By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld If the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA 1) isn’t the worst in the world, it should certainly rank among the worst. On any given day, it looks more like a street during market day at Divisoria district than the gateway in and out of a country where,…
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How will it all end?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The Senate impeachment hearing has just begun and it appears that Chief Justice Renato Corona would put up a tough fight. While the Aquino government had been declaring that it is confident that it has enough evidences to support its case, this did not translate into a good showing during the…
‘Tamil sovereignty alone can check protracted genocide’ – Joma Sison
TamilNeT “The Eezham people have a very direct obligation of fighting for their own sovereignty against a state that presumes to have a unitary power over them,” stressed veteran Filipino left ideologue, Prof. Jose Maria Sison. In an exclusive interview to TamilNet on Sunday, Prof. Sison spoke on the questions of sovereignty of the Eezham…
On mobile journalism and social networking
By ALLYN V. BALDEMOR Bulatlat.com MANILA — Online social networks mobilized hours after Noemi Lagman, 21, was reported to have been missing January 6, 2010. The student of Asia Pacific College Magallanes left her house in Multinational Village in Paranaque between 9 and 10am. Last seen near Duty Free in Paranaque, Lagman had with her…
Kalendaryong giveaway, elektronikong planner at panlipunang rehimentasyon
Ni ROLAND B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Taon-taon ay nakakatanggap ako ng kalendaryo. Hindi ko ito pinapansin, pinagpipilian pa nga. Ang preferensiya ko ay desk calendar dahil iyong wall calendar ay kailangan pang bumutas ng pako sa dingding para pagsabitan. At dahil may pagka-OC (obsessive compulsive) rin ako, madalas kong balik-balikan ang planner ko para ilista ang…
Impeaching the CJ: what’s in it for the people?
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star On Monday, January 16, the Senate will begin the impeachment trial on the eight charges filed against Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona by 188 members of the House of Representatives. The charges aim to substantiate three impeachable offenses: culpable violation of the Constitution,…
Stephen Hawking at 70: Wonder man of science
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Tomorrow, January 8, Stephen W. Hawking turns 70 years old. His fellow scientists and physics and cosmology enthusiasts all marvel at how he is still scoring extraordinary achievements and remaining ebulliently brilliant. This British scientist best known as the author of the landmark book,…
Fanaticism…
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless societies.” — Karl Marx Every year after the end of the six- kilometer long trek that commemorates the transfer in 1787 of the Black Nazarene from the Recollect seminary…
Panitikan ng kulturang popular: popular na anxiedad at ang arkipelagong espasyo
Ni Roland Tolentino Bulatlat.com Sa unang libro ng tula ni Adam David, sa El Bimbo Variations, ginamit niya ang unang dalawang linya ng ikonikong awit ng Eraserheads, at sumulat ng 99 na variations nito. Parang Buddhist mantra (Om Mani Padme Hum) na paulit-ulit lang ang pagbigkas sa iba’t ibang paraan, naghahanap ng perfektong kapamaraan ng…
Rule makers and rule breakers
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Ethical and professional issues so beset the Philippine media that hardly a month passes without some controversy erupting over how a media organization covered or commented on an event, and/or discharged its entertainment function. The flaws of media coverage have sometimes been lethal enough to kill people,…
Prometheus Bound: Science in 2011
By Giovanni Tapang, PhD Bulatlat.com The leading scientific journals usually have a year end issue that summarizes the year that was in science. Science magazine has hailed the AIDS treatment therapy study HPTN 052 of Myron Cohen and collaborators as its Breakthrough of the Year. This clinical study showed lowered infection rates of HIV-1 (by…