By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The election of Barack Obama to the US Presidency in 2008 did not mean that racism had ended in the United States. And neither will the election of former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the same post mean the end of sexism…
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Back to the past
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Most Filipinos — 85% of them, according to a survey by the US-based Pew Research Center — may think the US their lord and savior. But no matter how convinced they are that their devotion to the US is reciprocated, and that the latter will go to…
US bases: Aquino’s gift to Obama
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld This April, during the much-awaited visit of US President Barack Obama, Philippine President BS Aquino will be serving nothing less than our national sovereignty and dignity on a silver platter via the new “access agreement” negotiated in secret by the two governments. All that remains to be worked out,…
Killer drone
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld IF UNITED STATES President Obama and his Wall Street patrons would have their way, US troops, warships and aircraft will soon be pre-stationed (read: permanently based) in Philippine territory from where they will be routinely launched, as in the Cold War era, on missions of death and destruction to…
The Far Right’s Secret Slush Fund to Keep Fear Alive
Koch Footprints Lead to Political Powder Keg By PAM MARTENS http://www.counterpunch.org/ Posted by (Bulatlat.com) A secretive libertarian nonprofit with ties to Charles Koch bankrolled what was widely perceived to be a fear mongering effort to throw the Presidential election to Senator John McCain in 2008. Until now, where the money came from has been a…
The Bigger Picture
Those who easily condemn Nicole forget what she has been up against in pursuing the rape case against US Marine L/Cpl. Daniel Smith. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World The headline of a widely circulated broadsheet screams, “Nicole recants, clears Smith”. For the first time, the face of the young Filipina raped by a…