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Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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Ships awry |
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INVESTIGATION has begun slowly on the sinking of the
MV Catalyn D that caught fire June 10 off Mindoro, killing five and
seriously injuring 20 others.
The tragedy does not match the
scale of earlier accidents, but a single death or a single mishap on
the sea is a cause for concern. Also, there has been a long history
of terrors on Philippine waters and it seems we have not learned our
lessons.
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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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Just doing it
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UNEMPLOYMENT and underemployment
continue to be perennial problems. These problems are caused by many
factors. Recently, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri
called attention to one of these factors...
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EAST
AND WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Legacy: GMA’s
favorite word
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You can judge the preoccupation
of the President—any president—by the frequency of the word she
uses in everyday language and in her memos to the staff.
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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PGMA takes action
on the media killings
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Expect fewer cases of journalists
being killed, whether the killing is done while in the course of the
mediaman doing his job or simply personal vendetta.
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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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Does UCCP favor
militants?
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LAST March 30 Pastor Caloy de la
Cruz of the Union Theological Seminary, Philippine Christian
University, was abducted, detained and tortured. When his abductors
realized that they had the wrong pastor, they released him.
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MEN & EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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How the House
killed the cheap medicines bill
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ONE of the biggest casualties of
the tug of war between the Senate and the House of Representatives
is the cheaper medicines bill.
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FOREBODINGS &
ENTHUSIASMS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Sen. Trillanes
could trigger a coup
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I would not say he will lead a
coup, though he may well do—if circumstances drive him to that
action.
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Only a barren
field for many Iraqi dead
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Karbala, Iraq: Occasional
mourners crouch weeping before fresh piles of earth marked simply
with numbers, anonymous discs that are the final tribute to the
latest victims of Iraq’s pitiless sectarian war.
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