Out for blood
Recent studies both here and abroad have shown that dengue is no longer a seasonal disease. City health officials reported 444 dengue cases in 88 of Baguio’s 128 barangays—an increase of more than 200% this year, from the 180 cases reported within the same period last year.
Still without comfort
Beyond arguments against plagiarism, a dilemma faces one of the many victims of Japanese war atrocities: The Filipina comfort women. Can reparations still be done?
Hefty pay
All allowances, except for allowances not provided for by the law, were consolidated in the basic pay of each official or employee
A second look at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
There is a reason why the top executives of the BSP and the Monetary Board receive what would normally be considered as “excessive” salaries…
Old-school General
Gazmin was the jailer of Sen. Ninoy Aquino when he was incarcerated back in the 70s, the one who admits to giving Ninoy milk—among other things—when the former senator went on a hunger strike.
ROTC
Pros: A matter of manpower
Antis: A culture of corruption- Sins of the past
- State of the nation: Great expectations
- Sonny Belmonte: The House of P-Noy
- All the king’s men [and women]
- More Cover Stories
Asia dependent on labor migration
Analysts claim the movement of workers from home countries in Asia has already reached a level wherein their economies are now “structurally dependent” on migration.
OFWs in Iraq:
Between war and jobs
As the United States (U.S.) winds down its more than seven-year presence in Iraq, its military command there has ordered foreign workers, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) employed by private contractors, to prepare returning to their countries of origin.
Tagalog gains Berlinborn Pinoys’ ears
BERLIN, Germany—Appreciation for the Taglog language is gaining ground in Germany, as young Filipino-German children get re-exposed to their “native tongue,” courtesy of religionrelated activities in Berlin.
- Anti-Torture Act faces first test
- The wages of “business as usual”
- How can overseas Filipinos help with good governance in the Philippines?
- More of Graphic Nation
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Cybercrime: More dangerous than pixels
Because the internet is quite literally experienced through a screen, it is but natural to mistake the virtual experience for a vicarious one and see any threats online as merely pixels and programs that may damage your PC or laptop and nothing more.
Car air, clean air
The second biggest pollutant in the world is a motor vehicle. No, it is not the first. The first are these huge structures we call buildings. But technology has been fast developing to cope with this situation that has endangered our planet’s survival. Proper waste management, heat controls, emission controls, and for cars, there are new, cleaner fuels, better engines and exhaust controls.
Not your bite-size problem
The dengue cover story has much to do with informing the public as it is my way of getting back at the disease.
Hermana & Her Man
It was still there, a witness hidden in the dim, far corner, where the walls met in a right angle. The streaks of blood on it looked black, and, at certain positions where one was looking, its faint glinting could be seen
The Panopticon of El Hogar
The prison is circular. During day, the shadow of a watchtower at the center reaches the cells along the circumference. At any time, the guards can see each prisoner. At all times, no prisoner can see the guards. A trick in the octagonal structure of the tower hides them from view. In truth, I have never seen them since the start of my captivity. Frankly, I cannot tell if they even exist. I know, however, that an ecclesiastical might confounds my will. Without certainty, I assume they observe all my movements, hear all my whispers.
- TEN THOUSAND LINES PROJECT FOR WORLD PEACE (Excerpts from a poem in progress)
- More of Graphic Fiction & Poetry
CHRONICLERS OF MAYHEM
“Mulling over all reactions… I will say this: there is little talk (nor thought) of ratings when lives hang on the balance. And however flawed coverage may be — and there will always be flaws — journalists do care about the lives they cover. But like the authorities and the comfortable we are professionally bound to afflict, media will have to listen with grace to criticism.”
INDAY
Surely it’s not by mere happenstance that we met. On a sallow, rainy afternoon, bathed in the heat of concrete and fervor of an innocent, I stood outside the office of the Philippine Graphic magazine and told myself, “One day, I will be editor of this publication.”
Preventable death
Aug. 24, 2010 | Yesterday’s carnage at the parade grounds that once hosted the Southeast Asian Games opening and closing rites is a sample of how stupid upon stupid causes preventable death.
SLEX extends link to STAR Tollway
With the intent of decongesting the constantly heavy traffic along the national road between the town of Calamba and the province of Batangas, the operators of the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) recently inaugurated an eight-kilometer highway extension in Santo Tomas in Batangas. This road extension is anticipated to cut about half the current travel time from SLEX to Batangas port and is expected to help improve tourism and economic growth.
