Friday, November 20, 2009
Editorial
At last, the long overdue overhaul of our health care system has become a reality. In a tight vote this week, the House of Representatives passed the landmark bill which would provide greater health care to more people.
The bill is far from perfect. This is one reason that the vote was at a close 220 in favor and 215 against. Within the Democratic majority, 39 opposed the bill. Only one Republican crossed party lines to vote for the overhaul, long considered obsolete. The bill was passed w...
If, as the latest figures indicate, the recession in the US is officially over, then we can all breathe a sigh of relief. The worst seems to be over and we can now look forward to better times ahead.
The great majority of the American people can again plan ahead, rather than exist on a day-to-day basis. The future is not as fearsome as it once was. The engines that fuel our economy are back on track, moving forward rather than in reverse, albeit on ten...
By now, a lot of people – including Philippine News readers, I would suppose – have heard about the end-of-the-world scenario that is scheduled to happen on a definite date – Dec. 21, 2012.
This end of days is one of the fastest growing topics on the Internet, and new sites are sprouting every day. There’s even a mega Hollywood production entitled 2012 which will be shown soon. That blockbuster is produced by part-Pinoy Dean Devlin, I think, and he is no stranger to...
- Let him run
- Published: October 30, 2009 | Author: - - | Rate: 1
Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada has just declared that he is officially a candidate for president in the May 2010 elections. This, despite an obvious – to us, at least – constitutional ban on his seeking to regain the post he once held. With much disgrace, we might add.
His team of lawyers are using semantics to justify his second try at the Philippine presidency. Some time ago, Fr. Joaquin Bernas, noted constitutionalist and one of the men who helped frame the pr...
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