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Conti blasts Duterte’s lead counsel for ‘unethical’ statement

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Reacting to the assessment by former president Rodrigo Roa Duterte 's lead counsel that she and her fellow human rights lawyer...

Habemus Papam

WE HAVE A NEW POPE! Just like his predecessor, the late Pope Francis, this Augustinian missionary cardinal is considered as one coming from the...

Dossier Of Candidates Given To Vatican Electors

The doors of the Sistine Chapel were sealed off today (Wednesday, May 7 in the Vatican) and the 133 electors and the Vatican staff...

Functional Illiteracy Spells Doomsday For Next Gens

IT IS LAMENTABLE, to say the least, that 19 million Filipino students– not just high school graduates in public schools– are functionally illiterate as...

China’s Sandy Cay A Test to Manila and Washington DC

CHINA’S PUBLICITY STUNT of purportedly displaying a flag on the Philippines’ Sandy Cay was intended as a test for Manila and Washington DC.  The actual...

RORO Shipowners Protest PPA Rule

POINTING TO POTENTIAL risks to the maritime sector triggered by the creation of a Centralized Ticketing System (CTS) for domestic roll-on/roll-Off (RORO) and passenger...

WORKING ON LABOR DAY

EVEN ON LABOR Day, May 1, rushing the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7), workers lifted the steel spreading beam to support the roof...

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