head a new government in a move that failed to satisfy the more than 100,000 protesters who jammed Tahrir Square in the biggest rally yet this week.

November 4, 2011
Philippines, Muslim rebels to continue peace talks

 

MANILA, Philippines (AP) Nov. 4, 2011 — The Philippine government and Muslim rebels agreed Thursday to continue peace talks despite recent clashes that killed 19 soldiers in a southern province, the chief government negotiator said.

As the two sides work toward ending decades of rebellion for Muslim self-rule, the rebels reaffirmed a commitment under a previous agreement to help the government fight kidnap gangs and other criminal groups, Marvic Leonen said in a statement after an informal meeting in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur...

 

MANILA, Philippines (AP) Nov. 4, 2011 — The Philippine government and Muslim rebels agreed Thursday to continue peace talks despite recent clashes that killed 19 soldiers in a southern province, the chief government negotiator said.

November 3, 2011
Syria agrees to Arab plan amid violence, doubts

CAIRO (AP) — Syria accepted an Arab League proposal yesterday calling for it to withdraw armored vehicles from the streets and stop violence against protesters in a bid to end the country's seven-month-old political crisis, an agreement that was met with deep skepticism by Syria's opposition.

Qatar's Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim urged Damascus to follow through with action on the ground amid concern that Syria has continued its bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters despite international condemnation and previous promises of reform...

CAIRO (AP) — Syria accepted an Arab League proposal yesterday calling for it to withdraw armored vehicles from the streets and stop violence against protesters in a bid to end the country's seven-month-old political crisis, an agreement that was met with deep skepticism by Syria's opposition.

November 1, 2011
Despite US threats, UNESCO votes for Palestine full membership

 

PARIS (AP) — Palestine became a full member of UNESCO on yesterday in a highly divisive breakthrough that will cost the agency a fifth of its budget and that the US and other opponents say could harm renewed Mideast peace efforts.

Soon after the vote, the United States cut funding to the organization because of a US law that bars funding an organization that has Palestine as a member before an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is reached.

PARIS (AP) — Palestine became a full member of UNESCO on yesterday in a highly divisive breakthrough that will cost the agency a fifth of its budget and that the US and other opponents say could harm renewed Mideast peace efforts.

Soon after the vote, the United States cut funding to the organization because of a US law that bars funding an organization that has Palestine as a member before an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is reached.

October 25, 2011
CBCP wants swift justice for Fr. Tentorio

MANILA, Oct. 24, 2011— The Catholic hierarchy has challenged the Aquino administration to resolve the killing of Italian missionary Fr. Fausto Tentorio in the soonest possible time. .

In a statement, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said the challenge now lies in the hands of the government and its law enforcers.

MANILA, Oct. 24, 2011— The Catholic hierarchy has challenged the Aquino administration to resolve the killing of Italian missionary Fr. Fausto Tentorio in the soonest possible time. .

In a statement, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said the challenge now lies in the hands of the government and its law enforcers.

October 23, 2011
Aquino vows justice for 19 soldiers killed in Basilan

MANILA, Philippines – While ruling out an all-out war with the the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), President Benigno C. Aquino III vowed Friday to give justice  to the 19 soldiers who were killed by MILF rebels in Basilan last Tuesday.

Aquino made the commitment as he condoled with the families and relatives of the slain soldiers on Friday.

“For all those who were responsible for the death of these soldiers, I warn you the government will not let this pass, we will hunt you down and give justice to the victims,” Aquino told reporters at the Libingan ng mga Bayani late Friday...

MANILA, Philippines – While ruling out an all-out war with the the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), President Benigno C. Aquino III vowed Friday to give justice  to the 19 soldiers who were killed by MILF rebels in Basilan last Tuesday.

Aquino made the commitment as he condoled with the families and relatives of the slain soldiers on Friday.

October 23, 2011
Gaddafi's last moments: 'Don't shoot, don't kill me'

SIRTE, Libya – Dragged from hiding in a drainage pipe, a wounded Moammar Gadhafi raised his hands and begged revolutionary fighters: “Don’t shoot, don’t kill me, my sons.”

Within an hour, he was dead, but not before jubilant Libyans had vented decades of hatred by pulling the eccentric dictator’s hair and parading his bloodied body on the hood of a truck...

