Of hospitals and a man NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 01/12/2010

Of hospitals and a man NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 01/12/2010 Confined for a couple of days or so just before Christmas, I hopped on a plane with family and spent the week of New Year in Bangkok, where on the last day of the trip I fainted while buying clothing materials. I shrugged the incident off, woke up real early the next day, left the hotel at 6 in the morning and got to the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in time to catch a 9:30 a.m. flight back to Manila. I presumed myself well, but I wasn’t. The fainting continued, and while none of the spells lasted for more than a minute, each were literally .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100112com5.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL She will, if she wants FRONTLINE Peas from the same pod ANALYSIS Battle-scarred Tamils emerge as Sri Lankan kingmakers MR. EXPOSE Fight to the finish NO HOLDS BARRED Of hospitals and a man AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Business as usual

Business as usual AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 01/12/2010

Business as usual AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 01/12/2010 Presidents may come and go, but the geopolitical interests of the USA remain pretty much the same. It’s hardly surprising, therefore, that those who hoped that the inauguration of Barack Obama almost a year ago would herald a significant change in the Philippines’ relationship with Washington have so far been disappointed. Some of Arroyo’s critics made much of the disapproving reference in Obama’s inaugural address to “those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent.” Arroyo’s failure to meet Obama during his campaign, and later to make direct telephone contact with him after his election, was interpreted by this school of thought as punishment for her administration’s record. This, it now seems, was a misreading of the situation,.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100112com6.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL She will, if she wants FRONTLINE Peas from the same pod ANALYSIS Battle-scarred Tamils emerge as Sri Lankan kingmakers MR. EXPOSE Fight to the finish NO HOLDS BARRED Of hospitals and a man AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Business as usual

Binay’s recurring ordeal EDITORIAL 01/11/2010

Binay’s recurring ordeal EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 01/11/2010 Life becomes very exciting for Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay and for that matter most of those opposing Gloria during the run-up to every election, including the one coming in May. Suddenly all the might of Gloria seems to descend in one broad stroke with perceived enemies either being replaced or slapped with any court case that would stick even temporarily, long enough to disorient until after the elections..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100111com1.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Binay’s recurring ordeal FRONTLINE A billion reasons? ZOOMING IN Why a GMA speakership bid cannot succeed DIE HARD III Infowar vs national mental rot focus African migrants head for Colombia HE SAYS Of murders and chances SHE SAYS Killing us softly

A billion reasons? FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 01/11/2010

A billion reasons? FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 01/11/2010 Neat trick it is of Smartmatic: That of giving the lowest bid for the automation of Philippine elections with its 82,200 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines leased to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the 2010 presidential polls. Even as the winning consortium came up with so many excuses to explain away its delay in delivering the machines as stated in the contract —.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100111com2.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Binay’s recurring ordeal FRONTLINE A billion reasons? ZOOMING IN Why a GMA speakership bid cannot succeed DIE HARD III Infowar vs national mental rot focus African migrants head for Colombia HE SAYS Of murders and chances SHE SAYS Killing us softly