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Saturday, October 13, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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Talking trash
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WE hope the town of Rodriguez and Rizal Province would end their
dispute over the control of two landfills in that municipality and
see to their reopening to help dispose of and process trash in the
province and in Metro Manila.
At issue is an old 14-hectare facility that
Rizal Gov. Casimiro Ynares ordered closed and a new 19-hectare
landfill opened by the provincial government that, according to
Mayor Pedro Cuerpo, does not have an environmental compliance
certification.
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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. Ordoñez
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The war-time republic
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On October 14, 1943, the Second Philippine Republic, under the watch
of the Japanese Imperial Forces, was inaugurated. Like the First
(also known as the Malolos) Republic, the Second was short-lived.
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ABOVE ALL THINGS
By Ramon Jr. &
Eloisa S. Mabutas
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When a check bounces
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Query: A neighbor bought a car costing P400,000. Upon the execution
of the contract of sale, he was required by the car company to pay
one-fourth of said amount.
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NATURE FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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Sibuyan: A victim of
conflicting policies
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HARIBON and BirdLife (2001) describe Sibuyan as one of the small
group of islands off the north of Panay which includes the islands
of Tablas and Romblon. Primary forests cover 140 square kilometers,
which is approximately 33 percent of the land area of Sibuyan.
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LAW AND PHILOSOPHY MATTER(S)
By Atty. Emmanuel Q. Fernando
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Liberalism and the
‘Desperate Housewives’ slur
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When Filipinos got incensed by the Teri Hatcher remark in Desperate
Housewives that she wanted to check the diplomas of doctors just
“to make sure that they are not from some med school in the
Philippines,” some political commentators of a liberal free-speech
orientation insisted that Filipinos were simply being overly
sensitive.
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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The 10 grammar errors that annoy me most - XII
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In last week’s column, I invited readers to figure out if the case
usage of the following sentence from a recent housekeeping magazine
article is grammatically and semantically correct...
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British novelist Doris Lessing wins Nobel
Literature Prize
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STOCKHOLM: British writer Doris Lessing on Thursday won the Nobel
Literature Prize for five decades of epic novels that have covered
feminism and politics, as well her youth in Africa.
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LETTER
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Let’s call the Philippines “Maharlika”
We wish to compliment you for your witty and
informative editorials every Sunday. Last Sunday, October 7, was no
exception, even more hilarious.
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