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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
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EDITORIAL
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Laws to spread the wealth |
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TIME is running out for lawmakers to pass key
legislation aimed at clinching the executive’s economic-reform
agenda for the Thirteenth Congress. The Commission on Elections has
declared the start of the midterm election period, and politicians
have begun campaigning, albeit subtly and surreptitiously.
A bill meant to trim tax and
other incentives enjoyed by investors has yet to make headway.
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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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Mining pros and
cons
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Secretary Angelo Reyes of the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources was grinning
ear-to-ear last week. The reason for the uncharacteristic facial
expression of the usually taciturn ex-defense chief...
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Manila 1945: The
Forgotten Atrocities
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Sixty-two years ago, as the
Second World War and the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines were
about to end, Japanese military men committed atrocities on hapless
residents of Manila.
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ABOVE ALL THINGS
By Ramon Jr. & Eloisa S. Mabutas
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A girl of 13 wants
to marry
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CORA, an adult friend of a
thirteen-year-old provinci-ana who is madly in love with a
20-year-old kabayan, wrote us a letter, seeking advice. The girl’s
boyfriend is a school dropout. He leads an easy life for he makes
lots of money being his father’s assistant. And the father is a
gambling lord.
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FROM THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Melee in Midsayap
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Tension over allegations of land
grabbing and thievery in a remote village in Midsayap, North
Cotabato, boiled over into a full-blown confrontation between
government troops and Muslim guerrillas last week.
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Fresh criticisms
of Dubai work conditions
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Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammad bin
Rashed al-Maktoum, who is vice-president of the UAE, last November
ordered sweeping measures to protect foreign laborers.
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Visiting
backpackers who sell
sex anger legal Aussie brothel owners
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SYDNEY: Foreign backpackers
funding their Australian travels through illegal sex work are
robbing the legitimate industry of profits and threatening
clients’ health, a brothel lobbyist warned Tuesday.
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