By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Thanks to her lawyers from the National Union of People’s Lawyers — and no thanks to the government — the execution of Mary Jane Veloso has been deferred, hopefully toward its eventually being commuted, or her being released. Only in the very last days prior to her…
Day: May 3, 2015
Can US take a softer, wiser tack on maritime row?
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Since my first column piece (this is the sixth) on our maritime dispute with China in the South China Sea/West Philippine Sea, I have consistently urged the Aquino government to stand firm against Chinese incursions, but advised maximum use of diplomacy towards resolving the…
GMA-7 lays off workers despite $64-M profits
“What kind of journalism can we expect from media organizations that treat news as a commodity, their workers as disposable currency and their audience as unthinking consumers?”