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Thursday, April 19, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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Lucky and Flo:
Dog-eat-dog |
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IT looks like it will take only a pair of Labrador
retrievers to put out of business the video pirates that the
government is trying mightily to run out of town.
On Monday the dogs—Lucky and
Flo—led Optical Media Board agents and representatives of the
Motion Picture Association in separate raids on video outlets in
Makati, Pasig and Mandaluyong. The association brought the dogs here
to confiscate copies of fake Hollywood movies, child pornography and
pirated Asian movies. It investigates piracy for big movie
companies.
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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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EAST
AND WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Evardone’s
campaign theory
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This senatorial election is
producing contrasting ways of how to win the votes needed for
victory. The contrast is seen in the styles favored by Eastern Samar
governor and Team Unity media director Ben Evardone...
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Here I Stand
By Geronimo L. Sy
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Bobo ang Pinoy?
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In more than one conversation, we
hear the emphatic statement that Filipinos are a creative lot and
hardworking, too. “Magaling” in the colloquial. The Filipino
worker is held up as a model employee.
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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A talk with GMA
(1)
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Recently, I had an exclusive
interview with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the presidential
palace. It was one of the very few she granted a journalist this
year.
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FROM THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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Some questions on
public opinion polling
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Genuine Opposition senatorial
candidate John Osmeña has beefed about his slipping ranking in a
poll survey of senatoriables in the May 14 election. He could not
accept the explanation of the polling agency that his political ad...
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All will benefit
if WHO includes Taiwan
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With Taiwan’s bids to gain
observer status in the World Health Assembly (WHA) over the past 10
years, and growing hopes for meaningful participation in related
technical conferences...
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9 years for Muslim
Nobel nominee’s son
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BEIJING: China on Tuesday
sentenced the son of exiled Uighur nationalist and Nobel Peace Prize
nominee Rebiya Kadeer to nine years in prison for secessionist
activities, court officials and state press said.
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Malaysia warms to
joint patrols in Malacca
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Malaysia said Tuesday that it is
ready to study ways to boost security in the piracy-prone Malacca
Strait, including conducting sensitive joint maritime patrols with
Indonesia and Singapore.
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