Mideo Cruz, 37, who styles himself  as a visual and performance  artist who intentionally aims to shock and awe with his  work  may indeed have shocked many with his recent presentation at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) – but awe he did not. Instead he has been bombarded with death threats and hate mail since [...]

On such matters as the RH Bill,  whose nature calls for much debate, listening  in good faith  to varied points of view allows a more complete assessment of the facts and issues involved –  leading to better decisions and policies for the good of all.
Of one thing  of which there should be no issue, well [...]

Based on applicable international maritime and related laws, China knows that if she petitions the United Nations International Court of Justice or the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to affirm  her dubious claim that she owns everything in the South China Sea aka West Philippine Sea – her chances of winning are [...]

The Spratly Islands is an archipelago of 750 small islands, islets, cays, reefs and atolls widely scattered off the coasts off Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.  It has a total land area of only about 4 kilometers where  hardly  anything grows that’s of significant value.
While what is seen of these bits of real estate may appear worthless,beneath the [...]

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Ted Laguatan
                               
            “Mr. President, it’s not only okay to be biased on the side of good, it’s the only  
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A recent news article appeared in The Philippine Star titled: “Bongbong hails P-Noy’s move to let public decide on FM burial.”  Bongbong publicly lauding  President Aquino who supposedly has allowed the public to decide on his father’s hero burial appears to be a subtle  attempt to manipulate and pressure Aquino into allowing a survey to [...]

Last May 12,  at around 8:30 pm, on the fifth floor of the San Jose  State University parking garage, at point blank range, 54 year old Silicon Valley engineer Napoleon “Nappy” Caliguiran repeatedly shot his young 25 year old wife Marcory “Cindy”  Tarlit Caliguiran and  26 year old Thomas Kyle Williams.

Both  died instantly inside her [...]

“Tonight, I can report to the American people and the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama Bin Laden.”
President Barrack Obama announced the news on live television.
US intelligence had determined that the pope of terrorists was hiding in an Abbottabad residential compound mansion  near Islamabad, Pakistan. Obama  authorized the raid [...]

In a recent press briefing, Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda reiterated  President Benigno Aquino’s previous position of shying away from the issue of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ hero burial  at the Libingan ng mga Bayani and quoted him:
“I am doing this because I am holding my judgment and passing it on, asking the Vice President [...]

The bible: “Now from the sixth hour, darkness fell upon all the land until theninth hour. And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice saying ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani?’, that is, ‘My God, my God, why has Thou forsaken me?’ ”
To many, this is the most puzzling and controversial quote attributed [...]