Sunday, January 28, 2018

Case vs Rappler not a freedom of the press issue? Please.

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In the days following the Securities and Exchanges Commission’s (SEC) decision to revoke Rappler’s articles of incorporation, Malacañang r...
Saturday, January 27, 2018

Clarissa Aguilera: Singing is not her passion

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Artist Clarissa Aguilera with some of her paintings She is the youngest daughter of famous singer-songwriter Rey Valera but although C...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Economic managers green-light higher project cost of Metro Manila Subway

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The rollout of the country’s first underground railway system moved one step closer after economic managers on Friday approved the increase...

Duterte under fire as Philippines moves to close news…

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Duterte under fire as Philippines moves to close news website Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte‘s government rejected calls Tuesday to...

More trains eyed for MRT-3

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The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is looking to increase the number of trains on the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) after the deli...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

DOTR TARGET: Sumitomo-Mitsubishi likely to start MRT3 rehab in May

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Sumitomo Corp. and its technical partner, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, are likely to start the rehabilitation and maintenance works for gli...

Metro Manila’s sad mass transport system tale

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Plumbing the internet for background material on various subject matters oftentimes yields some very interesting reading. I’d like to share...

The philanthropic side of ‘Go’-getter movie producer

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PHOTO taken at the medical/dental mission held recently at Brgy. 905 Bagong Sikat, Punta, Sta. Ana Manila. Shows from left: CMB, the em...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Xian Lim leaves Star Magic, joins Viva

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Xian Lim has left ABS-CBN’s Star Magic and has signed a contract with Viva ArtistS aGENCY. Viva confirmed the news on Tuesday, January 23...

Big projects

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Everyone seems to be banking on a near flawless roll-out of both the big infrastructure projects and the tax reform program for the econom...

Xian Lim leaves Star Magic

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(UPDATED) Kapamilya leading man Xian Lim on Tuesday signed up with Viva Artists Agency, after nearly a decade as a contract artist of ABS-C...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Viva Films opens 2018 with ‘Mr. And Mrs. Cruz’

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JC Santos and Ryza Cenon Viva Films and The IdeaFirst Company’s first offering for 2018, “Mr. And Mrs. Cruz,” hits theaters tomorrow na...
Monday, January 22, 2018

PNR is buying trains from Indonesia

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The Philippine National Railways (PNR) signed on Monday a P485.3-million purchase agreement for two train sets from Indonesian state-owned ...

Plus and minuses

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The start of a new year is a good way to see where we are as far as pending government promises and projects are concerned. There are plus ...

SM Prime building 21 new malls

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Property developer SM Prime Holdings Inc. is staying aggressive on its expansion as it lined up 21 new malls for completion from 2018 to 20...
Sunday, January 21, 2018

PUBLIC LIVES: Rappler and press freedom

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There’s no question about it: Rappler’s legal troubles were triggered by its commentaries and criticisms of President Duterte and his polic...

Journalists protest ‘state-enforced’ move to shut down news website

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Journalists took to the streets Friday in support of a news website facing state-enforced closure, accusing President Rodrigo Duterte of tr...

Maglana: Getting ‘Rapplered’

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TWO variants of one strand of reasoning stood out amid reactions to the revocation of Rappler’s certificate of incorporation by the Securit...