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Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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The abolition of the PAGC
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NOT out of jurisdictional jealousy but for valid reasons does
Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez seek the abolition of the
Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC).
In an exclusive interview, Ms. Gutierrez told
The Times that the commission is powerless and unnecessary because
it duplicates the work of the Office of the Ombudsman. How
powerless? She said the commission often had to seek from her office
important documents needed for investigation.
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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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POLICY PEAK
By Ernesto F. Herrera
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Bad loans
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FUTURE presidentiable Sen.Mar Roxas, chairman of the Senate Trade
and Commerce Committee, is right in suggesting a review of the
government foreign policy borrowing, which he said should be
conducted by the Department of Finance and the Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas.
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EAST WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Glorietta: Let police
do their work
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Some persons were quick to put politics as reason for the mysterious
explosion that rocked Makati ’s Glorietta mall last Friday. They
said that the explosion, which killed some 11 persons and wounded
about a hundred, was diversionary—that it was intended to drown
out the controversies in media.
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MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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The AFP does not take
care of its own
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Yes, soldiers in the field are disgruntled, disappointed and
demoralized. But the reasons are neither the cash-giving in Malacañang
nor the controversial NBN project.
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Reforesting Cagayan
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Auto giant Toyota Motor Corp. of Japan has a P70-million
reforestation project in the Philippines. The reforestation in Peñablanca
town in Cagayan province is Toyota’s most ambitious corporate
social responsibility effort in the country thus far.
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MEN & EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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Names
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There are strange names, bizarre names, unique
names, interesting names just as there are strange, bizarre, unique
and interesting ways or circumstances on how these names came about.
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As China’s national congress draws to a close...
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Four new people join politburo
BEIJING: China announced Monday that four new
people had entered the Communist Party’s top decision-making body,
with one of the fresh faces a potential successor to President Hu
Jintao in five years.
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