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Saturday, February 3, 2007

 

EDITORIAL

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

 

THE OTHER VIEW
By Elmer A. Ordońez

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

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

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

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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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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