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Labor’s juncture: between promises and faith

The March 23 to 28 Pulse Asia survey revealed the top concern of the average Filipino today: wage or salary increase. And for more than 40 million employed Filipinos, a wage hike has traditionally gone to the top of their list of demands come...

Losing Face(book)? by Alma Anonas-Carpio

Last of two parts FACEBOOK ITSELF As for Facebook, it has done as Zuckerberg said it would. Users who visit the social network’s Help Center will find this message: “We're investigating all apps on our platform and conducting a full audit of any apps with...

PHLPost: Staying relevant in the age of electronic communication

by Psyche Roxas-Mendoza At no time has the power of man to communicate been this fast and pervasive. Latest figures supplied by the global conversation agency We are Social show that there are now more than four billion out of 7.6 billion people around...

Bangsamoro watch: House joint committee adopts BTC version

by Fil V. Elefante One major stumbling block to getting the draft bills for the Bangsamoro Basic Law passed was hurdled last week in the House of Representatives. The moment came when the House committees on local government, Muslim affairs and peace, reconciliation and unity...

Losing Face(book)? Part 2

by Alma Anonas Carpio     Facebook began notifying users whose data had been used by Cambridge Analytica on April 10, concurrently with the start of the two-day testimony Zuckerberg gave a joint session of the US Congress. On the second day of the hearing, Zuckerberg said...

Duterte: Relations with China on a higher level

President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping witnessed the signing of six bilateral agreements last week following the bilateral meeting held between the two leaders here. President Duterte was in China to attend the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), where he was one...

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The Prez & the press: What in blazes happened?

It’s inevitable: Rodrigo Duterte and the press will never see eye to eye. There’s simply no way around it. Not now, and perhaps, not...

MAYOR PETER OLIVER M. PALACIO: Calatagan, Batangas’ Mr. Sustainability

Calatagan town is fast becoming a tourist magnet. Since the easing of travel restrictions beginning in December 2020, it has joined Nasugbu, San Juan,...

The Fay of Glowing Lights

Vienna was twelve and she loved the night. Especially when there was a moon out, even if it was just a fingernail of it with...

Labor group launches Workers’ Rights Watch (WRW) on the eve of Araw ng Kagitingan

Amidst growing concerns over labor rights violations, the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) announced the initiation of the FFW Workers' Rights Watch (WRW) in...