A Moroccan policeman stands guard outside the COP22 village during the 22nd Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Marrakech, Morocco, on Nov 15, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua] As Confucius taught us, there are three methods to gaining wisdom.
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Chinese soccer’s rising riches yet to bode well for the game
Chinese supporter cheers for their team before the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia and AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Preliminary Joint Qualification soccer match Qatar vs China at the Al Sadd Stadium in Doha, Qatar, October 8, 2015. [Photo/IC] A host of teams in the Chinese Super League, the country’s top soccer league, have witnessed big changes in their major shareholders as well as squads after this season.
Shrine visit unmasks Abe Cabinet’s true sentiments
US President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lay wreaths at the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii on Tuesday. [Photo/Agencies] Shinzo Abe did indeed make history, of sorts, by becoming the first Japanese leader to visit the memorial above the wreckage of the USS Arizona in Hawaii and offering his “sincere and everlasting condolences” to those who died 75 years ago when Japan launched its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
Need for deft handling in Hong Kong
It has been clear ever since Chris Patten, the last British governor, left Hong Kong following its handover to China, that the road to the territory’s Government House runs through Beijing. With its current incumbent, the unpopular Leung Chun Ying, announcing that he would not seek a second term as Chief Executive, the field is open to fresh candidates.
Editorial: Disturb us
DECEMEBR 24, 2016, on the eve of Christmas, President Rodrigo R. Duterte visited the Children’s Cancer Center at the Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City. Busy as he is, he made sure that the visit to the children with cancer is fitted into his calendar.
APVMA move bordering on the farcical
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Delimitation of election constituencies
Over the past few months, you likely would have read or heard news on the delimitation exercise being undertaken by the Elections Commission . Many quarters have criticised and objected the proposals for delimitation put forth by the EC.
The global wave of populism that turned 2016 upside down
If you had to sum up 2016 in one word, you might choose “populism.” Once rarely used outside the academic halls of political science departments, that word has been fully cemented in the mainstream this year as shock-voting results emerged around the world.
LETHBRIDGE: Catching up to rural Vietnam
In November, I was in Vietnam – way, way out there in the Northern province of Ha Giang on the border with China. There were ethnic peoples in traditional dress, dangerous mountain passes, very few tourists and not a lot of modern conveniences.
LETHBRIDGE: Catching up to rural Vietnam
In November, I was in Vietnam – way, way out there in the Northern province of Ha Giang on the border with China. There were ethnic peoples in traditional dress, dangerous mountain passes, very few tourists and not a lot of modern conveniences.
Maglana: A different kind of Silent Night amid PH anti-drug campaign
The song written by Fr. Joseph Mohr and set to music by Franz Gruber, first performed by them on December 24, 1818 at the St. Nicholas Church in in Oberndorf, Austria, and translated into different languages have been enjoyed by many as part of Christmas traditions around the world for 198 years now.
opinions | Trip to Germany a reminder of our duty to speak for the voiceless
The week after Thanksgiving, I had the privilege to be a participant on the Germany Close Up trip. The program gives American Jewish students and young professionals the opportunity to see and experience modern Germany and to better understand the political history and cultural landscape.
editorial | Goodbye and good riddance to 2016
Terrorism shows no signs of abating, with Islamic State taking credit for a string of shocking attacks, from Brussels Airport in March, to the Bastille Day horror in Nice, France, to this week’s truck plowing into a crowd of holiday shoppers at a Berlin market. Closer to home, tragedy struck the LGBT community with the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando in June, and in the Bay Area, the horrific Ghost Ship fire broke all of our hearts.
Citizen’s View: Memories of a Christmas far from home – Thursday, 22 December 2016
Memories of the more than half a hundred Christmases I have celebrated have all blended into a pleasant blur of warmth and companionship – first with my parents and sister and then with my own wife and family. All, that is, but one – the Christmas of 1944.
A Christmas tale of thievery
Sylvia was partial to the idea of spending Christmas in New York City, of seeing the big tree, shopping at the original Macy’s and such. But Tom had that TV preacher’s spiel bouncing around in his head: Christmas in the Holy Land.
Pangan: On bolstering employees’ growth and performance
ASIDE from providing them with incentives, as mandated by law, local government units may consider giving them rewards as part of their HR engagement program that will also help the LGUs retain employees in the workplace. It takes some imagination and creativity for the LGUs to conceptualize some rewards systems.
.com | Maths pass rate misunderstood
The context was a clumsily managed circular to schools from the department of basic education, reinforced by early press statements, that gave the public the impression that the maths pass rate had been lowered to 20%. There was a crescendo of outrage.
What’s with the road toll love-in?
There is no doubt Canadians are going to pay more for infrastructure over the next decade, but tolls are the wrong way to do it. It’s easy to see the allure of road tolls.
Miss Alia Atkinsona s uplifting example
Time and time again, Jamaicans have found reason to take heart and inspiration from the example of champion swimmer Miss Alia Atkinson. The nation has been inspired not just as a result of Miss Atkinson’s successes, but also by her determination and courage to fight back from bitter disappointment.