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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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Desecration at
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THERE are a hundred reasons why it is illegal and
wrong to build a permanent concrete-and-steel facility on Taal
Volcano. Despite these restraints, the government has allowed a
foreign-owned firm to start building.
The P72-million facility is a
health spa for tourists and visitors seeking treatment and care for
medical reasons, relaxation or plain vanity. The facility includes
an exhibit hall, a driveway and two elevators to ferry guests from
the volcano’s main crater to its lake, or vice versa.
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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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POLICY PEEK
By Ernesto F. Herrera
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Leave the
Sandiganbayan alone
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JUDICIAL independence is one of
the foundations of our system of government. It must be maintained
for democracy to work in this country. Judges must be free to make
their own decisions without fear...
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EAST
AND WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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PNOC direction:
Privatization
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As President GMA enters the last
three years of her term, she has made it clear in all her policy
statements that leaving a legacy for the nation is uppermost in her
mind.
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MEN & EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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PAL: Rising from
the ashes
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Like the mythical phoenix that
dies in flames and is reborn from the ashes, the Philippine Airlines
has rebounded from bankruptcy and is well on its way to reclaim its
lost stature as Asia’s premier airline.
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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How to create the
biggest bank
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Reports indicate the merger of
the Philippine National Bank and Allied Banking Corp. is a done
deal. Their owner, taipan, airline mogul and industrialist Lucio Tan
should perhaps consider other options.
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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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Francswiss and
marriage scams
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Who can say no to a 4.5-percent
profit a day? Hundreds, maybe thousands of Filipinos couldn’t and
put their hard-earned money in an online investment scheme called
Francswiss.
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Indonesia files
civil lawsuit against Suharto
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JAKARTA: Indonesian prosecutors
on Monday filed a civil suit against former dictator Suharto,
seeking more than US$1.5 billion in damages over funds he allegedly
stole during his three decades in power.
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Musharraf under
pressure as mosque crisis deepens
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ISLAMABAD: Facing growing
pressure at home and abroad, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was
to meet Monday with key security staff in an attempt to end a deadly
stand-off at a pro-Taliban mosque.
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