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Neric Acosta was congressman from 1998-2007 and principal author of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. He served as secretary-general of the Liberal Party and is current secretary-general of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Hawaii where he was an East-West Center doctorate fellow. He teaches at the Ateneo School of Government and Department of Political Science. In 2004 he was named World Fellow of Yale University.
2009
This column is long overdue and is written in this lull of Christmas week. The past several weeks have been frenzied -- a flurry
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 ...Mourning for Cory, Morning for CountryIn 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: ...Yellow CourageThe sadness that millions have in their hearts as they pray for President Cory Aquino, who continues her valiant battle against cancer, casts a pall ...Asserting greenIt is time to reclaim, redefine, and re-assert the fundamental premise that the environment is the foundation for economic growth and human development. ...ChutzpahIt 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 ...Era of low predictabilityFor a people yearning to cross a threshold next year, hope is alive and well. Low predictability may cause trepidation and anxiety but it is ...Social contractThis is something we direly lack and which we desperately need in the country: leaders who own up to their transgressions, who allow the processes ...Gas-GuzzlingMONTREAL, Canada – With a visiting scholar stint in the ‘ivory towers’ of McGill University, I note with great interest the growing effects of a ...Leader CoryLeaders are not just managers who can mobilize human and material resources. Leaders provide a vision of a future and show a people what ... |
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Kastila (1878 - 1944)
This week we commemorate the life and great contributions to the Filipino nation of the distinguished President Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina. After passing the ...
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