Herman Tiu Laurel: US bully pulpit again

This Nov. 19, 2014, photo
shows an elderly Chinese on a
bicycle in Beijing, China. Photo
by Dennis D. Estopace

(The following is an excerpt of an article that appeared on the "Die Hard III" column by Herman Tiu-Laurel and which appeared in The Daily Tribune on April 15, 2015. The views expressed here are those of Mr. Tiu-Laurel's and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, this blog's author.)

 

THE past month has seen a build-up in anti-China rabble-rousing in the local media, led by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, on China’s South China Sea/West Philippine Sea (SCS/WPS) constructions. It peaked as US and Western media joined in concert, following a headline on US ambassador Philip Goldberg’s condolence for the Special Action Force (SAF) 44 amid the latest Mamasapano hearings in Congress that highlighted US involvement.

Anti-China propaganda belaboring that country’s SCS/WPS constructions were already drummed up a year ago, and we probably won’t see the end of it for many years to come.

DOF: Philippines makes doing business easier

 

The views expressed in this article are those of the Department of Finance

and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to this blog.

Training on workplace health, a useful guide for companies

PBSP Portfolio Manager for Health Jerome

Daclison assists Philip Liwanag, nurse of AAI

Worldwide Logistics Services Inc. in assessing

his company's workplace health training program.

WITH the increase in health risks faced by employees, more companies are seeing the need for health programs in their workplaces. However, setting up one does not just include conducting thrice-a-week Zumba classes, or putting up a “No Smoking” sign in their offices but so much more. 

While many have started to set up their own workplace health initiatives, several others do not know how to do it the proper way, the extent of each program, or even how to evaluate their entire health program.

Letter to the Editor: Children's Rehabilitation Center

Stock photo of a child. Nongovernment
Children Rehabilitation Center* says
children were most affected by the
damage wrought by Typhoon Yolanda
/Haiyan.

Children of the storm

in need of immediate

psychosocial intervention

 

THE havoc brought by super Typhoon Yolanda (International name Haiyan) last 8th of November 2013 has caused major devastation to hundreds of thousands of Filipinos.

Religious Procession

CYCLING SIGHTS. Believers march along Kalentong road towards
Shaw Boulevard in a religious procession of a statue of the Christ
the King on November 24, 2013. Majority of the population of the Philippines
are devout Catholics, practicing the rites that fused with ancient animistic
beliefs. (Photo by Dennis D. Estopace)

Cherubim and Seraphim Concert

Prof. Elena Rivera Mirano, Ph.D.
of the UP College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines,
Diliman, Quezon City, explains the repertoire of
the Cherubim-Seraphim during the concert of the official children's choir
at the Abelardo Hall, College of Music, UP Diliman,
on November 21, 2013. (Photo by Dennis D. Estopace)

Ten Moves! hands over new schoolbuilding for Sendong survivors

Photo from Ten Moves!

Student survivors of Typhoon Sendong have more reasons to rejoice. On Friday, May 24, 2013, officials and representatives from CLSA Chairman's Trust and TEN Moves! formally handed over a two-storey, four classroom-building at Angelico J. Medina Memorial Elementary School, which serves the educational requirements of children in Barangay Sta. Elena, Iligan City.