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Sunday, June 03, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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RP among least
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FILIPINOS debated yesterday the news that of 121
countries rated according to their peacefulness in the Global Peace
Index compiled by the Economist magazine Intelligence Unit, the
Philippines ranked 100th as the least peaceful.
The study, the first of its kind,
measured a country’s peacefulness based on 24 indicators that
included levels of violence, organized crime, military expenditure,
wars fought in the last five years and arms sales.
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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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Is cyber education
worth the money?
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JESLI LAPUS, the secretary of the
Department of Education (DepEd), told the graduating classes of the
Asian Institute of Management on May 13 that he “intends” to
leave two “legacies”: vocational high schools and cyber
education.
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SUNDAY STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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Politics to the
politicians
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The personalities, one of them a
national artist, urging PLDT boss Manuel Pangilinan to run for
president in 2010 should rein in their excitement for this following
reasons:
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REFLECTIONS
By Fr. Shay Cullen
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Lives are
transformed by Preda Fair Trade
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He was a poor man dressed in worn
flip-flops and a torn t-shirt and he seemed exhausted as he
struggled up the steep incline of our driveway with a heavy sack
over his shoulder. I stopped the van and drove him and his load up
the hill.
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DURIAN
By Amina Rasul
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The axis of
equality
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Just got back from New Zealand,
the home of the Lord of the Rings trilogy (the travel agents use the
acronym LOTR). Although I did not have the chance to do any of the
LOTR tours,...
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JPEPA may just
spell false hopes for Filipino health care workers
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Ballescas cautions that the new
entry point might be abused or misused by people intent on going to
Japan at any cost, or by those engaged in human trafficking.
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