The recent attack on government installations by armed guerillas identified with Nur Misuari in Jolo closes another chapter in the episodic effort to find a lasting solution to the so-called Mindanao problem. It marks the formal breakdown of the peace accord signed with so much hope by the Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation … Read more
Despite a disappointing first year, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo still has a chance to be remembered as among our best presidents — but only if she can think of her present term as her last. She must reconcile herself to a future without Gloria, and work for a social vision that will make it easier for her … Read more
An artisan, squatting on the bare floor, pounds a sheet of aluminum into the shape of a leg and attaches it to the live stump of an amputee. The patient looks at it, feels it, and smiles. Amputee and artisan work in perfect unison until they get it right. The new limb is then covered … Read more