Thailand tightens sex change laws FEATURE 11/26/2009

Thailand tightens sex change laws FEATURE 11/26/2009 BANGKOK — Punlop Tongchai is awake for the entire two hours it takes to be turned into a woman on the operating table of a Bangkok sex change clinic, realizing a childhood dream . The 27-year-old Thai cabaret dancer chats ... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20091126com3.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Special treatment for Ampatuans FRONTLINE Martial law preferable to emergency rule FEATURE Thailand tightens sex change laws MR. EXPOSE Coddling the Ampatuans BLURBAL THRUSTS Beheaded in Maguindanao COMMENT Draconian measures VIEWPOINTS ‘Unfriend’

Beheaded in Maguindanao BLURBAL THRUSTS Louie Logarta 11/26/2009

Beheaded in Maguindanao BLURBAL THRUSTS Louie Logarta 11/26/2009 My buddy, Manila Bulletin correspondent Bong Reblando, was one of the unfortunate victims in the first recorded case of violence directly related to the 2010 elections which ironically is still six months away. Reblando’s untimely death was confirmed to us Monday evening by his Bulletin colleague .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20091126com5.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Special treatment for Ampatuans FRONTLINE Martial law preferable to emergency rule FEATURE Thailand tightens sex change laws MR. EXPOSE Coddling the Ampatuans BLURBAL THRUSTS Beheaded in Maguindanao COMMENT Draconian measures VIEWPOINTS ‘Unfriend’

Draconian measures COMMENT 11/26/2009

Draconian measures COMMENT 11/26/2009 It is most comforting to know that many young voters are aware that next year’s general elections will be an opportunity to vote down a malevolent regime and install one that will respond to their ideals and dreams, not only in their generation but hopefully in all the coming ones. Over the past few days, I interviewed 21 of .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20091126com6.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Special treatment for Ampatuans FRONTLINE Martial law preferable to emergency rule FEATURE Thailand tightens sex change laws MR. EXPOSE Coddling the Ampatuans BLURBAL THRUSTS Beheaded in Maguindanao COMMENT Draconian measures VIEWPOINTS ‘Unfriend’

‘Unfriend’ VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 11/26/2009

‘Unfriend’ VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 11/26/2009 Recently, it was formally published that “unfriend” has been chosen as the “Oxford Word of the Year.” Immediately thereafter, questions were raised: How come such an ambivalent term? What does the strange word mean? Why has the curious expression come to fore? And so on, so forth. The glaring fact is that the word is emphatically rejected even by well updated computers — as wrongly spelled. Hence, it is but just and proper to ask the New Oxford American Dictionary what this curiously unfamiliar and intriguing locution “unfriend” is all about. .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20091126com7.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Special treatment for Ampatuans FRONTLINE Martial law preferable to emergency rule FEATURE Thailand tightens sex change laws MR. EXPOSE Coddling the Ampatuans BLURBAL THRUSTS Beheaded in Maguindanao COMMENT Draconian measures VIEWPOINTS ‘Unfriend’