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Editorials

‘Responsible’ mining boosts the economy?

Published : Thursday February 23, 2012   |  Category : Editorials   |  Views : 284

THE fullpage ad paid for by the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines was headlined “Responsible mining boosts the economy.” Read more

Airport’s name change shameful

Published : Wednesday February 22, 2012   |  Category : Editorials   |  Views : 2100

The renaming of the international airport in Pampanga province comes across as petty or something that reeks of colonial mentality. Admittedly, we are not the first to object to changing the airport’s Read more

More important things to talk about

Published : Wednesday February 22, 2012   |  Category : Editorials   |  Views : 470

Surely, President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino 3rd can talk about a number of things other than the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. Last week, the President launched a verbal Read more

Fake medicines still a problem

Published : Tuesday February 21, 2012   |  Category : Editorials   |  Views : 511

OUR page 1 story about the Bureau of Customs’ confiscation of two container vans loaded with fake goods, including medicines, means the problem of counterfeit medicines entering the country has not been solved. Read more

Putting salt on the SALN

Published : Monday February 20, 2012   |  Category : Editorials   |  Views : 998

For once, the administration and opposition lawmakers have joined ranks to oppose a new SALN (Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth) form being proposed by Malacañang. Read more

Don’t try his patience

Published : Monday February 20, 2012   |  Category : Editorials   |  Views : 1484

If you head a government office and you’re planning to invite the President to your anniversary or any milestone, you may proceed at the risk of a presidential harangue that may spoil your party. Read more

Has the President approved ‘MILF autonomy’?

Published : Sunday February 19, 2012   |  Category : Editorials   |  Views : 991

IS it true that, as our banner story by Al Jacinto reports, the Philippine government has agreed to Muslim autonomy as proposed by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front? Read more

Rising OFW remittances reflects economic failures

Published : Saturday February 18, 2012   |  Category : Editorials   |  Views : 865

News about increasing OFW remittances should not distract policymakers from pursuing economic reforms that this country needs. Actually, the rising remittances should remind us that too many Filipinos consider going abroad as the only way to give their families a bright future and to have a dignified lifestyle for themselves. Read more

Fake originals

Published : Saturday February 18, 2012   |  Category : Editorials   |  Views : 1317

Most dictionaries, as the American Heritage Dictionary does, define the noun “fake” as “something not genuine or authentic; a counterfeit.” Read more

Heed warnings about Smartmatic’s AES

Published : Friday February 17, 2012   |  Category : Editorials   |  Views : 672

COMMISSION on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. recently said, in effect, that the poll body has no choice but to buy the old precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines that it leased from Smartmatic International Corporation and used in the 2010 elections. Read more

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