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By Christopher Bodeen / The Associated Press Beijing—China’s Ministry of Defense on Saturday accused the United States of committing a “serious military provocation” by flying an Air Force B-52 bomber over a Chinese-controlled man-made island in the South China Sea, and reiterated that it would do whatever necessary to protect Chinese sovereignty.
Points of View & Perspectives
December, 2015
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13 December
The demand for Duterte
Early in 2015 when the clamor for Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte was still in its infancy—almost a fanciful pipe dream among a few supporters still then limited to those fascinated by the peace and order brought to a city surrounded by constant war and violence—comparing him with other frontrunners, we had shot from the hip and labeled him …
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13 December
The battle for the 700-megahertz frequency
There is an interesting tug- of -war between telco giants Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company and Globe Telecom, on one hand, and upcoming telco entrant San Miguel Corp. in partnership with Telstra of Australia, on the other, that concerns the allocation of an important band that is deemed crucial to Internet penetration.
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13 December
Fast-forwarding Mar Roxas’ decline
The latest poll conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed that Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is leading the current field of aspirants in terms of voters’ choice for the next president of the country.
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13 December
Asia’s coastal cities face challenge of rising seas
New Delhi— The future will be a watery one for some of the world’s biggest cities.
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6 December
Understanding the credit-outlook downgrade
Given the lengthening record of ineptitude and the dreaded possibility that bungling incompetence would accelerate and continue well into the next presidential term, with one candidate capitalizing on the present and promising to pursue more or less the same deal that Benigno Aquino III has been inflicting on us, the news of a recent downgrade from one of the most …
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6 December
PNoy should look into PDIC shenanigans
President Aquino needs to look into what looks like Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) shenanigans as the policy wonks at the government bank receiver have displayed a remarkable difference in their handling of shuttered banks or those with huge government bailouts. The President, who has a firm grasp of economics, needs to ask just a few questions from the officials …
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6 December
Social media, the new megaphone for violent perpetrators
Palo alto, California— Tashfeen Malik, the woman involved in last week’s Southern California mass shooting, has another claim to notoriety: She’s the latest in a growing line of extremists and disturbed killers who have used social media to punctuate their horrific violence.
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6 December
The 11 countries that haven’t made pledges for climate deal
By Karl Ritter / The Associated Press Le bourget, France— Some are at war, others recovering from natural disasters and some are simply ideologically opposed to the climate deal taking shape in United Nation (UN) talks outside Paris.
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4 December
How do you solve a problem like Mar Roxas?
We can only commiserate with the campaign strategists of former Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas, who is now the Liberal Party standard-bearer.