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Today’s column.
If you have been following the developments on the Manila Electric Co. saga, three very substantial questions are worth pondering over. First, what really is the agenda of Government Service Insurance System in its seeming attempt to wrestle control of Meralco? Second, is Meralco trying to evade answering the “syndicated estafa” charges by resorting [...]
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In many ways, the school year opening is like Christmas. Children expect treats in the form of new shoes, bags, uniforms, supplies, lunch boxes and even new accessories to prettify books and notebooks. I must admit that I used to be one of those kids. School didn’t seem so exciting unless my parents bought me [...]
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A hungry mob is an angry mob and no one will care if we’re just one of the many Asian countries with this food problem.
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Eastern Philippines is listed among the most endangered coastlines in the world. Reason: “over-fishing and the conversion of mangrove forests into aquaculture ponds with low productivity.”
The Caribbean and Phuket in Thailand are on the list too. The next list might include Boracay at the rate things are going.
Read the story that accompanies the photos.
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Pretty, aren’t they? But I didn’t buy these disposable paper cups for their looks.
We’re waterless again. In a week, the subdivision will cut off the deep well water supply and Manila Water will be our water supplier. The problem is that when Manila Water was laying out the pipes, their people thought that the [...]
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