Archive for February, 2008

TODAY, we commemorate 22 years of Edsa 1, the first People Power revolt that brought down the Marcos dictatorship, at a most compelling and crucial juncture in our history. For Filipinos are being summoned to unleash people power once more to put an end...

AFTER the controversial "Hello, Garci" tapes of supposed wiretapped phone conversations between Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and then election commissioner Virgilio Garcillano that surfaced in 2005, now comes another apparent case of electronic eavesdropping...

MALACAÑANG officials may deny having had a hand in the emergence of Erwin Santos until they are blue in the face, but there are indications to the contrary. Sources say Santos was in the Palace the whole morning yesterday. He attended an inter-agency...

IF ousted President Joseph Estrada had his "Midnight Cabinet," President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is the cappo di tutti capi, the boss of bosses, who operates the government like a mafia. This was the assessment of a coalition that is calling for her...

February 20, 2008 · Posted in: Migrant Workers Issues, Podcasts, The Economy

Coming home

IT’S not easy being popular, but Miguel 'Mike' Bolos Jr. seems to manage the fame attached to his name quite well. A 57-year-old entrepreneur, the story of the former overseas Filipino worker (OFW) inspires many migrants who would one day also want to...

(UPDATED) AMID the public uproar generated by the Senate investigation on the scrapped national broadband network (NBN) project, the government has put on hold 11 official development assistance (ODA) projects worth around P104.34 billion that it intends...

February 19, 2008 · Posted in: Governance, In the News, Media

Stage-managing a crisis

"PANIC mode" is how journalists describe the mood that reigns over the various groups that handle Malacañang's response to the negative publicity generated by the testimony of Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr. on the national broadband network (NBN) deal. The...