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Monday, November 12, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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Moral causes of Mariannet’s
suicide
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Some of the media (not The Manila Times) had reported that someone
in the Davao Catholic parish, to which 12-year-old Mariannet Amper
belonged, had doubts about giving her a proper Christian funeral
Mass and burial. If the report is true, then the poor child was, in
death, again the victim of the lack of mercy of the powerful tasked
to minister to her and her family’s needs.
The priests, if there were any, who hesitated to
give Mariannet the dignity due to the Catholic dead, were being
guided by the doctrine contained in the Catechism of the Catholic
Church (2280 to the first half of 2282) that “suicide is contrary
to love for the living God” who is “the sovereign Master of
life” which human being do not own and must preserve for his honor
and for the salvation of our souls.
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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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Other Philcomsat
investors overlooked
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Whenever the media focus on the Philcomsat dispute, the reports
often bring up prominent names. Mention Ilusorio, Poblador, Nieto,
Ponce Enrile, Locsin, Africa et al.—and what come to mind are
families whose influence and wealth 80 million other Filipinos can
only imagine.
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OPEN
NOTEBOOK
By Random Jottings
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GK penance for former Cabinet
official
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Call it his personal act of penance if you like, but former
Agriculture Secretary Cito Lorenzo—whose stint in the Arroyo
government was marred by an alleged scam involving almost a billion
pesos of fertilizer funds at his department that were supposedly
misappropriated—is an ardent Stateside campaigner for Gawad
Kalinga...
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DOUBLE
TAKE
By Eric F. Mallonga
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Child torture
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THE Philippine Armed Forces, arguably protectors of our people,
continue to embarrass the incumbent administration.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Fuel poverty
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For households, energy becomes an issue of concern with increasing
energy prices. This especially affects lower-income groups in
industrialized and developing countries.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Chiz backs bills on
movies
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Sen. Chiz Escudero, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways and
Means, got full support from the movie industry in the last
election.
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He was in the Philippines during World War II
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Norman Mailer: Subversive chronicler of the
American dream
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NEW YORK: Norman Mailer, who reportedly died Saturday of kidney
failure, was one of America’s most provocative novelists and
journalists in the post-World War II era. He was 84.
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