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Tuesday, April 24, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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On a limb called
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OF course there’s no such place as limbo. Even
before he became commander in chief of the Swiss Guards, Pope
Benedict XVI had expressed doubts about limbo. The Bible does not
devote a single sentence to the word. The Church does not have a
formal doctrine on the concept of limbo. Newspapers are even
ambivalent about putting the first letter in upper case or not.
Popular belief and traditional
Church teaching have perpetuated the myth of limbo, the place where
unbaptized children were supposedly exiled. They do not enjoy the
full blessings of heaven but they’re spared the punishment of
purgatory or hell. It’s only fair; why punish the little ones
because their parents or guardians failed to have them baptized?
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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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Corn hoarding
harms consumers
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In the middle of a successful
information campaign by the Department of Agriculture, comes this
report from the industry grapevine: There is a projected shortfall
in corn supply this year at 1.8 million metric tons.
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OPEN NOTEBOOK
By Random Jottings
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The many lives of
Senate hopeful Chavit Singson
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ONE gets the sneaking feeling
that fate is somehow playing a happy and compliant hand in the
senatorial bid of swashbuckling (anyone who keeps eight tigers, a
lion and two pythons as domestic pets has to fit neatly...
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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A talk with GMA
(3)
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This is the concluding portion of
my interview with President Arroyo. She talks about bringing down
the cost of electricity.
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MEN & EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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Rice, Ban coming
to Manila
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend
the 40th Asean Ministerial Meeting (AMM) scheduled in Manila in late
July.
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ENGLISH PLAIN AND SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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Choosing the right
connectives–II
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Let’s continue our survey of
the alternatives for establishing the various relationships between
ideas, firmly keeping in mind two things: (1) that coordinating
conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs...
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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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Angel to the
CPA-NPA
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Wikipedia.org describes this
young woman as “the most popular young actress.” Thousands of
other websites list her as one of the sexiest and most beautiful
Filipina actress; to others she is the No. 1.
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London’s Russian
Economic Forum opens under boycott cloud
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LONDON: The 10th annual Russian
Economic Forum, a British-ledeffort which opened here Sunday to
showcase the country’s businesses to potential investors, is
clouded this year with a boycott by some top Russian officials.
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