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Friday, July 06, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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The Supreme Court has ruled to reject the petition of
a group of drugstore owners seeking to halt the operation of the law
giving a 20-percent discount to senior citizens on the price of
medicines and medical services.
The Court deserves the gratitude
not just of the elderly Filipinos, but of the entire nation.
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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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Teves’ chances
at CA
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Does Finance Secretary Gary Teves
still have a chance of confirmation by the much-maligned Commission
on Appointments (CA)?
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HEADS UP
By Joel P.
Palacios
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Beauty contests
are good for health
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People in developing countries
such as the Philippines now live longer. But a growing number are
taking up bad western habits that lead to early deaths, studies
show.
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T.G.I.F
By Rene Saguisag
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The Tree of
Gregory
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Last Tuesday afternoon, I was
startled by this text message: “Ong disqualified by SC 12-0”
which knee-jerk interpretation may have set off a mad scramble for
the widely published appointment...
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Why BPI went
down-market
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The Ayala-owned Bank of the
Philippine Islands is also going down-market, targeting overseas
Filipino workers (OFWs), ordinary consumers, and small and medium
enterprises
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AMBIENT
VOICES
By Ma. Isabel Ongpin
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Arroceros Forest
Park regained
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For the Winner Foundation and its
friends among the general public, the reopening and taking back of
Arroceros Forest Park under the newly elected city administration
was a bittersweet experience last Sunday, July 1.
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Int’l rights
group: Indonesian police abuses endemic in Papua
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JAKARTA: Indonesian police
routinely torture, rape and kill with impunity in Indonesia’s
easternmost Papua province where they risk fanning separatism, Human
Rights Watch, an international rights group,...
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