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Thursday, July 26, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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Hits and misses |
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PRESIDENT Arroyo delivered the right speech for the
right audience at the Batasan. She reported on the economic and
political health of the nation. She gave an account of her
accomplishments. Her legislative agenda and priorities were made
known to the people. And she shared with us her vision of the
future. She rose to the occasion.
She envisions the Philippines
becoming a rich and modern nation in 20 years. By then, “poverty
shall have been marginalized; and the marginalized raised to a
robust middle class.”
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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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EAST
AND WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Letter from a
general
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IT is always nice to receive responses
from readers, specially when they come from soldiers. After the
usual thanks about my earlier column on his talk before the Kapihan
sa Sulô, Lt. Gen. Alexander B. Yano...
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HERE I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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Lim energized
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IT’S special how we run our
country. I guess this is why we are special—a special country that
is. We source our candidates for the highest office in the land from
our upper legislative chamber.
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FROM THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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JdV: Exemplar of
the self-made man
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PANGASINAN’S Rep. Jose de
Venecia Jr. may go down in our political history as the
longest-serving speaker of the House of Representatives. In winning
the speakership for an unprecedented fifth term last Monday,...
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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The new San Miguel
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THERE is a new San Miguel. It is
not just a beer, beverage or food company. It will engage in power,
mining, infrastructure, water, other utilities and property. These
are the growth businesses of the 21st century.
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Ten wrong and
unpopular legacies
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A YEAR ago, when the President
had some of the weakest approval ratings, the Chief Executive said:
“When history looks back, I’d rather be judged as solving
problems and being correct, rather than being popular.”...
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For Japan’s
aspiring elite, a Spartan education
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CHIGASAKI, Japan: At 5 a.m. sharp
the tinny speaker on the belfry of the Matsushita Institute wheezes
out a tune but the students who have gathered in the courtyard have
already wiped the sleep from their eyes.
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Activists: Palm
oil workers killing endangered orangutans
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JAKARTA: Workers on Indonesian
palm oil plantations are deliberately killing endangered orangutans
on the island of Borneo to stop them eating their seedlings,
activists said on Wednesday.
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