EDITORIAL

May 16, 2013
It appears that the results of the Senate race in the May 13 elections in the Philippines was a vote of confidence for President Benigno S. Aquino III. As of the latest count, nine of 12 candidates of Team Pnoy, Aquino’s Liberal Party-led coalition, will win and, by the time this issue comes out, are already proclaimed. Many of the administration candidates in the House of Representatives, mostly reelectionists, were also clear winners. Continue reading →

May 1, 2013
Given the depressed state of the U.S. economy, policymakers’ goal should be stimulating near-term economic recovery, not reaching an arbitrary 10-year deficit reduction target, a new Economic Policy Institute-The Century Foundation report finds. In Dangerous targets: Why setting a specific deficit reduction target would worsen the economic and fiscal situation. Continue reading →

Share Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III has just welcomed His Majesty Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam in Malacañang Palace. Sultan Bolkiah’s visit to the country is his first since 2009, and the first under … Continue reading →

April 1, 2013
Now, it can be told: The United States does not want to be drawn to the Sabah crisis and is distancing itself from the conflict. No less than US Ambassador to the Philippines, Harry Thomas Jr., made the revelation during the maiden “Kapihan sa Embahada” inside the US Embassy compound in Manila. Continue reading →

March 16, 2013
Every year in March, we celebrate the International Women’s History Month (IWHM). Like any special day devoted to a cause, IWHM brings attention to the many issues important to women, equality and empowerment among them. It looks like women’s causes are making inroads in the traditional American psyche. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, signed by President Barack Obama in January 2009, is one such advancement and is considered a victory for all women in the work force who took lesser pay for the same kind of work they do as their male counterparts. Continue reading →

March 1, 2013
This convoluted congressional battle over issues of gun control, debt reduction, sequester, immigration reforms, Section 5 of voting rights act, affordable care act and a hundred more concerns will go on forever at the expense of real and progressive reforms if people like us do nothing. Continue reading →

February 16, 2013
“We define ourselves as a nation of immigrants. That’s who we are — in our bones. The promise we see in those who come here from every corner of the globe, that’s always been one of our greatest strengths.” Continue reading →

February 16, 2013
In the Philippines the official campaign period, 12 additional members of the Philippine Senate and more than 100 party-list groups started this week with the two major political coalitions firing off their campaigns separately – in Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, Manila for the administration ticket and in Cebu City for the opposition United Nationalist Alliance (UNA). Continue reading →

February 1, 2013
Today’s generation must seek, formulate and enforce badly needed reforms in our broken system soon or suffer the consequence of inaction or delay not much later. We have had more than enough of the political posturing and special-interest wrangling while bad legislations and practices go unchecked and continue to put this nation in peril. The time to institute reforms is now or we may never have the opportunity to do it ever again. Continue reading →

January 16, 2013
Anti gun legislation advocates and supporters are harping on President Obama’s potential or likely use of his executive power to pass gun legislation sans Congressional approval. Threats of impeachment from the Right Wing Republicans and the rising up in arms from some nutty gun owners are posted in the Internet for all to see and perhaps, take sides on. Continue reading →