JAKARTA: Indonesia has rounded up 11 terror suspects who planned to launch attacks against police and liberal Muslim figures, Antan Bachrul Alam—the spokesman of the country’s national police—said on Friday.
Published : Sunday February 12, 2012 | Category : Columnist | Views : 85
By : MARLEN V. RONQUILLO
The chief justice of the Supreme Court and the presiding justice of the Court of Appeals are named to their posts without the public being informed on their judicial philosophy and their deeply-held beliefs. Or, without the public getting an insight into their personal lives. Even if a nominee were... Read more
Published : Sunday February 12, 2012 | Category : Columnist | Views : 46
By : STEPHEN COLLINSON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
WASHINGTON, DC: US President Barack Obama Friday announced a compromise to defuse a row over access to birth control, including abortion, which prompted churches and Republican critics to claim he was waging a war on religion. Read more
Published : Sunday February 12, 2012 | Category : Columnist | Views : 53
By : FR. SHAY CULLEN
It is Valentine’s day yet again and it is time to think about the meaning of life and love. The media and most of society will be absorbed with the romantic emotions of human attraction and their connotations and sexual innuendoes. They are not in themselves the essence of a... Read more
Published : Sunday February 12, 2012 | Category : Columnist | Views : 30
By : RANDOM JOTTINGS
DETERMINED to give his family a better future, Joel Obsid saved his hard-earned money while working abroad. When he returned to the Philippines, he started his own business in Cagayan de Oro selling school supplies, producing plastic envelopes and laminating cards. His income varied, often increasing during school days, from... Read more
Published : Sunday February 12, 2012 | Category : Columnist | Views : 21
By : BENJAMIN G. DEFENSOR
NOT quite fair and sunny but the Philippine media barometer undertaken by Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES) of Germany found some positive developments which suggest inclement weather. Read more
