What is certain HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 01/13/2010

What is certain HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 01/13/2010 A comment, coming from a public relations man, raised a howl in a small group gathering recently to organize a team which would help Noynoy Aquino gain some boost in what appears as a dull media campaign. The PR man believes Noynoy’s rating in the presidential surveys would no longer rise above the 46 percent among people polled by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) from Dec. 5 to 10. But the PR man was quick to supplement his claim by saying it doesn’t mean Noynoy would not win the May 10 polls, only that his rivals would gain a chunk from each others’ ratings, including from Noynoy’s, and that a very close fight might ensue between him and whoever rises to become his rival. .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100113com6.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Plans for junta afoot? FRONTLINE Holding the aces FEATURE France battles theft of cultural treasures MR. EXPOSE Erap returns to Malacañang C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S The cacique’s rantings HE SAYS What is certain SHE SAYS Survey says

Survey says SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 01/13/2010

Survey says SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 01/13/2010 Many of us take stock of national surveys. The most reliable ones have proven to reveal real trends and general conclusions regarding specific issues or topics at any given time. But, as many are wont to say, these findings have margins of error, and the results certainly not carved in stone. .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100113com7.html

COMMENTARY EDITORIAL Plans for junta afoot? FRONTLINE Holding the aces FEATURE France battles theft of cultural treasures MR. EXPOSE Erap returns to Malacañang C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S The cacique’s rantings HE SAYS What is certain SHE SAYS Survey says

She will, if she wants EDITORIAL 01/12/2010

She will, if she wants EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 01/12/2010 If Gloria Arroyo is determined to name the next chief justice, she will do so. And quite frankly, there would be no need for the Judicial Bar and Council (JBC) to come up with a list of names, since the likely successor will have to come from the high bench itself, meaning anyone of the current associate justices. There will be no need for the JBC to conduct interviews, in the matter of the candidates for the top Supreme Court (SC) post, as a precedent has already been set. It will be recalled that with the retirement of then Chief Justice Hilario Davide .... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100112com1.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

Peas from the same pod FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 01/12/2010

Peas from the same pod FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 01/12/2010 Noynoy Aquino just doesn’t reply to valid issues questioning his competence, administrative and managerial experience, his track record as a legislator, health issues as well as the issues related to his family’s Hacienda Luisita. Aquino doesn’t respond to these charges levelled against him because he doesn’t have answers by way of experience, track record and yes, competence. In a reported answer brought out in a recent debate.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100112com2.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