Neric Acosta
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Next big leaps
Campaign 2010 was, for those of us who were in the thick of the process, alternately exhausting and awe-inspiring. Yet while invariably grueling, there was,
[Free Corner] Noynoy!
Noynoy! Noynoy! People of all ages shriek and howl his name as they reach out for the now ubiquitous yellow wristbands from a convoy of ...[Free Corner] 2009
This column is long overdue and is written in this lull of Christmas week. The past several weeks have been frenzied -- a flurry ...[Free Corner] Tuloy ang Laban!
Our long journey of a two-dozen vehicle convoy from Davao City to the heartland of Mindanao was marked, in a trip already filled with the ...[Free Corner] Mourning for Cory, Morning for Country
In the flurry of broadcast news on the day the Filipino people laid to rest President Corazon Aquino, an incredulous and emotion-gripped radio commentator asked: ...[Free Corner] Yellow Courage
The sadness that millions have in their hearts as they pray for President Cory Aquino, who continues her valiant battle against cancer, casts a pall ...[Free Corner] Asserting green
It is time to reclaim, redefine, and re-assert the fundamental premise that the environment is the foundation for economic growth and human development. ...[Free Corner] Chutzpah
It is time not only for the sustained expression of public outrage. It is time to match the Palace's official chutzpah and arrogance of power ...[Free Corner] Era of low predictability
For a people yearning to cross a threshold next year, hope is alive and well. Low predictability may cause trepidation and anxiety but it is ...[Free Corner] Social contract
This is something we direly lack and which we desperately need in the country: leaders who own up to their transgressions, who allow the processes ...



