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Fix the Barangay then we can fix our nation

By Bobit S. Avila | October 27, 2010 - 12:00am

I was alone when I voted last Monday because my family did not want to go out and vote.

Freeman Opinion

Congress approves reduced amusement taxes

By Bobit S. Avila | July 31, 2009 - 12:00am

I was in Manila this week to attend The Philippine STAR’s 23rd anniversary dinner and last Wednesday for the thanksgiving dinner hosted by National Cinema Association of the Philippines (NCAP) because finally...

Nation

Globe's CSR project: Bridging the digital divide

By Bobit S. Avila | February 20, 2009 - 12:00am

Before we start our daily fare, allow me to give you some good news.

Freeman Opinion

Changing heads will not make us corrupt-free!

By Bobit S. Avila | February 29, 2008 - 12:00am

Will someone tell Tita Cory to shut up? She’s sounding like a broken record demanding Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) to resign, so that perhaps she and her unlikely pal, deposed Pres. Joseph “Erap”...

Freeman Opinion

Amusement tax: To abolish or not to abolish?

By Bobit S. Avila | February 15, 2008 - 12:00am

Freeman Opinion

A film summit: To solve the industry's ills?

By Bobit S. Avila | February 27, 2007 - 12:00am

The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMF) through its chairman Bayani Fernando (by virtue of his being the head of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is proposing a Film Industry Summit to tackle the...

Freeman Opinion