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Friday, April 13, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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We support the call of the Catholic Bishops’
Conference of the Philippines on the people to organize themselves
effectively and work to ensure that this year’s elections become
as honest, credible and free from violence as possible.
Said the CBCP in a pastoral
letter read at Masses on Sunday January 28: “These coming
elections in May 2007 are especially important. Many of our current
political problems, which have hindered fuller economic development
and social justice, especially for the poor, can be traced to
unresolved questions concerning the conduct of past elections. As a
nation, we cannot afford yet another controversial exercise that
further aggravates social distrust and hopelessness.”
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O T H E R C O L U M N S A
N D F E A T U R E S
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BIG DEAL
By Dan Mariano
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Recto: Resist
prepayment temptation
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As of this writing, the
Philippine peso is trading 47.95 to one US dollar. It is the
strongest level the local currency has reached in six years.
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HEADS UP
By Joel P.
Palacios
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Apology officer
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When a man is cool, calm and
collected you’d believe it if he says, “I eat complaints for
breakfast.” But many others crack from the pressures of daily
life.
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T.G.I.F
By Rene Saguisag
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Mike the knifed
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Especially coming off Easter,
just about the entire nation may have commiserated with the Arroyos
when Mike went under the knife. We have to assume sincerity in
feeling their pain.
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AMBIENT
VOICES
By Ma. Isabel Ongpin
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Issues
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From informal or anecdotal
surveys, there is not much excitement about who will be elected and
who will not, among the electorate. There are no overt commitments,
passionate positions or happy choices.
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Analysts:
Singapore PM doing damage control on salary row
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Prime Minister Lee Hsien
Loong’s offer to freeze his salary for five years is an attempt to
appease rare public fury over plans to boost the salaries of
ministers and civil servants, analysts said Thursday.
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Envoys scramble to
contain war spillover from Darfur to region
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KHARTOUM: International efforts
to clinch Khartoum’s approval for UN peacekeepers in Darfur turned
on Thursday into a scramble to contain rising tension between Chad
and Sudan, following deadly border clashes.
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‘Slaughterhouse-Five’
author Kurt Vonnegut, 84, is dead
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KURT Vonnegut, the creator of wry
science fiction and black comedy built on his experience as a World
War II prisoner of war who survived the horrific Dresden bombing,
died late Tuesday, The New York Times reported.
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