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EDITORIAL
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Pacquiao rates a
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THE champion, Manny Pacquiao, has won an exemption
from the Comelec gun ban and was allowed to have 20 guns for his
bodyguards.
Pac-Man and other distinguished
Filipinos can look forward to arming themselves during the campaign
season. They join the politicians who either have hired private
bodyguards or are provided police protection by the government.
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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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CENTER OF GRAVITY
By Rony V. Diaz
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Defects in the
biofuel policy
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THERE are, in my view, two defects in our biofuel
policy.
First, it competes with food production. And second, it increases
pollution.
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SUNDAY STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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Kit (and his just
rage) on kin
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Words can indict with merciless
clarity then convict with the sharpness of a practiced guillotine.
Or, they can be soaring and majestic, expressing the noblest of
human impulses when they don’t try to inflict hurt...
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REFLECTIONS
By Fr. Shay Cullen
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Father Frank Nally
defends Filipino dignity
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The deportation and black-listing
of Columban Father Frank Nally, 52, at the Manila airport last
January 5 was unnecessary. Father Frank is no threat to the
Philippine people or their national security...
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DURIAN
By Amina Rasul
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Is Iran the way
out of Iraq?
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In 2003 I had the privilege of
attending a forum organized by the Brookings Institution to discuss
US relations with the Islamic World. Leaders from the United States,
the Arab and Muslim world attended...
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Indonesian film
explores human
side of October 2002 Bali bombings
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JAKARTA: Now showing, a new
Indonesian movie that explores the horrific 2002 Bali bombings from
the viewpoints of both victims and bombers.
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China bans pig ads
and,of course,
photos of Harbin’s fluorescent pig
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Early in January, jibing with the
Western New Year spirit and no doubt thinking of the soon to start
Year of the Pig, writers in China’s state news agency Xinhua
announced the fascinating news...
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LETTER
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Govt officials ignore the law
About “Iloilo raid turns into blockbuster spectacle” (Wednesday
January 24) and other reports about the police action to carry out
the suspension of Gov. Niel Tupas:
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