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Current affairs in the Philippines and overseas.

If only Magellan had GPS

Posted on June 29, 2007 - Filed Under History | 2 Comments

With today’s Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, anyone can easily travel from point A to point B almost anywhere in the world . . . on land and at sea . . . without the men among us asking for directions. And keep a record of precise coordinates of key locations along the route that […]

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Green cards fade to black

Posted on June 28, 2007 - Filed Under Governance | Leave a Comment

President George W. Bush had valiantly fought to get the Immigration Reform Bill back on the floor but despite a compromise deal that was carefully crafted with Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and other Democratic notables such as Sen. Ted Kennedy, the bill was effectively

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Victim speaks up on shakedown

Posted on June 24, 2007 - Filed Under Governance | Leave a Comment

In October last year, the Manila Times ran an editorial deploring what appeared to be the abrupt dismissal of then Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban.
As things have turned out in the past week, however, it was Panganiban himself who decided to give up his ad interim Cabinet position . . . rather than succumb to […]

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Udder Matters: The breastfeeding controversy

Posted on June 22, 2007 - Filed Under Healthy Living | Leave a Comment

Someone once quipped, “Breast milk is better because it’s free, ready to drink and usually comes in attractive containers”.
That position is very likely shared by group of Pinays that staged a rally earlier this week in front of the Supreme Court in support of continuing efforts by the Department of Health to ban the advertising […]

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The First Noelle: Pinays conquer Mt. Everest

Posted on June 3, 2007 - Filed Under Pinoys Extraordinaire | Leave a Comment

In the aftermath of the midterm Philippine elections, the uncommon feat of the first Filipinas to conquer Mt. Everest on May 15th was hardly noticed by the local press that has been preoccupied with allegations and counter-allegations

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