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Last March 7, 2006, I was a certified fugitive.

That
Wednesday, I was in Cavite Export Processing Zone doing several
interviews when I received a barrage of text messages warning me not to
go to the office because an arrest warrant was being served arising
from the libel case filed in 2005 by Chavit Singson, a well-known and
influential politician north of Manila. The other respondents were out
chasing a story or moderating a forum. Gemma Bagayaua, our on-line
editor, was in the office… Continue

When I ran across a magazine article entitled, “A Big Windows Cleanup
In Asia,” I was expecting to read something funny. I reckoned it might
have something to do with elaborate efforts to scrub off dirt from the
windowpanes in pollution- and smog-filled Asian cities. But who am I
kidding? I was browsing a May issue of Businessweek Magazine where the
stories have more to do with what influence the financial markets
rather than whether the movers and shakers have clear views from their
swanky corn… Continue