Category: Philippine issues
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Manila lockdown: the upside and lowdown
Getting past the stark realities of our uninspiring leaders, and giving up the urge to hoard or pass on juicy but unverified news are actually opportunities to self-examine
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The day Philippines became the most dangerous place on the planet to be a journalist
A snapshot of what it was like in a newsroom on November 23, 2009, the day of the #AmpatuanMassacre
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Central bank gov Nestor Espenilla Jr, my kindred spirit gone too soon
We had several things in common: powerful foes, health woes, and more
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Dennis Uy on business and politics: What’s next won’t be what was
Businessman Dennis Uy, a close friend of President Rodrigo Duterte, delivers a speech on being a disruptor
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Craving for a statesman: Notes from Senate’s necrological service for former Sen. Edgardo Angara
I interrupted my business story -writing to listen to lawmakers honor a “statesman,” a mark I miss from our leaders.
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Um, Yasay as next foreign secretary?
I have an uneasy feeling about Yasay’s appointment as our chief diplomat. It seems none of his past experiences, including those I’ve interviewed him on as a business journalist, equipped him to handle foreign policy, especially with issues as sensitive as the sea dispute with China.
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5 things I learned in Day 3 of probe into world’s largest bank heist
Solaire has defied the popular claim that casinos are the “blackhole” in anti-money laundering efforts. Junket agents play major role in cleaning or washing illegal funds via casinos. Chinese businessman Kim Wong seems to be the common thread among the different groups involved in the heist.
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Sinking ferries: The difference between Philippines and Korea
Differences in the two separate ferry incidents happening 6 years apart and causing the senseless drowning of passengers include these: an effort to apologise, punishing the accountable ones, moving on
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‘Dark site’ and Malaysia Airlines crisis
Public relations industry members and crisis managers are one in lauding the legacy carrier for its by-the-book moves, opting to tune out the criticisms, which are chanted in mainstream and new media day in and day out.
Lala Rimando 