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Saturday, March 24, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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Honor in being a
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Education Secretary Jesli Lapus had some bitter pills
for this year’s high-school graduates and their parents. He told
them, in effect: Because the graduates performed poorly in the
National Career Assessment Examination, they should not bother
trying to get a college degree. They should opt for a technical or
vocational certificate.
Some parents and high-school
graduates immediately reacted angrily. Some teachers, too.
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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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THE OTHER VIEW
By Elmer A. Ordońez
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Politics of change
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In a country where a tiny
minority own an estimated 80 per cent of the wealth, where one in
five families go hungry (as per the latest SWS survey), where
government is dominated by big business and landowners....
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ABOVE ALL THINGS
By Ramon Jr. &
Eloisa S. Mabutas
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You may get your
job back
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LETTER received: I am a
mechanical engineer working with a semigovernment entity since I was
a bachelor 15 years ago.
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NATURE FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Effects of
large-scale mining on women
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Jill Carino, executive director
of Cordillera Women’s Education and Resource Center, describes the
effects of large-scale mining on women. Her case study is included
in the publication, Tunnel Vision: Women, Mining ...
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GROUND LEVEL
By Godofredo M. Roperos
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The Pinoy’s
national shame
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ONE of the text messages we
received in our weekly TV program Clearcut Tonight on Cebu Catholic
Television Network’s Channel 47 zeroed in on the subject of
corruption.
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March 24 is World TB Day
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WHO’s anti-TB
strategy beyond reach of many endemic countries
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A much larger TB drug-resistance
problem exists than researchers previously thought. New global data
on TB, published this week by the World Health Organization (WHO),
highlight serious weaknesses...
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No bail for
Bangladesh graft suspects
who kept US$ millions in banks
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Why can grafters in other Asian
countries and places, like Bangladesh, Korea and Taiwan, be
arrested, brought to court, tried, sentenced and punished harshly
but never—or very rarely—in the Philippines?
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LETTER
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Regarding the front-page headline
article entitled: “Korea ‘mafia’ stalks RP” that came out on
March 22 about Korean syndicates using Korean firms for money
laundering, I would like to convey my reflection as follows:
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