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abtest

No-elections

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | July 14, 2018 - 12:00am
A number of legislators have expressed preference for postponing the midterm elections in order to hasten the transition to a new constitutional framework. Elections for half the Senate, all the congressional seats...
Opinion
fbtw

PAL: Getting its 1st A350-900 from Toulouse

By SHOOTING STRAIGHT | By Bobit S. Avila | July 12, 2018 - 12:00am
We arrived from London for an overnight stay at the Renaissance Hotel and had dinner at the Market Garden Restaurant together with 15 media personalities from Manila.
Opinion
fbtw

Hard sell

By SKETCHES | By Ana Marie Pamintuan | May 4, 2018 - 12:00am
Political dynasties will be curbed and there will be a two-party system under which party switching will be banned.
Opinion
fbtw

End state

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | July 18, 2013 - 12:00am
The wealth sharing agreement signed between government and the MILF will either open the floodgates to federalism or simply die, stillborn, on the legislative/judicial road to actualization.
Opinion
fbtw

Branding

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | October 13, 2012 - 12:00am
We have a shrinking political class.
Opinion
fbtw

Why Cebu can't be the next Singapore . . .

By SHOOTING STRAIGHT | By Bobit S. Avila | January 17, 2012 - 12:00am
It’s exactly a month when tropical storm Sendong devastated Northern Mindanao, destroying homes in Cagayan de Oro, Iligan City and Dumaguete City.
Opinion
fbtw

Devolved

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | December 27, 2011 - 12:00am
The swollen river systems that brought death and destruction to Cagayan de Oro and Iligan also carried down with them tens of thousands of logs from the highlands surrounding the two ill-fated cities.
Opinion
fbtw

Payback

By CITIZEN Y | By Yoly Villanueva-Ong | November 8, 2011 - 12:00am
There is a popular Facebook posting that has been doing the rounds for some time now: “Karma. No need for revenge.
Opinion
fbtw

Debate the whys, hows of Cha-cha

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | January 14, 2011 - 12:00am
Huh, is this how long it takes to evaluate a criminal complaint?
Opinion
fbtw

Catch 22

By FROM A DISTANCE | By Carmen N. Pedrosa | June 21, 2009 - 12:00am
This is an idiomatic expression for an impossible situation.
Opinion
fbtw
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