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by Senator Edgardo J. Angara
Published on February 26, 2012, Manila Bulletin


Over the last decade, the Government of Japan, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has been the largest provider of official development assistance (ODA) loans to the Philippines, accounting for 53 percent, of the total US$10.815 billion or US$5.717 billion.

In 2010 alone, the JICA committed US$3.508 billion of the US$10.063 in our ODA loans. It also gave US$89.4 million in grants to 229 projects in 2010.

by Senator Edgardo J. Angara
Published on February 21, 2012, Business Mirror


Last Sunday, February 19, we marked the 33rd Founding Anniversary of the province of Aurora with a very important developmental and historical milestone—the opening of the new Aurora Memorial Hospital. The inauguration gave Aurorans the rare opportunity to welcome no less than President Benigno Simeon Aquino III.

by Senator Edgardo J. Angara
Published on February 12, 2012, Manila Bulletin


“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,” says Dick the Butcher in one of the most memorable lines in Shakespeare’s Henry VI.

Some may be thinking of lawyers along such denigratory, though hopefully less extreme, lines especially with the full-blown impeachment drama playing out in national TV four times a week. Their flaws, missteps and oversight are revealed as much as their incisiveness, finesse and wit. Lawyers are, after all, very human.

by Senator Edgardo J. Angara
Published on February 7, 2012, Business Mirror


After 11 months, the Senate passed on third and final reading on Monday last week the Cybercrime Prevention Act (Senate Bill No. 2796). I was the primary author of the measure, as well as its sponsor as Chair of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology and Congressional Commission on Science, Technology and Engineering.

by Senator Edgardo J. Angara
Published on February 5, 2012, Manila Bulletin


After 11 months, the Senate passed on third and final reading last Monday the Cybercrime Prevention Act (Senate Bill No. 2796). I was the primary author of the measure, as well as its sponsor as Chair of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology.

by Senator Edgardo J. Angara
Published on February 1, 2012, Vital Signs


The cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro are still reeling from the effects of Tropical Storm Sendong. As of the January 25 bulletin posted by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the death toll has risen to a staggering 1,259, with 182 people still missing—far exceeding the adverse impact of 2009’s Ondoy.

But that is only the tip of the iceberg. Studies from the United States show that more people are injured and killed after a storm than during it.

by Senator Edgardo J. Angara
Published on January 29, 2012, Manila Bulletin


The world is more than three years removed from the last great economic meltdown but remains at the mercy of its lingering impacts. One of the most deleterious has been the massive loss of jobs, and many economies’ subsequent inability to generate these back.

by Senator Edgardo J. Angara
Published on January 24, 2012, Business Mirror


The entire country, as well as international observers, has been closely keeping tabs on the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato C. Corona. We are, indeed, seeing history unfold before us but let us not, in the process, fail to take notice of an equally pivotal development for the future.

by Senator Edgardo J. Angara
Published on January 22, 2012, Manila Bulletin


The entire country, as well as international observers, closely kept tabs on the first week of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato C. Corona. We are, indeed, seeing history unfold before us but let us not, in the process, fail to take notice of an equally pivotal development for the future.

by Senator Edgardo J. Angara
Published on January 17, 2012, Business Mirror


While the nation’s attention is directed at the second impeachment trial in our country’s history, events abroad continue to deteriorate and threaten our country’s economy. Despite the country’s sound economic fundamentals, its growth will likely be dampened by a slowing global economy.