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Thursday, December 27, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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Don’t do it, Joe
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SEVERAL interesting
tourism-related stories appeared in the dailies yesterday.The Manila
Times reported that a new theme park is rising at the Subic Bay
Freeport Zone to join other attractions in the business-tourism
area. The 50-hectare park will have amusement centers, a minicar
racetrack, a theater, a discotheque and a Halloween hall of horror.
The Daily Inquirer said the
Alaminos city government plans to link Lingayen’s famous Hundred
Islands (call them islets) with a network of transparent underwater
tubes. Tourists could walk through the tubes to view fish, corals
and varieties of marine life.
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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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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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More on the
Metrobank credit-card service
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I KEEP getting reactions to my Dec. 25 and 26 columns
about the service of Metrobank’s Mastercard and Visa cards.
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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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Peering at the New
Year
: 2008
promises to be better for OFWs
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THE labor outlook for 2008 looks good, if not better,
for our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
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HERE
I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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2008: No more
coups, but more quirky weather
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IPEER into my crystal ball and what do I see? A
stronger peso yet to hover 38 to a dollar. Whatever measures taken
will not work simply because we are in uncharted territories.
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GROUND
LEVEL
By Godofredo M. Roperos
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Low prospects and
high concerns
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GLUM could be the more apt term to describe the
prospects of the economy in Cebu and the whole country, as the
strength of the peso continues to rise.
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Violent
student brawls part of life in Asia’s swelling cities
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JAKARTA: The students and teachers of National High
School 6 call it “Bloody Friday.” About once a month,
dozens—and sometimes hundreds—of students spill out of this
school in the Indonesian capital’s...
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Jazz giant Oscar
Peterson dead at 82
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MONTREAL: Legendary jazz pianist and composer Oscar
Peterson has died at the age of 82, friends said Monday, sounding
the final note for one of the most celebrated musical careers of the
20th century.
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A festival with no
joy
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IT has been 32 years since the Metro Manila Film
Festival was first held to showcase the best of Filipino movies.
But, save for the glory years when the likes of directors Lino
Brocka...
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