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Thursday, October 18, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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Cabinet men in limbo |
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WE have finally heard from the Commission on
Appointments, courtesy of the Philippine Star, and the news
is—disappointing.
It turns out that after all these
months since the Fourteenth Congress opened, the commission has not
confirmed any Cabinet appointee nominated by President Gloria
Arroyo.
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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 WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Future
looks good for PAL
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The Philippine Airlines (PAL) has
just graduated from the status of receivership. For a firm that lost
its previous position as the nation’s flag-carrier—probably
because of globalization...
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HERE I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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The new Filipino
passport
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At long last and after decades of
planning, court actions and personnel issues, the country has its
first-ever machine-readable passport (MRP).
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FROM THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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PhilHealth alerted
on claims fraud
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Last week, the Trade Union
Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) warned the Philippine Health
Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) against “syndicates” that
manufacture fake claims representing reimbursements...
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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The 2007 TOWNS
awardees
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Four scientists, three educators,
two journalists and a business executive are this year’s Ten
Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS) awardees.
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Shanghai blooms
again after corruption scandal
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SHANGHAI: A year after a
corruption scandal claimed the scalp of Shanghai’s leader and a
wealth of other senior officials, the Chinese metropolis is back
once again, projecting economic and political power.
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Vietnam celebrates
UN Security Council seat
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HANOI: Vietnam on Wednesday
celebrated a key step in its postwar global reintegration after the
United Nations accepted it for the first time as a nonpermanent
Security Council member from next year.
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LETTER
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Our nurses are wanted
everywhere
your news report (“Nursing students back RP-Japan pact,”
September 25, B7) said that the nursing students who trooped to the
Senate were there to show support for the Japan-Philippines Economic
Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
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