Too old to blush?
April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Juan L. Mercado
Sleaze spreading throughout this region left Asian Development Bank’s chief economist Read more
Vulnerable messengers
March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Juan L. Mercado
(In the Philippines ) crimes against journalists, and the impunity that surround such acts, show that the press is as vulnerable Read more
Abduction as policy
February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Jual L. Mercado
Who hit the replay button? Rodolfo Lozadas dawn press conference stripped away the regimes fig leaf: Read more
Piranha frenzy
February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Jual L. Mercado
We spend about P7,000 for every student in this country,” the Education Department official said at a recent Region 7 meeting. Read more
On New Year’s eve
February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Jual L. Mercado
MANILA - On New Year’s Eve, there rises, in all of us, the itch to glimpse the future. Read more
Philippine envoy to Vatican quits post
February 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The Philippine Ambassador to Vatican has stepped down amid alleged opposition by some Read more
Wedding rings as visas
January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Juan L. Mercado
In the Broadway play Fiddler on the Roof, three impoverished sisters, in a turn-of-the-century Read more
Kawawa ang Bayan
December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment
By Juan L. Mercado
MANILA - Is sanctuarized murder emerging in the 12-year-old unsolved killing of Philippine Navy Ensign Phillip Andrew Pestano, Read more
Maids seen and heard
December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment
By Juan L. MercadoMaids are seen, not heard, cacique-style households claim. But then, they never met Ophelia A. Belo. Read more
Only The Brave
November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment
By Juan L. Mercado
If you jabbed the Marcos dictatorship with jokes, read on. This is about what Londons Telegraph calls arguably Read more
Pale ink and memory
October 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment
By Juan L. Mercado
MANILA-The palest ink is better than the best memory, the Chinese say. September 22 marked the 35th anniversary of martial law. Read more
