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Saturday, April 28, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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THE best that the Armed Forces of the Philippines
could report on the Black Saturday massacre at an army camp in Jolo
is that a civilian “was behind” the rampage that killed nine
soldiers and two civilians. The killer, however, remains
unidentified.
The shooting took place April 7
or 19 days ago. The investigation must have begun immediately April
8. What is keeping the Army from doing a thorough and speedy
investigation?
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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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THE OTHER VIEW
By Elmer A. Ordoñez
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Survey fetishism
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People now look at surveys as
means for “divining” the outcome of the coming elections, and
this can be construed as survey fetishism even in the Marxist sense.
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ABOVE ALL THINGS
By Ramon Jr. &
Eloisa S. Mabutas
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Agent absconded
with installments
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QUERY raised in letter received:
I am an overseas worker, now homeless in my own native land. A
couple of years ago, I bought a townhouse unit from a realty firm,
through an agent.
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NATURE FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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‘Cork on Top’
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I received a letter and some
brochures from Haribon’s BirdLife partner organizations in the
United Kingdom, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
and in Portugal, the SPEA.
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FINANCE IN THE 21st CENTURY
By Robert J. Shiller
, Project Syndicate
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Taming
‘speculative capitalism’
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Nicolas Sarkozy, the leading
contender in the French presidential election, recently lashed out
against what he called “speculative capitalism,” and says he
wants to “moralize the financial zone” created by the euro.
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Why GMA’s
language policy should be reversed (Part 1)
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OUR coalition of educators,
writers and students has petitioned the Supreme Court to stop the
Department of Education from continuing to carry out Executive Order
210.
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Criticism of
police mounts over headscarf crackdown
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TEHRAN: The police force faced
increasing criticism this week for their handling of a nationwide
crackdown aimed at making women abide by Iran’s Islamic dress
code.
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