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Lavished with unabashed emotion as if she were our mother, and crowned twice in the only way humans know how, we have been profuse with gestures to honor her, our Heavenly Queen.
Points of View & Perspectives
September, 2015
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20 September
Muslim rebels reject changes in proposed autonomy law
By Jim Gomez / The Associated Press A Muslim rebel leader has said changes that would water down a proposed Muslim autonomy law under a peace deal with the Philippines government are unacceptable and that insurgents are appealing to lawmakers to pass legislation that would help end a decades-old rebellion in the country’s south.
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20 September
Japan enhances military’s role as security bills pass
By Mari Yamaguchi / The Associated Press Tokyo—Japan’s parliament early Saturday approved contentious legislation that enhances the role of the country’s military by loosening post-World War II constraints, after the ruling bloc defeated opposition parties’ last-ditch effort to block a vote.
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13 September
Bedtime dreams and discharges
Many can’t seem to believe the ludicrousness of the announcement that a representative mouthpiece of the ruling Liberal Party (LP) recently discharged to hacks and hounds salivating for press releases.
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13 September
What Customs won’t find in a ‘balikbayan’ box
Or how the worth of goods in it could be missed outright because they’re really more than the symbols of OFW “sacrifices and hardships,” which then-President Corazon Aquino’s amendment to the Tariff Law that exempts it, honors. What then could they truly be? Try mulling over on these:
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13 September
Pockets of success in managing Edsa traffic
Amid the pestilential rains, floods and traffic that overwhelmed thousands of motorists and commuters in Metro Manila last week, there were a few notable areas where operatives of the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) under the Philippine National Police were able to score some brownie points.
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13 September
Trump on ‘Tonight Show:’ Will apologize ‘if I’m ever wrong’
By Frazier Moore / The Associated Press New York—Donald Trump clarified, sort of, a long-standing question about his personality during an appearance on Friday’s Tonight Show.
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6 September
Beggar thy neighbor
The war did not just erupt a few weeks ago. What happened recently, the deliberate devaluation by as much as 2 percent of the yuan was merely the latest skirmish in festering hostilities between protagonists battling for global supremacy; two titans whose military strength applied against each other remain essentially untested, superiority, undecided. In that, the rest of the world remains …
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6 September
9/11: How far away it all seems and yet
…(T)wo days before September 11, a friend fetched me for Baltimore from JFK Internatiaonal airport, cruising through a glorious New York sky, really other-worldly on summer nights.
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6 September
Zero tolerance for Bert Lina
The recent Zero Remittance Day by OFWs all over the world in protest of Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina’s P600-million revenue goal predicated on taxes to be imposed on balikbayan boxes sends a very strong signal from our so-called modern-day heroes.