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EDITORYAL - Gidemalas ang ambasador

May 24, 2009 - 12:00am

Nasugamak sa dakong demalas ang atong ambasador didto sa Washington nga si Willy Gaa tungod lang sa bulilyaso niyang pagkakodaker kon pagkaretratista.

Banat Opinyon

Diplomatic corpse

By Joseph Gonzales | May 24, 2009 - 12:00am

It must be difficult to be an ambassador of this great republic nowadays.

Freeman Opinion

DFA, Palace deny Gaa recall

By Marvin Sy | May 22, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) denied yesterday that Philippine Ambassador to Washington Willy Gaa has been recalled.

Headlines

Envoy axed over missed Obama photo moment

By Pia Lee-Brago | May 21, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines – For failing to take a crucial photo, an ambassador has lost his job. Philippine Ambassador to Washington Willy Gaa reportedly missed three opportunities to take a photo of President...

News Commentary

Corruption demon getting more prolific

By Lorenzo Paradiang Jr. | February 7, 2009 - 12:00am

This is apropos to a previous piece on the corruption control test which the US-government's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has set for the Philippines to qualify for the $700 M tranche for its poorest ...

Freeman Opinion

Charice dazzles guests at RP embassy

By Jose Katigbak | January 21, 2009 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON – Teenage singing sensation Charice dazzled the guests and Filipino American Rep. Steve Austria, a new member of the US Congress, lifted their spirits at a reception at the Philippine embassy to...

Good news!

By COMMONSENSE | By Marichu A. Villanueva1 | March 19, 2008 - 12:00am

Opinion

Why should North Korea nuke us, when we’re self-destructing already?

By BY THE WAY | By Max V. Soliven | October 11, 2006 - 12:00am

I don’t know what our Presidenta GMA meant when she declared that the Philippines is within "striking distance" of North Korea’s missiles and vowed that our country would take an active role in...

Opinion

‘Whether you like it or not, as long as I’m Mayor, Davao will have peace and order!’ That’s what Duterte said

By BY THE WAY | By Max V. Soliven | August 27, 2006 - 12:00am

This has been a very busy weekend for a journalist who’s been trying to beat the clock since Thursday. In any event, I had a chance to have breakfast yesterday with our newly-promoted Ambassador to Washington...

Opinion

JocJoc Bolante ‘arrested’ in L.A.? Is this a joke or the real thing?

By BY THE WAY | By Max V. Soliven | July 13, 2006 - 12:00am

It’s a bizarre story that the fugitive Undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture, who’s been humiliating our government and especially the Senate by skipping in and out of the country, but escaping...

Opinion