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Wednesday, August 15, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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A benefit of underdevelopment |
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THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) announcement that it saw no
need of injecting additional money into the local financial system
is hardly reassuring.
Last week central banks from as far as North
America and Europe, to as close by as Japan and Singapore, infused
liquidity into their respective markets to counteract a developing
credit crunch signaled by the sudden rise in short-term interest
rates.
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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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Unwise move to Davao
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Apart from the Department of Agrarian Reform, nearly a dozen other
agencies are involved in the implementation of the Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform Program.
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INSIDE CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Angara pushes closer
ties with Spain
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This has escaped media attention, but the Senates of the Philippines
and Spain had just signed an agreement to intensify bilateral
cultural and linguistic relations and to strengthen their
parliamentary cooperation.
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FROM THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Normal in Sulu
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That sounds preposterous, especially after just a few days of a
single day’s fighting that left 26 soldiers dead.
Early last Thursday, armed men ambushed a
contingent of soldiers out on an administrative and logistics run.
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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America was named
after a bum
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I got two feedbacks from my column yesterday on McDo vs. Jollibee.
The first came from a certain Jay Villaranda. He
wrote:
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Al-Qaeda alert for 60 and growing India
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NEW DELHI: India deployed tens of thousands of security forces on
the eve of the 60th anniversary of independence after new threats by
al-Qaeda and separatist rebels, officials said Tuesday.
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Pakistan marks somber 60th birthday
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan celebrated the 60th
anniversary of independence on Tuesday with prayers and a national
minute of silence, low-key festivities for a country in the grip of
political and religious turmoil.
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