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Monday, March 5, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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A big vote of confidence |
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American investors gave the Arroyo
administration a resounding vote of confidence last week, as they
announced plans to put in as much as $3 billion this year in
infrastructure, manufacturing and information technology projects in
the country. The amount, says Robert Sears, the executive director
of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, could even
rise to $9 billion if the government tries even harder to snip away
at red tape, one of the main gripes of foreign businessmen.
Sears
attributed the surge in investor confidence to the improving fiscal
climate and business optimism in the country. Indeed, the indicators
have been looking good for the past months, with the peso on a roll
and the stock market posting record gains in recent weeks. After
reducing the deficit by half last year, the government is on the
verge of balancing the budget, with the national debt as percentage
of the gross domestic product down to 70 percent from more than 100
percent during the past administrations.
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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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Surveys
not enough to win elections
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WAS Gabriel Claudio bluffing
when he boldly predicted last week that the administration’s Team
Unity will take from eight to nine of the 12 Senate seats up for
grabs on May 14?
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OPEN
NOTEBOOK
By Random Jottings
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From weary sniping
to worthy debate
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THE unfolding
saga of the seemingly public disintegration of a partnership that
was full of promise and had everything going for it is just too
distressing to watch.
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DOUBLETAKE
By Eric F. Mallonga
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‘Lunacies
of our time’
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PETER BENENSON, founder of Amnesty
International, should have been acclaimed as a Nobel Peace Prize
laureate before he died the past year at 83 years.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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The
decline of the Senate
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This year’s crop of senatorial
candidates is disappointing. Nearly all the senatorial aspirants
lack the gravitas of a senator—solid education, brilliance of
mind, integrity of the soul, vision of leadership...
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ENGLISH
PLAIN AND SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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The absolute
clauses revisited—III
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To wrap up our
discussions on absolute clauses, I would like to share my answers to
two questions about their usage from a reader, Surajit Dasgupta.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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The
Outstanding Senators of the 13th Congress (2004-2007)
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I–Edgardo J.
Angara
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Sen.
Edgardo J. Angara is not the flashy type of legislator. Angara, a
former president of the University of the Philippines, talks like a
professor, seldom with the bombast usually associated to
politicians.
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Tibetans carry on
as glaciers fall victim to global warming
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Although the
melting of Tibet’s massive glaciers threatens to have dire global
repercussions, climate change remains a vague concept for the people
of this Himalayan region.
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