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All eyes will be on China’s behavior

Published : Thursday May 17, 2012   |  Category : Columnist   |  Views : 201
By : ALEXANDER YANO

It has been more than a month now since the Panatag Shoal incident began and from all indications the resolution to this impasse is still far-fetched, with China maintaining its hard line stand on the issue. Read more

Making things move

Published : Thursday May 17, 2012   |  Category : Columnist   |  Views : 133
By : GIOVANNI TAPANG, Ph.D.

My earliest recollection of a robot toy is one whose hands and feet move as you turn a lever which also makes a set of gears turn around in its belly. You can pop open a cover and see these gears turning as you play. For a four year old,... Read more

With P1.63 trillion in idle deposits, commercial banks must lend more

Published : Thursday May 17, 2012   |  Category : Columnist   |  Views : 81
By : TONY LOPEZ

Philippine commercial banks, numbering 36, had a great year in 2011. Their combined profits hit a new record – P70 billion, up 45 percent from P48.9 billion in 2010. The commercial banks account for 65 percent of the P108 billion total profits of the entire financial system – which includes... Read more

Convergence of cooperation

Published : Thursday May 17, 2012   |  Category : Columnist   |  Views : 44
By : KA IKING SEÑERES

The Negritos came to the Philippines long before the Republic was born, in fact long before the Indonesians and the Malays came here. And now, more than a hundred years after the birth of the Republic, they still have to enjoy the fruits of civilization, much less the basic human... Read more

The pigsty of meat importation

Published : Wednesday May 16, 2012   |  Category : Columnist   |  Views : 397
By : MARLEN V. RONQUILLO

The banner-headline of a national newspaper quoted Customs Commissioner Rufino Biazon saying this: “My men found out that something was wrong because while the cargo was declared as fat and offal, there were good choice cuts in it.” Read more

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