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Saturday, February 24, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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An independent
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If the Philippines is to
reach First World economic status, which is a major goal of the
Arroyo presidency, the extrajudicial killings must cease. The
President has no choice but take major steps to act on the Melo
Commission’s recommendation for the creation of a civilian
investigative agency “independent of and not under the command,
control, or influence of the Armed Forces.”
Only
such an independent body, with an adequate budget no higher
authority can rescind, can ever go to the bottom of these murders
and work with some hope of success.
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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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Cynical but
realistic
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The Duke of
Wellington who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo putatively said that
the battle was won in the playing fields of Eton.
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ABOVE
ALL THINGS
By Ramon Jr. &
Eloisa S. Mabutas
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Marriage in the
Philippines
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LETTER
received: I am an American citizen. Hardworking Ilocanos, my late
parents exerted their utmost to enable me to get a degree. At the
same time, my parents advised me to invest in the Philippines...
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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ACERD’s lower
2007 growth forecasts
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The Arroyo
administration must not ignore calls for more diligence in improving
tax collection, job creation and combating inflation.
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GROUND
LEVEL
By Godofredo M. Roperos
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Political
‘groups’ sans binding causes
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THERE seems to
be something amiss in the way the current political campaign is
going. It does not appear to follow tradition, that is, the way
political campaigns start and go in this republic.
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NATURE FOR
LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Threatened Species
Program
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For almost
five years now, Haribon has been implementing the Threatened Species
Program funded by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. The
broader objective of the program...
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AMBIENT
VOICES
By Ma. Isabel Ongpin
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Checklist for the
Comelec
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Also, Comelec
officials must be at their posts when controversies arise where they
are expected to make decisions to uphold the law, to be fair and to
be just.
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Sidelined
Nepal King defends 2005 absolute rule decision
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FACING the
dark prospect of his position being abolished by parliament,
Nepal’s sidelined king last Monday used a public holiday
celebrating democracy to defend his decision to proclaim absolute
rule...
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