SIRTE, Libya – Dragged from hiding in a drainage pipe, a wounded Moammar Gadhafi raised his hands and begged revolutionary fighters: “Don’t shoot, don’t kill me, my sons.”

Within an hour, he was dead, but not before jubilant Libyans had vented decades of hatred by pulling the eccentric dictator’s hair and parading his bloodied body on the hood of a truck.

October 21, 2011
Moammar Gadhafi is dead

SIRTE Libya (Oct 20, 2011) - The circumstances of his death are still unclear but the outcome is that Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by rebels in a bloody civil war, was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after the regime fell.

Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril confirmed Gadhafi had been killed. "We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Moammar Gadhafi has been killed," Jibril told a news conference in the capital Tripoli.

SIRTE Libya (Oct 20, 2011) - The circumstances of his death are still unclear but the outcome is that Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by rebels in a bloody civil war, was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after the regime fell.

September 25, 2011
The Colgante Bridge Tragedy of 1972 and the theft of Peñafrancia image

Bicolanos like the rest of the Filipinos are supposed to be happy people. We shun gloom, when it relates to the Penafrancia celebration. A diet of ginota’an na gulay, chili, and doses of wicked weather make our fiestas more fun. For each favor we ask the Virgin, we have a positive answer to hope for.

Bicolanos like the rest of the Filipinos are supposed to be happy people. We shun gloom, when it relates to the Penafrancia celebration. A diet of ginota’an na gulay, chili, and doses of wicked weather make our fiestas more fun. For each favor we ask the Virgin, we have a positive answer to hope for.

September 16, 2011
The War on Terror: Is the World More Secure?

The U.S. is now trapped in a global war of its own making. It will be embroiled in more wars possibly in the next 10-20 years as a result of which it will create more enemies and make the use of force a long-term necessity.

August 24, 2011
A deeper look at the London riots

The London riots began at a Tottenham neighborhood, August 6, after the police shot to death Mark Duggan. The riots have now spread to neighboring cities: Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol and Notting-hill. Shops were looted, cars and buildings burned.

The London riots began at a Tottenham neighborhood, August 6, after the police shot to death Mark Duggan. The riots have now spread to neighboring cities: Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol and Notting-hill. Shops were looted, cars and buildings burned.

August 21, 2011
Filipinos celebrate Ninoy Aquino's 28th death anniversary

MANILA Philippines (Aug. 21, 2011) - Filipinos celebrate today the 28th death anniversary of former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. who was assassinated at the then Manila International Airport (MIA) while returning from exile in the United States.

MANILA Philippines (Aug. 21, 2011) - Filipinos celebrate today the 28th death anniversary of former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. who was assassinated at the then Manila International Airport (MIA) while returning from exile in the United States.

For many students of history, it was Ninoy's death that sparked the end of the well-entrenched Marcos dictatorship paving the way for the restoration of democracy in the Philippines.

July 24, 2011
NBA stars beat PBA selection in exhibition match

MANILA, Philippines (July 24 2011) – Visiting NBA stars led by Kobe Bryant playing under the banner of SMART All-star team drubbed the PBA stars, 131-105, in the first game of the Ultimate All-star weekend at the jam-packed Araneta Coliseum last night.

MANILA, Philippines (July 24 2011) – Visiting NBA stars led by Kobe Bryant playing under the banner of SMART All-star team drubbed the PBA stars, 131-105, in the first game of the Ultimate All-star weekend at the jam-packed Araneta Coliseum last night.

Nobody really gave much of a chance for the locals to beat the NBA stars who are among the best players in the world but the crowd waited with bated breath just every move the NBA stars made.

For the PBA stars, it was an experience that borders on the surreal.

July 16, 2011
Robredo: no shortcut to punish Duterte

MANILA Philippines (July 16, 2011) - While there is basis for filing an administrative case against Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) cannot impose sanction on the mayor because a formal complaint that the DILG or the Office of President can act on is non-existent as yet.

MANILA Philippines (July 16, 2011) - While there is basis for filing an administrative case against Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) cannot impose sanction on the mayor because a formal complaint that the DILG or the Office of President can act on is non-existent as yet.

