By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
In God he trusts
Day: October 26, 2013
Bonuses of PhilHealth officials shock members
“I have been living with goiter for 23 years. I could not use my PhilHealth card because I have to shell out money first for the laboratory tests before I can undergo an operation. Then I heard about the bonuses. It is really enraging.” – Nida Enedero, PhilHealth member
Corruption portrayed as monsters, ghosts
“The protest action is meant to call on the people to persevere in the fight against the monsters of corruption.” – Artista Kontra Korupsyon
Migrants’ group in Canada calls for better protection for migrant workers
“Migrant workers are particularly vulnerable as they are easily intimidated because of their unfamiliarity with the local place and culture.” Migrante-Alberta
Pope Francis
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld A gust of fresh air is sweeping through the centuries-old, grandiose but encrusted and musty environs of Vatican City with the arrival of a new Pope elected just seven months ago. Pope Francis, or the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is the new Bishop of Rome. He establishes several…
His own man
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The claim that it’s not Benigno Aquino III who really wants to keep the pork barrel system intact, either by renaming it or by insisting that discretionary funds are not part of it, is straight out of the Marcos period. Then it was Imelda Marcos who was…
Erring big US banks settle cases through fines
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Coincidental with the cliff-hanging negotiations in Washington, which ended on October 17 with the Obama administration defeating the House of Representatives in their standoff on funding the federal government and raising its borrowing limit, was another deal-making that settled the legal and regulatory woes…