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Points of View & Perspectives
May, 2016
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8 May
Naia screeners’ appeal: Don’t judge us too harshly and too hastily
Screeners at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) are being generally pilloried as “extortionists,” as cases of bullet-planting continue to hit the news.
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1 May
From Asperger’s to narcissism and necrophilia
There’s that obvious lack of demonstrated empathy. As if he never even tried to care, choosing to ogle shiny cars over the nobler duty and responsibility to show sympathy and compassion amid profound grief caused by the stupidest exercise of patronage and partisanship that led to the death of the Mamasapano 44.
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1 May
Just a bride emoji as ‘profession’ for girls?
An apparent protest behind the “bride with veil” emoji, intimating as the only dream goal for girls, seems to have struck a profound chord with millions having clicked on the ‘Like’ button of the new video campaign “to empower girls” at #LikeAGirl, which Procter&Gamble’s Always brand launched last year.
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1 May
Who is behind Trillanes?
Barely two weeks before the general elections of 2016, senator and five-star hotel mutineer Antonio Trillanes IV is creating waves by exploding allegations against the frontrunner in the presidential race.
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1 May
Globe’s Binondo initiative
Globe Telecom’s Binondo initiative reflects the company’s innovative focus on its business game, the reason it continues to be viewed with enthusiasm by market analysts. That Binondo initiative, whereby the Ayala-led company is leading off its nationwide fiber broadband technology roll-out in Binondo, the heart of Chinatown in the metropolis, shows a compelling business narrative about Globe’s future.
April, 2016
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24 April
The great bank heist catalyst
When we consider the total amount of stolen money a Philippine bank had let slip through safety protocols at its head office (HO), add to this the total originally intended by the bank robbers who had employed this particular bank, then the monetary fines that regulators say might be imposed may actually reward than punish those derelict of their charge.
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24 April
Bereaved of an oak tree
The feeling heightens as soon as summer starts to creep in and the sun splashes blinding streams of light through glass windows.
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24 April
Optimism in Roxas camp
Based on reports from very reliable sources and conversations with insiders, the fact is there is an air of optimism in the camp of presidential candidate and former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas.
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24 April
Unsound banking
What Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Deputy Governor Nestor Espenilla, Jr. disclosed about the need to increase the monetary penalties that the BSP can impose on errant banks based on the amount involved in an irregularity just goes to show that many of the rules and sanctions in place in the banking system are past their usefulness.