Opinion

Missionary calls for anti-terror style travel ban on paedophiles

October 8, 2017 | Charity | Opinion

A four-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee has called on developed countries to ban paedophiles and suspected sex offenders from foreign travel in the same way as suspected terrorists.Fr Shay Cullen, an Irish missionary who has been rescuing street children in the Philippines since 1974, said hundreds of thousands of sex tourists travel to the country Read More


A peaceful ‘National Day of Protest’

September 23, 2017 | Opinion

MANILA – It was a peaceful National Day of Protest across the country. Some 28,000 demonstrators flocked to different rally areas Thursday — but with clashing positions: one group expressed grievances against the government and one expressed strong support to the Duterte administration. pro du30 rally The National Day of Protest coincided with the 45th Read More


Subic investor firm protests paying common area fees

September 21, 2017 | Business | Opinion | Policy | Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority

Subic Bay Freeport Zone

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT: A Subic locator that opposes the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority’s (SBMA) imposition of Common Use Service Area (CUSA) fees has asked the government agency to stop charging it for payment, citing a court ruling that annulled the practice. In a letter dated August 22, 2017 addressed to SBMA Chairman Martin Diño and Read More


 
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