Aspiring students want the concerned government agencies to check on the operation of paramilitary group Alamara so they can go back to school.
Day: May 24, 2015
The Circus | It’s coming …although it never really left
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Will Vice-President Jejomar Binay still run for President in 2016 despite his falling approval and preference numbers? Who will be his running mate, if ever? Wily tactician that he is, Binay is thinking of getting Senator Grace Poe, who has been rising in the surveys as the…
Downsides, upsides (?) in US free-trade policy
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In 1993, then US President Bill Clinton had to fight hard to overcome his Democratic partymates’ “fierce opposition” to the passage in Congress of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Today another Democratic president, Barack Obama, is encountering similar opposition to his bid for…
Teachers’ protest vs K to 12 set on school opening
“We will not stop calling for the suspension of the K to 12 program.”
Nationalist economist passes away
“He was US-educated and he was able to see through the American agenda in the Philippines. He often talked about uplifting the lives of the poor, Philippine industrialization, and love of country”