For complete list of INQUIRER.net RSS Feed visit http://services.inquirer.net/rss/rss.php http://services.inquirer.net/rss/opinion_columns.xml 2009-11-07T17:05:16+08:00 text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20091107-234751/When-dots-connect “THEY WILL CONNECT,” I ALWAYS SAY. I sound confident —certain, even—as though I would really be surprised if they don’t. text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20091107-234750/Quality-education-just-a-campaign-promise FILIPINO VOTERS USUALLY have to wait until the last hour of the last day for the filing of Certificate of Candidacy to know who want to be the next Philippine president. text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20091107-234749/Corys-style-of-leadership UNKNOWN TO MANY, THE LATE CORAZON Aquino was cited, in a book, as an example of virtuous leadership by a European expert on leadership. text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20091107-234748/Povertys-the-same-after-26-years THE SWS SEPTEMBER 2009 SURVEY FINDING that 53 percent of Filipino households call themselves mahirap (poor), released this week, indicates that there has been practically no progress in the fight against poverty in the last 26 years. text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20091107-234747/How-the-LT-bid-for-GenBank-was-won TO ILLUSTRATE THE PROPRIETARY NATURE of Ferdinand Marcos’ (FM) behavior towards Lucio Tan (LT) and his companies, last week’s column cited a letter from LT to FM, asking for the latter’s assistance in the former’s bid to acquire General Bank and Trust Co. (GenBank, now Allied Bank). text/html http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20091107-234746/Why-presidents-go-local WHAT IS WRONG WITH PRESIDENT Macapagal-Arroyo’s frequent visits to her native town in Pampanga? Nothing—if they are the simple visits they are made out to be by her spokesmen: sentimental trips we all make to the communities of our childhood.