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Text and video by LUZ RIMBAN VICTIMS of human rights abuses during the martial law years are rushing to beat the Nov. 10 deadline set by law for them to file claims against the government of former President Ferdinand Marcos. Victims and their relatives or survivors crowded the premises of the Virata Hall at the University

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS PRESIDENT Aquino today is in the lakeside resort in Yanqihu, 50 kilometers from Beijing, for the 22nd summit of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC. This is the first time that Aquino and Chinese President Xi Jinping will have a chance for greetings more than just “hello” and “goodbye.” Aquino has

Text and photos by AVIGAIL M. OLARTE TACLOBAN CITY – On the bed is where she could end it, she thought. She’s 16, he’s six months old. Alyssa (not her real name) was sold for sex one night last year. On board a docked ship in Leyte, in a locked room, a Japanese repeatedly raped

   By JOHNNA VILLAVIRAY  GIOLAGON TACLOBAN, Leyte –President Aquino marked the first anniversary of the super typhoon Yolanda (international name, Haiyan) one day earlier in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, where the typhoon made its first landfall early morning of Nov. 8, 2013. It was in Tacloban in Leyte that Yolanda wrought the most damage. Leyte residents

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS GUIAN, Eastern Samar – It was in this town at the southernmost tip of Samar Island that typhoon Yolanda (international name, Haiyan), packing winds at 380 kilometers per hour, that made its first landfall at wee hours of Nov. 8, one year ago. After four hours of howling, spine-tingling winds, only

By JOHN PAUL ECARMA MAUNES CEBU CITY— It is a typical morning rush in a community public school in Barangay Bulacao, Pardo in Cebu City. Students lugging heavy schoolbags head towards their classrooms in a hurry, some with parents in tow. In one particular classroom, the scene is even more chaotic: 15 students, aged 14

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE PDAF and DAP scandals have a lot to do with the increase in the trust of the people on media, the decline of the same for the government and continued distrust for non-government organizations. The 2014 Philippine Trust Index conducted by EON showed that media is third most trusted institution

  By NORMAN SISON WOULD you get married at a centuries-old cemetery? That may sound macabre, but couples who get hitched at Paco Park in Manila do just that. Weddings are about living happily ever after till death do they part. So, the usual venues are beaches, gardens, poolsides and other romantic places. After all,

  By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS  ENRICHED by having dealt with issues at close range and without the restrictions of toeing the government line, former government officials usually are the voice of wisdom on current issues. Such was speech of former Foreign Secretary Roberto R. Romulo (Ramos administration) at the Manila Times Business Forum last Wednesday

By YVONNE T. CHUA INVESTIGATORS of the Anti-Money Laundering Council recently concluded that bank accounts of Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr. and his family, as well as those of Janet Lim-Napoles and her pseudo-NGOs, were possibly involved in a scheme to launder the controversial “pork barrel” funds. The AMLC’s 64-page inquiry report containing the initial findings

By LAURO L. BAJA, JR THE killing of Jennifer Laude, a Filipino citizen, allegedly by American PFC Joseph Scott Pemberton, in the Philippines brought open to the fore the provision of the Visiting Force Agreement (VFA) especially sections of Article 5 on criminal jurisdiction and custody of erring U.S. servicemen. The VFA gives the Philippines

  By PABLO A. TARIMAN “IT takes a lot of diligence and insight from both the conductor and the choristers. It all boils down to finding that meaning in the material and to be able to transfer it through sound that makes a winning performance, whether in a competition or a concert setting.” Thus said

  By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS TWO embarrassing incidents were in the minds of officials of the Deparment of Foreign Affairs when they decided not to request for a bilateral meeting between President Aquino and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Nov. 10 and 11 Leaders Meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC to

  By NORMAN SISON IT was during a vacation in New Zealand when Lydia Paredes noticed a concave indentation on her left breast. After procrastinating for months, she finally saw a doctor. The diagnosis: invasive ductal carcinoma — a malignant tumor. It was at stage 1, very survivable, but the fact that it was cancer

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS TOTOO naman. Bakit nga naman inaasahan natin pumunta si Pangulong Aquino sa lamay ni Jennifer Laude? Sino ba si Jennifer Laude? Hindi naman siya kamag-anak ng mga Aquino. Hindi naman siya haciendera katulad ng mga Cojuangco-Aquino. Hindi naman siya sundalo. Hindi naman siya miyembro ng Liberal Party. Hindi naman siya nanay

  By PABLO A. TARIMAN THE Atchison family in London is a classic case of devoted performing artists managing between engagements and parenting. Six times a week, Gia Macuja Atchison is singing the role of the former first lady’s maid, Estrella Cumpas, in the rock musicale, “Here Lies Love” at the National Theater while her

  By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE Philippine College of Physicians, headed by   Dr. Anthony Leachon, is recommending that the Philippine government require returning Filipinos from West Africa, where there is a widespread outbreak of the killer disease Ebola, to undergo exit screening there before being allowed to come home. That is on top of the

    By HAZEL P. VILLA ILOILO City – The Philippines has a big market for books, with 88 percent of Filipino adults reading non-school books. Still, the Philippine book industry continues to lag behind its Asian neighbors and cannot fully serve the needs of the local market, according to the 2014 State of the