Columns

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  The paradox of Philippine economic growth

  The much-ballyhooed 7.8 percent growth of the Philippines Gross…

  By Nelson Forte Flores | June 19, 2013
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  No floods by 2035

  I think Robert Blair Carabuena set his sights too…

  By Jojo Robles | June 19, 2013
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  Cha-cha is an impossible dream

  House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte and the President’s Liberal Party…

  By Emil Jurado | June 19, 2013
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  The real challenge to the Senate

  At home and abroad, some people tell me I…

  By Francisco S. Tatad | June 19, 2013
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  Two in a row

  What is it about Cebu-Pacific pilots? They can’t seem…

  By Alejandro Del Rosario | June 19, 2013
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  Corrections

  In late October 2008, after white-shoe Wall Street…

  By Gary Olivar | June 18, 2013
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  Flap over privacy

  This year’s Independence Day celebrations were low-key.  Had it…

  By Bong Austero | June 18, 2013
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  Good news, bad news

  We agree fully with President Aquino’s Independence Day speech…

  By Danilo Suarez | June 18, 2013
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  We just have to live with floods

  These days, a downpour has the capacity to flood—and…

  By Emil Jurado | June 18, 2013
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  Who’s in charge?

  In case of flood, according to Malacañang Palace, don’t…

  By Jojo Robles | June 18, 2013
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  ‘The vote of the poor’

  The 2013 midterm elections are now past us. The…

  By Dean Tony La Viña | June 18, 2013
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  Legal ethics – an oxymoron?

  That is exactly how one blogger put it: Legal…

  By Fr. Ranhilio Aquino | June 17, 2013
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  Is bringing sea row to UN useless?

  News reporters, sometimes, incompletely report or misinterpret statements by…

  By Rita Linda V. Jimeno | June 17, 2013
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  Cebu Pacific’s botched emergency response

  The harrowing touchdown of a Cebu Pacific plane at…

  By Alvin Capino | June 17, 2013
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  Urban vegetable gardens

  Over salabat, a friend told me that siling…

  By Pastor Apollo Quiboloy | June 17, 2013
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  What must Aquino do?

  The incredibly good news about the economy until a…

  By Francisco S. Tatad | June 17, 2013
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  Honkers

  I was walking towards Greenbelt in Makati last week…

  By Bong Austero | June 16, 2013
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  Highs and lows

  From the beginning, it was wrong to see the…

  By Manila Standard Today | June 16, 2013
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  A dark and stormy night, with artists

  The private message came via Facebook last Tuesday afternoon.

  “Jennifer,…

  By Jenny Ortuoste | June 16, 2013
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  Don’t run and say you are not guilty

  My reply to that response-letter sent by Mr. Pong…

  By Rod Kapunan | June 15, 2013
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