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EDITORIAL
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Due process or Ka
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WHATEVER case the government has against Rep. Satur
Ocampo, it should not rush to judgment. It should respect the law
and give the congressman due process.
No good is served by cutting
legal corners and abbreviating the system. The sudden arrest of
Ocampo, the haste to whisk him by plane to Leyte in the dark of
night, efforts to cut him off the media and the public—these
surprises and curtailments violate civil rights and legal
guarantees.
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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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A doubtful
diplomatic move
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The government is under pressure
from some congressmen and military officers to lodge a protest
before the United Nations. The purpose of this diplomatic move is to
ask the world body to investigate...
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HERE I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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A court of history
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Heads up people—there is hope
in this country and we look to the one man who is leading the way.
Justice Reynato S. Puno, the 22nd Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court...
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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A travel boom
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A tourism boom is
taking place. The Philippines will receive between 3.2 million and
3.5 million visitors this year. That will be the highest on record.
In 2006 the country could have attracted 3 million tourists...
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DURIAN
By Amina Rasul
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The Muslim woman:
herstory
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This being Women’s Month,
Muslim women presented their situation to their sisters at a whole
day forum organized by the Philippine Council for Islam and
Democracy and the Women and Gender Institute (WAGI)
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Today is UN World Water Day
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Activists
challenge corporate control of water
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People in Philippines and around
the world are drawing attention to the global water crisis—and
promoting solutions that ensure water is a public good, not a
commodity to be bought and sold.
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France’s Chirac
backs rightist candidate Nicolas Sarkozy
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PARIS: French President Jacques
Chirac gave his backing Wednesday to right-wing presidential
candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, announcing that the interior minister
would leave the government on March 26...
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