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(05/18/2013)




Taiwan gears for ‘war’ vs PH

 

Hotter and hotter. Former police officer Abner Afuang burns a Taiwanese flag in Lawton, Manila, to protest Taiwan’s moves against the Philippines. Danny Pata

All Taipei agencies told to ‘stand firm’

 

TAIWAN’S premier told his countrymen to “prepare for a prolonged ‘war’” against the Philippines, saying that the 11 sanctions imposed against Manila for the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman last week would most likely be for the long term, the Taipei Times reported Friday.
At a Cabinet meeting, Premier Jiang Yi-huah issued a directive about a slew of punitive measures and said all agencies must “stand firm,” the newspaper said.





Editorial

editorial cartoon

All in the family

New faces with familiar names will answer the roll call in the first session of the Senate after the May 13 mid-term elections. They are young and eager to serve. They bring a sense of change in an assembly of elder statesmen.



Everyman
by Micah Andres
Diaspora
by Nelson Forte Flores
Mail Matters
from Jose G. Villaret, Jr.





Aboitiz Power Tour set

CLOSE to 300 cyclists representing varied sports clubs from around the nation are set to converge at the Subic Bay Freeport as the two-day Aboitiz Power Tour of Subic begins on Saturday at precisely 7 a.m.

Real Estate

Gettys tapped to design Megaworld high-end condos

AFTER a successful design contract with Megaworld’s Resort’s World Manila and Maxim’s Hotel, international design firm Gettys, once again is tapped by the top developer, this time for its “super high-end’’ residential condominium project in the Makati Central Business District.


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