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Palace to public: Help ensure success of automated polls
By Paolo Romero
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang decried yesterday people spreading rumors of a failure of elections on May 10 and called on the public to remain vigilant and help the [...]
Continue Reading →Senatorial bets discuss teachers’ rights, going nuclear amid power crisis
NIKKA CORSINO
GMANews.TV
Senatorial candidates on Friday discussed the country’s present education system, stressing the need for protective legislation for teachers, who they said, must be spared from election obligations in succeeding polls.
Other [...]
Continue Reading →‘Energy crisis needs to be resolved soon’
By Jose Rodel Clapano
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Former President Joseph Estrada said yesterday that the next Chief Executive must prioritize resolving the energy crisis.
Estrada expressed frustration over alleged corruption and incompetence at the [...]
Continue Reading →CBCP: Clergy may join revolt
By Evelyn Macairan
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – A ranking official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said yesterday some members of the clergy are planning to join another popular revolt in the event of [...]
Continue Reading →The DOE’s Php 10 Billion Deal
By Dean De La Paz
Filipino Voices
The plan was to skip the safeguards, skirt congressional debate and virtually write a Php 10 billion check for 160 megawatt (mw) generators for Mindanao. One reader says let’s cut through [...]
Continue Reading →Take politics out of power sector–Teodoro
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—The next administration should ensure a transparent and politics-free power sector if it wants to attract investment in new generation capacity and finally put an end to power problems.
Speaking at the Wallace Business Forum [...]
Continue Reading →GMA cronies took advantage of Mindanao power crisis – Erap
The Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – Former President Joseph Estrada accused yesterday the Arroyo administration of causing the power crisis in Mindanao to “line the pockets” of associates.
Speaking to reporters at the Pwersa ng [...]
Continue Reading →Not out of the woods yet
By Conrado de Quiros
Philippine Daily Inquirer
There are five reasons to worry about the elections.
One is president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assuming emergency powers to deal with emergencies of her making. The first time she did that was [...]
Continue Reading →Editorial: Blank check
Philippine Daily Inquirer
PLACING the entire island of Mindanao under a “state of calamity” allows affected towns, cities and provinces suffering from a severe power shortage to use as much as five percent of their respective budgets to fund emergency measures. This [...]
Continue Reading →Presidential aspirants warn vs use of disaster funds in Mindanao for polls
GMANews.TV
Following the declaration of a state of calamity over Mindanao due to the power shortage there, two presidential aspirants on Friday warned against the possible use of disaster funds for election purposes.
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- Learned Optimism
Learned Optimism
Reality checks are always needed by over-confident governments.
Martin Seligman the founder of positive psychology uncovered a pattern of behavior that he believes is responsible for greater resilience and happiness among…
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P-Noy strokes nation’s ‘pleasure zones’
Here we go again. As the Philippines enters 2012, the stage is set for another round of reality TV/courtroom drama to unfold as the trials of former president and now…
