BRIDGES: Chinaās āisland-buildingā strategy
SAMMY JULIAN
(Continued from July 17, 2014 issue)
āOTHER regional states probably cannot come close to matching the raw scale of Beijingās ambitious construction, yet they...
BRIDGES: Chinaās āisland-buildingā strategy
SAMMY JULIAN
ALTHOUGH Beijingās precise plan remains speculative, the international community should seriously consider the short- and medium-term implications of Chinaās large-scale āisland buildingā in...
BRIDGES: Overseas voter registrationĀ
BY SAMMY JULIAN
FOR the first time in the 11-year electoral history of Philippine overseas voting, overseas voter registration (OVR) has breached the one million...
BRIDGES: Baseless claims; assurances made
By SAMMY JULIAN
THE Tumandok people are the largest indigenous peopleās group in Panay.
However, the Ecumenical Advocacy Network on the Philippines (EANP) has claimed that...
BRIDGES: Hope for children with clubfeet
BY SAMMY JULIAN
DID you know that one out of every 750 children born worldwide is born with clubfoot? Thatās roughly one child every three...
Bridges: PNoy for Nobel Peace Prize
MALACAĆANG strongly denied it is lobbying for President Benigno Aquino IIIās nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
However, in the same breath, Palace officials welcomed...
Bridges: Local govāt support for Sicogonās revival
BY SAMMY JULIAN
THE municipal governments of Carles and Estancia unanimously approved separate resolutions supporting the immediate development of Sicogon Island into a tourism landmark...
Bridges: Diplomatic negotiator, skillful reformer
SAMMY JULIAN
BEFORE Angel Alan Celinoās election in 2010, thereās never been a mayor in recent memory who did so much for Roxas City.
No one...
Bridges: Slam dunk
BY SAMMY JULIAN
LEST he be accused of riding the high horse on his reelection bid through media mileage, Sen. Teofisto Guingona III, in his...
Bridges: No need to reopen probeĀ
BY SAMMY JULIAN
SEVERAL senators were quoted as saying that there is no clear assurance on the resumption of the probe on the Priority Development...