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Friday, February 23, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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The economic impact
of extrajudicial killings |
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President Arroyo can justifiably boast that she has
managed the financial and economic departments of the Republic very
satisfactorily. And for this she has earned plaudits from
authoritative foreign and local observers.
Hardly anyone—barring the
partisan purveyors of doomsday-scenarios—is criticizing Mrs.
Arroyo and her Cabinet-level economic managers about the financial
and economic reform policies they have set and the way they are
carrying out these policies.
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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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AFP underestimated
Alston
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Did the military high command
really think they could pull the proverbial wool on Philip Alston,
the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary
executions? Worse, did they believe they could get away with it?
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HEADS UP
By Joel P.
Palacios
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Latest anticrime
device
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Criminals are not your ordinary
type of bunglers. They put their lives on the line, and the price
for making a mistake could be a life sentence. But they are
desperate, stubborn and stupid.
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T.G.I.F
By Rene Saguisag
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Appeals for
justice
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The following is an appeal for
justice by Alma Q. Kern, national chairman, National Federation of
Filipino American Associations (NAFFAA). She succeeded a good common
friend, Loida Nicolas-Lewis.
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AMBIENT
VOICES
By Ma. Isabel Ongpin
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Checklist for the
Comelec
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I hope the Commission on
Elections will manage to do better in the May elections. It has
to—after the furor that arose from the downright misbehavior and
incompetence of some of the commissioners...
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Bringing
entrepreneurship to Camarines Sur
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IT takes an entrepreneurial mind
to design ways to alleviate poverty in Camarines Sur.
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Malaysian plan to
lock up migrant workers appalls rights groups
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Human Rights Watch has condemned
a Malaysian plan to introduce tough laws that curb the movements of
migrant employees and allow employers “to lock up workers.”
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The military and
the legislature
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The Senate whose members are
elected at large is more focused on national concerns.
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