Chip Tsao and F. Sionil Jose

Over the past week or two,  the local papers and online activists have been pummeling HK columnist, Chip Tsao, for his “The War at Home” column. Mr Tsao claims his column was meant as a satire.  However, neither that nor his apology have placated irate Filipino activists.  Amidst the noise, F. Sionil Jose, one of the Philippines’ foremost literay figures, contributes a reasoned analysis of the controversy generated out of Mr Tsao’s column.

Mr. Tsao’s fifteen minutes of fame, or rather notoriety is nearly over. However, the unfortunate circumstances of millions of Filipinos deployed overseas still persists, and it will continue to linger on which is unfortunate for the Philippines as whole.

F. Sionil Jose’s “Why are we ‘a nation of servants’?” - The Philippine Star, 5 April 2009

Chip Tsao’ “Have Hong Kong Girls Stopped Looking for Mr White?” – a reaction

Interviews, Sep/Oct 2008

30 September 2008: Andrew Houston, Managing Director of Amba Research, talks about the global credit crisis.

02 October 2008: Michael Spencer, Chief Economist for Asia at Deutsche Bank discussing passage of the US$700 billion bailout plan on the second round, the global credit crisis, implications for Asia and regional market picks. (Apologies to Mr Spencer for the team having used the wrong photo.)

30 September 2008: Former Energy Secretary and now president of Alterenergy, a renewable energy company, Vince Perez talks to us about the Renewable Energy Bill passed by the Senate the day before.

10 October 2008 Albay Gov. Joey Salceda talks about his Php50 billion ‘financial defense’ package.