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Saturday, February 3, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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His life inspires us |
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IT pleases us at The Manila Times to join the family,
friends and admirers of the late Senator Blas F. Ople in remembering
him today on the 80th anniversary of his birthday.
The association began when the
young Ople was a deskman and columnist at The Daily Mirror, the
sister publication of The Times. The leading afternoon daily during
the sixties, the Mirror hired Ka Blas on the spot after passing an
essay test. The competition between the editors of the two papers
was said to be intellectually and professionally exhilarating.
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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. Ordońez
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Protest literature
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IN these times, not a day seems
to pass without a report of an extrajudicial killing or a
desaparecido attributed invariably to death squads or vigilantes
“inspired”...
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ABOVE ALL THINGS
By Ramon Jr. &
Eloisa S. Mabutas
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The Torrens title
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Iam a nurse working in Canada to
be able to support my growing family in the Philippines. I regularly
send money to my wife out of which she was able to purchase a
three-hectare parcel of land in our province.
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NATURE FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Ripples from a
noble community action
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Writing about successful
community-based and community-led conservation actions is always a
treat. I am always told that it is almost impossible to get people
to act for conservation ...
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GROUND LEVEL
By Godofredo M. Roperos
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Political
‘middle force’ a desirable alternative
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AS the final day for the filing
of certificates of candidacy approaches, the skirmish for political
positioning and alignments also intensifies.
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Wronged husbands
demand changes in India’s dowry laws
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NEW DELHI: Jyoti Prakash
Maheshwari has kept photographs of his former wife with great care:
they show the couple smiling in gardens and shopping malls in Dubai
and Qatar.
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