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60 years of the Geneva Conventions - Miriam Coronel Ferrer
This August, we are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. The 1949 Geneva Conventions belong to the body of laws called International Humanitarian Law (IHL).
WAYS OF SPECIES | MIRIAM CORONEL FERRER 08/14/2009 12:13 AM
Politics is not usual - Marites Danguilan Vitug
Before you dismiss this as one of those propaganda blitzes of politicians—just like the hollow people’s hour or day we have in the Philippines—read on first.
By Marites Danguilan Vitug, abs-cbnnews.com/Newsbreak 08/13/2009 1:07 AM
A perfect cup - Adel Gabot
A friend of mine loudly expressed a considerable amount of cynicism about a line in my first column, when I wrote about the things this space will be about that went, "Less often, we buy something so phenomenally wonderful that we turn into evangelists for the damn things."
BEWARE OF BUYER | ADEL GABOT 08/12/2009 12:56 AM
Filipina workers testify in Southeast Asian Court of Woman - Danton Remoto
Bali, Indonesia – More than 20 Southeast Asian women narrated their personal stories of exploitation and abuse during the first Southeast Asian Court of Women on HIV and Human Trafficking held yesterday in this island resort.
REMOTE CONTROL | DANTON REMOTO 08/11/2009 1:45 AM
The road home - Leonor Magtolis Briones
Of all the rituals in our culture, nothing can surpass the grandeur, solemnity and power of the ceremonies associated with death.
THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNANCE | LEONOR MAGTOLIS BRIONES 08/10/2009 12:19 AM
Paalam, President Cory - Pat. Sto. Tomas
President Cory, maraming salamat sa mga naidulot mong kabutihan sa ating bansa lalo na ang kahalagahan ng pagkakaisa ng bawat mamamayang Pilipino.
ALAM BA NINYO | PAT A. STO. TOMAS 08/09/2009 1:53 AM
August 2009 Visa Bulletin- Atty. Mike Templo
A visa bulletin is published every month by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security summarizing the available immigrant visa numbers for the current month for each preference category for the Family-sponsored and Employment-based petitions.
ATTY. MIKE TEMPLO 08/08/2009 3:24 AM
What Cory, in death, gave us - Miriam Coronel Ferrer
Corazon Cojuangco Aquino died 26 years after Ninoy was assassinated at the tarmac. Since the day of that fateful killing on 21 August 1983, one generation of Filipinos has been born innocent of what it meant for the nation to be under martial rule.
WAYS OF SPECIES | MIRIAM CORONEL FERRER 08/07/2009 12:36 AM
How’d you like them apples? - Adel Gabot
A large part of this column is about user/consumer experiences and your stories about how things go down in your adventures in free enterprise.
BEWARE OF BUYER | ADEL GABOT 08/06/2009 12:25 AM
Apology for 'killing' the president - Lala Rimando
I’m guilty. I killed our president. I wrote an online story about the passing of a former president but inadvertently referred to the current one who’s still very much alive in portions of the story.
By Lala Rimando, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak 08/05/2009 12:15 AM