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More Vital than Ever

A federal Philippines? 

BY EDGARDO J. ANGARA Friday, August 18, 2017   THE drums of federalism are beating more loudly and incessantly than ever.  In fact, the timetable has been...

MORE VITAL THAN EVER | Destined for war — US and China? ...

BY EDGARDO J. ANGARA Friday, July 7, 2017 THAT’S the provocative title of a new book which surveyed conflicts between the top superpowers — the incumbent...

MORE VITAL THAN EVER | Muslim extremism in ASEAN

BY EDGARDO J. ANGARA Friday, June 30, 2017     “THE threat is no longer over there; it is over here,” said Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong...

MORE VITAL THAN EVER | Who are ISIS?    

BY EDGARDO J. ANGARA Friday, June 23, 2017   NEARLY a month already passed since terrorists attacked Marawi City, once a bucolic lakeside green city and home...

MORE VITAL THAN EVER | Widening gulf in the Middle East  

BY EDGARDO J. ANGARA Saturday, June 17, 2017   THE PROSPEROUS oil-rich states ringing the Arabian Sea are part of the famously known Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)...

MOR EVITAL THAN EVER | Among the world’s worst places for children

BY EDGARDO J. ANGARA Saturday, June 10, 2017 EARLIER this year, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested in Malapascua Island, Cebu, a 23-year-old Filipina child trafficker,...

MORE VITAL THAN EVER | Safeguards against martial rule abuse  

BY EDGARDO J. ANGARA Friday, June 2, 2017       A FEW days after President Duterte formally declared Martial Law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus over...

MORE VITAL THAN EVER | Essential to Growth: Financing Agriculture

BY EDGARDO J. ANGARA Friday, May 26, 2017   THE World Bank in its World Development Report 2008 pointed out: “In the 21st century, agriculture continues to be...

MORE VITAL THAN EVER | Financial inclusion – the new BSP Governor’s goal

BY EDGARDO J. ANGARA Friday, May 19, 2017   INCOMING Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Nestor Espenilla will take the helm of the BSP while our...

MORE VITAL THAN EVER | Protecting our precious soil

BY EDGARDO J. ANGARA Friday, May 12, 2017   THE PHILIPPINES remains among the world’s most vulnerable to climate change. German Watch’s recent Climate Risk Index 2016...