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Economy | Opinion

RANDOM WALKER: Don't panic!

Now that the market has tumbled from the highs, it is all the more important to look at fundamentals. Because nothing has really changed: the market's fundamentals remain the same. It's only people's perception of the investment environment that has changed.
Opinion | Special Features | National

FOCUS: No simple framing for Lady Gaga controversy

The controversy stirred up by Lady Gaga's two-day Philippine show that starts tonight at the MOA Arena cannot be framed in simplistic terms, as may be seen in the arguments of those who have taken a stand on the issue.
Opinion | Special Features

ATTY. MEL STA. MARIA: The advantage, questions, standard of a Corona testimony

Atty. Mel Sta. Maria talks about and beyond "all the advantages imaginable" in having Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona testify before his own impeachment trial.
Opinion

MANUEL BUENCAMINO: Fear of the Ombudsman

Someday, hopefully, we won't need an Ombudsman anymore. But for now, let's give it all the support and powers it needs to accomplish its mission of going after erring public officials and employees.
Opinion

SEN. MIRIAM SANTIAGO: A date with destiny

Nothing that any person does, no matter how rich or famous, really matters. All that matters is the faith to believe that something is better than nothing. If this something contains evil, it is conscious and constant revolt against evil that gives life its value.
Economy | Opinion

COCKTALES: Bulacan backyard breeds youngest billionaire

A barrio boy from Bulacan is set to become the country's newest and apparently youngest billionaire, thanks to the wonders of financial alchemy.
Opinion

Marie Yuvienco: For the Defense

The sole pleasure that can be derived from being proven wrong lies in the knowledge that the process will uncover truths, and so it is that next Tuesday, Chief Justice Renato Corona will take the stand to testify in his own behalf.
Opinion | Special Features | National

Master plans for Metro Manila: What to ask and what to look for - Part 2

In Part 1 of this article, we talked about what citizens should look for in the land use plans of the master plans for Greenprint 2030 and the future Quezon City Central Business District (QC-CBD). In this article let's discuss what to look for in the street plan and the open space plan
Opinion

Teodoro L. Locsin Jr.: All or nothing

If China wants part of the Philippines, they must take it all, lock, stock and both barrels. You can't pick and choose. You think the shoal is yours? Well Zambales goes with it along with Dick Gordon and the rest of us. Oh, you want to pick and choose, some of the land but not any of the people that go with it? Ano sinesuerte sila?
Economy | Opinion

COWARD'S INBOX: Boss as godparent of a worker'€™s new born

A man walking in a beach finds a genie in a bottle who offered him three wishes. First, he asks for a sports car. Suddenly, a Ferrari appears before him. Next, he asks for a big house. Suddenly, he’s sitting near an Olympic-size swimming pool inside a huge mansion with 50 bedrooms. Finally, he asks to be made irresistible to women. Suddenly, he turns into a box of pricey, luxury chocolates. What’s the meaning of this? Simply, a request could be misunderstood.
Opinion

CAPTION THIS: What is the Ombudsman thinking? What is Cuevas saying?

Our camera caught Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales giving defense lead counsel Serafin Cuevas a rather serious glance. What was the Ombudsman thinking? What was Cuevas saying?
Economy | Opinion

Technology and open governments

Governments have often been slow to see the advantages that openness and dialogue brings for their countries. Some, to be frank, remain suspicious of the power it might hand to individuals and communities.
World | Opinion | Economy

Economy forgotten as controversy roils White House race

After a volatile week of controversies and revelations, President Barack Obama's rallies are a distant memory, and the election's ultimately decisive theme -- the stuttering economy -- has been drowned out.
Opinion | National

VIDEO: Taiwan tabloid cheers on PNoy, Pacman vs China's 'bully panda'

'Who is going to tell the Chinese how ridiculous their claims are?' asks the voiceover in an animated video commentary produced by Taiwan's tabloid sensation Next Media Animation. A hammer-wielding PNoy and a US-backed Pacman may be a tag team to match China's 'bully panda'.
Opinion

OPINION: T3 and Free Expression

By any standard, says TV5's resident legal analyst, press freedom and freedom of speech must win out in the MTRCB's move to suspend the news and public affairs program, 'T3'.
Opinion

Manuel Buencamino: Same-sex marriage and the right to happiness

US President Barack Obama has backed the legalization of same-sex marriage. Can such a notion progress in the Philippines? It will be a tough uphill battle even though practically all Filipino families have at least one member who is an 'l', 'g', 'b', or 't'. Why many Filipinos will deprive their own family the right to live free of discrimination is beyond me.
Economy | Opinion

FAT-FREE ECONOMICS: Why drug pricing bureaucracy is not cool

Gun control is not so much about guns, but about government control. In the same way, drug price control is not so much about medicine prices, but about the power of bureaucrats to set prices. Guns can kill, drugs can heal, but government control can corrupt. More power to control something means more opportunity for corruption.
Opinion | World

ANALYSIS: Obama places big bet on gay marriage issue

In becoming the first US president to publicly support gay marriage, polling analysts said Obama essentially is betting that his decision will generate enough enthusiasm among young people to offset any votes he will lose from moderate and conservative whites who disagree with him.