Naturally, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was quick to react on yesterday’s attacks by the MILF. But her sound bites aside, it was very apparent that a very newsworthy side story was her infamous temper just before she had made her statement.
As former industry colleague Jove Francisco (TV5) insightfully writes, complete with visuals too as shown […]

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At the rate the violence in Mindanao is currently going, not a few would be surprised if the peace talks between the government and the MILF would eventually all together collapse, especially after the MILF raided five towns, and leaving 41 dead.  The Armed Forces of the Philippines says that yesterday’s escalated violence was a […]

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For those who haven’t heard or read about this one, the following story is very unfortunate — but not necessarily an isolated incident.  The very same judgment of glorifying wrong qualities is practiced by many private media outfits and practitioners as well for the sake of ratings and profit.  It is something that civilized society […]

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Not a few were surprised when the brouhaha about the Bangsamoro juridical entity and the widespread violence that followed its postponed implentation (or will it be eventually be canceled?) took a strange and surprising turn when politicians again resurrected talks of amending the 1987 constitution.
This would now be the Nth time that an attempt […]

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Yesterday’s ARMM elections were reportedly peaceful. But obviously, the bigger story lies not in who would eventually be proclaimed governor.  The bigger and most immediate story is the ongoing violence in North Cotabato.
Still there are many poll-related questions that will need to be answered in the next few days.  Generally speaking, was the automation of […]

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The quest for peace in Mindanao may finally be at our doorstep with the creation of an extended, autonomous Bangsamoro state.  This was supposed to be realized tomorrow with the signing of a memorandum of agreement between the MILF and the Philippine Government — until the Supreme Court came out with a temporary restraining order […]

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Up to this point in the campaign for the US presidency, Republican hopeful John McCain has positioned himself as the better authority on foreign policy, prompting rival democrat Barack Obama to make a much-hyped trip to Europe and the Middle East.
But how can America and the rest of the world believe a candidate projecting such […]

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