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Tuesday, September 04, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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A slum-free Metro
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THE Fernando wrecking machine plows inexorably.
Hardly a week passes by when we do not hear about the MMDA
descending on a slum and clearing the area. Chairman Bayani Fernando
has a timetable: clear Metro Manila of squatters by 2010 at the
earliest, or in 15 years on a longer term.
The principal tasks of the
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority are to humanize traffic
flow, tame recurring floods and to collect and process public trash
as efficiently as possible. A new responsibility is to help clean up
the Pasig River and the network of canals in the national capital
region.
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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 PEEK
By Ernesto F. Herrera
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‘Delicadeza’
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MANY years ago, there was a
series of television ads ran by the Development Bank of the
Philippines (as best as I can recall it was the DBP that ran it)
whose theme was positive Filipino values.
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EAST
AND WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Let’s forget
Sgt. Vidal Doble
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Last Saturday a fellow observer
said that there has been a noticeable decrease in media attention to
the testimony of Air Force Sgt. Vidal Doble on the “Hello, Garci”
tape.
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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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The coming power
crisis in the Visayas
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The economy is growing at a
higher rate than expected. This means increased consumption of fuel
and electricity. Some concerned representatives of the electric
power industry in Cebu...
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MEN & EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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Send in the
clowns
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While there are a number of
important matters calendared for discussions in the Senate—the
Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa), the 2008
national budget, and the Cheap Medicines Bill,...
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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A Hyatt experience
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Hyatt is now partly owned by the
Walton family of Wal-Mart. I do not know whether that is good news
or bad news. The Waltons are one of the richest families on earth.
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Second British
general bashes US strategy in Iraq
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LONDON: The British backlash over
the United States’ handling of postinvasion Iraq grew Sunday as
another top military commander blasted what he called Washington’s
“fatally flawed” policy.
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No skimpy bathing
suits for APEC delegates
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SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister
John Howard assured Asia Pacific leaders Monday that they would not
have to parade around Sydney in tiny swimsuits and flip-flops for
this week’s official APEC photograph.
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