|
|
|
Friday, April 03, 2009 |
|
|
|
EDITORIAL
|
|
Let’s hear it from ‘Louisa’
|
|
Hong Kong journalist Chip Tsao has angered Filipinos for writing in
his column that the Philippines is “a nation of servants” and
warning his domestic help “Louisa,” in a dressing-down, that
Filipinos in HK risk losing their jobs because of the Philippine
claim to the Spratly Islands. Here is “Louisa’s” version of
that meeting.
On the afternoon of March 22, my employer Chip
Tsao summoned me from a friend’s house. It was my day off so I
thought he wanted to scold me for the spoiled Thousand Island salad
dressing I served by mistake the previous night. Instead, he
lectured me about the Spratlys Islands.
|
|
 Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
O T H E R C O L U M N S A
N D F E A T U R E S
|
 |
|
|
|
|
BIG
DEAL
By Dan Mariano
|
|
Misunderstanding
honorifics
|
|
In a recent article on the 40th anniversary of the New People’s
Army, Ka was translated as the Tagalog word for “comrade.” In
fact, kasama is the correct translation for the favorite
communist—and socialist—title that is meant to denote social
equality.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
HEADS
UP
By Joel P. Palacios
|
|
‘Ang daya’
|
|
Children brandishing hand-guns and rifles wait in ambush from both
sides of the road. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, a child dashes
forward and sprays them with gunfire. “Bang, bang, you’re
dead,” he screams. “And you bang, bang.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
YOUTHOPIA
By Marylaine Louise Viernes
|
|
Love, sights and
sounds
|
|
I have come to learn that love can practically be found anywhere; in
a song, in a movie, or perhaps right on your sleeve . . . and most
of the time, we often discover love in the most unanticipated
places, people or things.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
AMBIENT
VOICES
By Ma. Isabel Ongpin
|
|
Poor writing by a
mean spirit
|
|
So, we are “a nation of servants” with no rights to claim what
we consider our own, as some attempting-to-be clever
would-be—satirist in Hong Kong has attempted to depict us. In
truth, he fails in his attempts.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
ANALYSIS
|
|
G20 London summit represents shift in balance of world power
|
|
BRUSSELS: Whatever the outcome of the Thursday April 2 meeting in
London, the mere fact that the G20 summit has been convened as the
occasion to tackle the worst world economic crisis in a generation,
represents a shift in the balance of world power.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
ANALYSIS
|
|
Obama aims to broaden relationship with China
|
|
WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Barack Obama has taken a big step to
broaden the US relationship with China with the launch of a new
dialogue, but some experts warn more symbolism than substance could
be at play.
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
LETTER
|
|
Teary-eyed Senator Gordon moved him
I read the article “All Red Cross captives
still alive after deadline” which came out on the front page of
your issue today (April 1, 2009, page A6).
|
|
Full
Story>>
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