July 14, 2011
Kobe Bryant in Manila

MANILA, Philippines (July 14, 2011) - Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant reconnects with his fans in Manila and he loves it.

MANILA, Philippines (July 14, 2011) - Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant reconnects with his fans in Manila and he loves it.

During Kobe's third visit to the Philippines this week he was all praises for the Filipinos' passion for basketball and he looks forward to visiting the basketball-crazed country every summer.

June 25, 2011
LIVING IN THE PAST: Mishandling the Spratlys territorial row

The Philippine government should use a different tack in pursuing its claim on the Spratly Islands and other small territories in the South China Sea (SCS). The government posturing is beginning to sound like a broken record again by tying its response on external affairs to U.S. support...

By the Policy Study, Publication, and Advocacy (PSPA) Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) June 24, 2011

The Philippine government should use a different tack in pursuing its claim on the Spratly Islands and other small territories in the South China Sea (SCS). The government posturing is beginning to sound like a broken record again by tying its response on external affairs to U.S. support even if the Philippines, a former American colony, remains far remote from Washington DC's international radar.

June 24, 2011
Police confirms positive leads on Olea murder

Naga City (June 24, 2011) — More than a week after the slaying of Iriga City broadcaster Romeo Olea, the police has found positive leads that can hasten the resolution of the crime.

Naga City (June 24, 2011) — More than a week after the slaying of Iriga City broadcaster Romeo Olea, the police has found positive leads that can hasten the resolution of the crime.

This was revealed by Camarines Sur Police director Sr. Supt.Procopio Lipana, who heads “task force Olea,” during a Philippine National Police (PNP)-media dialogue held here.

"But investigators have to be given time to establish evidence against the suspects,”Lipana said.

June 12, 2011
Independence

Independence is all about freedom. Fundamental freedoms recognized the world over through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights include FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF BELIEF, FREEDOM FROM FEAR, and FREEDOM FROM WANT.

Independence is all about freedom. Fundamental freedoms recognized the world over through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights include FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF BELIEF, FREEDOM FROM FEAR, and FREEDOM FROM WANT.

June 11, 2011
Gadhafi forces shell Misrata anew killing 22 rebels

Gadhafi's forces shelled  outskirts of Misrata anew killing 22 and wounding 61 rebels. (From philstar.com)

TRIPOLI, Libya (June 11 2011) — A doctor stationed in a Misrata hospital said that 22 people were killed in the latest attacks by Gadhafi's forces in the outskirts of the rebel-controlled city.

The doctor who identified himself as Ayman works at Hikma hospital said Gadhafi loyalists bombed Dafniya, a town 18 miles (30 kilometers) west of Misrata, using tanks, artillery and incendiary rockets. The attacks began about 10 a.m. resulting in the deaths of 22 and wounding of 61 people.

June 10, 2011
New NATO strikes hit Tripoli outskirts

TRIPOLI, Libya(AP) – NATO airstrikes rattled the Libyan capital Thursday with clusters of bombing runs believed to have targeted the outskirts of Tripoli.

TRIPOLI, Libya(AP) – NATO airstrikes rattled the Libyan capital Thursday with clusters of bombing runs believed to have targeted the outskirts of Tripoli.

The intensity of the attacks suggested a return to the kind of heavy NATO bombardment that hit military installations across the capital on Tuesday and flattened major buildings in leader Moammar Gadhafi's sprawling compound in the center of the city. Government officials did not say what had been targeted in the Thursday bombing runs.

June 8, 2011
NATO unleashes blistering airstrikes in Libya

TRIPOLI (AP) – Moammar Gadhafi stood defiant yesterday in the face of the heaviest and most punishing NATO airstrikes yet — at least 40 thunderous daylight attacks that sent plumes of smoke billowing above the Libyan leader's central Tripoli compound.

TRIPOLI (AP) – Moammar Gadhafi stood defiant yesterday in the face of the heaviest and most punishing NATO airstrikes yet — at least 40 thunderous daylight attacks that sent plumes of smoke billowing above the Libyan leader's central Tripoli compound.

In late afternoon and as the strikes continued, Libyan state television broadcast an audio address from Gadhafi, who denounced NATO and the rebels challenging his rule. He vowed never to surrender.

"We will not kneel!" he shouted.