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Saturday, December 22, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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The agrarian reform mess
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The Sumilao Land Reform Mess is how that recent dramatic event
should be called. Thousands of farmers from Bukidnon marched
and crossed the seas until they reached Metro Manila. They met the
President twice and persuaded her to take their side against a
corporation, San Miguel, that has invested millions in the land the
farmers claim to be theirs.
The S. L. R. Mess illustrates how unmanageable
the agrarian reform situation has become. There are some 30 to
40 cases similar to Sumilao.
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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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Recrudescence
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IF the idea of reviving the anti-subversion law was a trial balloon,
it was immediately shot down by vigilant members of Congress and
media, and the Palace as quickly denied endorsing it.
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ABOVE
ALL THINGS
By Ramon Jr. &
Eloisa S. Mabutas
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The variations of
corruption
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Query: Corruption appears to be the virus of all evil which
cause the sufferings of human beings. My worry is that it has spread
to all sectors, giving rise to all kinds of miseries. Is there a way
to stop corruption?
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LAW
AND PHILOSOPHY MATTER(S)
By Atty. Emmanuel Q. Fernando
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Earth beauty in
slippers and rubber shoes
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WHAT I found most striking about Miss Earth 2007, Canadian half-Filipina
Jessica Nicole Domingo Trisko, was neither her obvious loveliness
and appeal, which despite their abundance do not intimidate, nor
her remarkable knowledge and intelligence which, on the other
hand, do intimidate.
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Local communities
must lobby for their rights
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ANDY WHITE and Alejandra Martin, in their paper, “Strategies and
Strengthening of Community Property Rights over Forests,” list
five key elements needed to achieve community security tenure.
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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Dreadful clichés (Part two)
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PRECISELY what’s so special about “at the end of the
day” and “at this point in time” that probably one out of four
Philippine legislators and public officials and probably the same
ratio of TV talk-show hosts, news anchors, and guests are mouthing
them much too often and with such relish these days?
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ANALYSIS
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Could tomorrow’s elections lead to
reconciliation in Thailand?
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BANGKOK: Thailand is now waiting in anxiety for Sunday’s general
election, the first after last year’s military coup that ousted
former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, which is expected to end
the 15-month rule of the junta-appointed interim government and
unveil a new political picture.
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