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Saturday, January 06, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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Private armies and the public will |
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The May 14 elections loom as a watershed for the
country’s current politics.
Both the Arroyo administration and the various
opposition groups have high stakes in the coming political exercise.
For the administration, the results of the May
elections will herald whether President Arroyo is able to govern in
relative peace until 2010.
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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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Our fate
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The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars
but in ourselves that we are underlings.”
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NATURE FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Mining: The
civil-society view (4)
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The great lynchpin of the government argument is
that it will only promote and permit sustainable mining while
severely punishing any company who does not live up to the high
environmental standards set by the Mining Act.
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BIG DEAL
By Dan Mariano
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Budget deadlock
favors GMA
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Since 2004 senators have tried to spite
President Arroyo by rejecting her general appropriations proposal.
They only succeeded in gifting her with “reenacted” budgets that
allowed Malacañang to realign state funds at will.
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FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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We should be as
jittery as our Siamese twin
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Who are behind the bombings and the coup
rumors that have made Bangkok a city on edge since the New Year
began?
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GROUND LEVEL
By Godofredo M. Roperos
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Cebu’s ‘battle’
for local turfs is on
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THE end of 2006 did not bring joy to many of our
local politicians who may still be looking forward to having their
terms of office extended by Charter change. Many voters in Cebu
perceive that many elective officials want to have the Cha-cha
instead of the midterm polls because they want their terms extended...
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ABOVE
ALL THINGS
By Ramon Jr. & Eloisa S. Mabutas
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Attorney-client
relation (2)
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WE continue our portrayal of the Supreme
Court’s decision in the case of Estela Anastacio-Briones v. Atty.
Alfredo A. Zapanta (Adm. Case 6266). The following events took
place:
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Fiji military leader tightens his grip on power as new PM
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Ignoring the USA, Australia and New Zealand,
Fiji’s coup leader Voreqe Bainimarama, who heads the country’s
military, consolidated his hold on power Friday after being sworn in
as interim prime minister by the man he installed as president the
day before.
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