Copyright 2007 Philippine NewsLink http://www.philnews.com/ Online Premiere Portal for Philippine-Based News. Since 1996 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/15a.htm In 2008 American Tim Bauer received the prestigious Rolex Award for his efforts to reduce the pollution that envelopes major cities in the Philippines as well as in other Asian countries... Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/14a.htm Now that Philippine House of Representatives has passed HR 1109 to convene Congress into constituent assembly for charter change, might Filipinos be using the term "madam prime minister" anytime soon?... Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/13a.htm Depending on who you ask, Joseph Estrada is either a shoo-in for the presidency in 2010, or is legally barred from seeking the office... Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/12a.htm Finally reading the news about it must have given many Filipinos pause. There it was: the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) would be sold for scrap! For over three decades this white elephant of Philippine political folly... Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/11a.htm It seems ironic that the principle of command responsibility is sometimes referred to as the Yamashita Standard. General Tomoyuki Yamashita, commander of the 14th Area Army of Japan was tried and and executed in Los Baños... Mon, 12 Apr 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/10a.htm If you believe in the importance of education and subscribe to the notion that an educated individual is always likely to behave in a proper and righteous manner, then you cannot help but feel dismayed... Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/09a.htm Most reasonable individuals suspected that it would end with a reversal by the appellate court, but no one expected the reversal to come from the accuser herself... Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/08a.htm When the social workers, police, and the mother of two missing children, 13 and 14 year-olds, all from Limay, Bataan arrived in Alaminos, N. Pangasinan last December 2008, they expected the local police to have a squad ready... Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/07a.htm It started with an unreturned phone call. Gloria Arroyo excitedly stayed up till two or three in the morning to congratulate Barak Obama on his election victory, but he couldn't take her call... Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/06a.htm Caught in between two nations—one the Goliath and the world's only remaining superpower, the other a former colony driven by insecurities and still learning to assert itself as a bona fide member of the community of nations... Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/05a.htm Just as the United States had Elvis Presley and Perry Como, so too did the Philippines have Eddie Mesa and Diomedes Maturan—the Elvis Presley and Perry Como - of the Philippines... Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/04a.htm It started as a curious sideshow, grew into a gigantic three-ring circus, and might just end without so much as a whimper... Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/03a.htm In a few hours Barack Obama will take his oath of office as the 44th President of the United States. The first non-white to ever hold that office... Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/02a.htm After last week's editorial, bashing the Pangandamans, we now try to understand—as best we can—why the whole sad affair happened in the first place... Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2009/01a.htm It happened the day after Christmas. What was supposed to be a relaxing, enjoyable round of golf by a father, together with his eighteen year-old daughter and fourteen year-old son turned into a fairway nightmare... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2008/038a.htm As we head towards the end of 2008, we look back on a tumultuous year that rocked financial institutions worldwide and threw thousands of overseas Filipino workers out of work... Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2008/037a.htm On December 10, 2008 combined forces from the Special Action Force, Naval Intelligence Security Force, Southern Police District and the Highway Patrol Group converged on Sampaguita Avenue... Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2008/036a.htm On Sunday, December 7, 2008 the day Manny Paquiao battled Oscar dela Hoya in Las Vegas, the crime rate in the Philippines dropped to zero between the hours of 11 AM and 2 PM... Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2008/035a.htm The Manila masses are once again riled-up as trial balloons of 'Cha-Cha' or charter change are being floated by those who want to see a parliamentary form of government... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:01 GMT - http://www.philnews.com/2008/034a.htm For an institution once dismissed as utterly useless, the Philippine Senate has been proving itself as the only remaining check to Malacañang's abusive powerplays... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:02 GMT