MANILA: The death of President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino - Tita Cory to most of the 92 million people of the Philippines - left behind a precious inheritance: a legacy of freedom that the Philippines came to share with oppressed peoples around the (...)
MANILA: China's government has just announced that Premier Wen Jiabao will be the main speaker at the 2009 Boao Forum for Asia, where the roster of leaders expected to participate is a virtual Who's Who of the continent: President Asif Ali Zardari (...)
MANILA: Unlike his predecessor, US President Barack Obama is popular from the Atlantic to the Pacific. He has reached out to the Muslim world and pledged to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict without delay. The nations of Asia have a (...)
Pakistan's near political chaos, the result of President Pervez Musharraf's declaration of martial law last year and the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, has had a tsunami-like impact across Southeast Asia. Should Musharraf's (...)
MANILA: East Timor, now known as Timor-Leste, is the world's newest democracy. It may have a population of less than one million, but it has a proud, heroic history and a rich culture built up over centuries of diverse ethnic and colonial (...)