By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld These are not the best of times, and this country is not the fun place the tourism posters say it is — not for many Filipinos who feel they’re getting poorer and poorer each day, not for human rights defenders or political activists who’re being harassed and…
Day: November 2, 2014
My garden of solace
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star It isn’t solely mine. Bobbie and I gradually made it into what it’s today, but since I have tended it through the years she calls it “your secret garden.” Because it has rewarded me abundantly with psychic boons I consider it my Garden of…
House OKs P2.6-T budget despite opposition
“Tonight, Congress just wrote the president a blank check that will be financed by the Filipino people.” – Kabataan partylist Rep. Terry Ridon
In The Hague, thousands join global action against ISIS
The HAGUE, the Netherlands– Thousands of supporters marched through the streets of The Hague, Nov. 1, to show their solidarity with the people of Kobanê, a Kurdish city in Syria which is under attack by the ISIS for over a month now. The protesters from various organisations and nationalities (Kurdish, Armenian, Turkish, Arabs) expressed their…