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Saturday, September 29, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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Asean on Myanmar
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THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations finally found the voice
to rebuke Myanmar in stronger terms after Burmese soldiers opened
fire with automatic weapons on protesters in Yangon, killing 13
people.
They were killed during chaotic anti-junta
protests around Yangon’s commercial hub. About 100 monks were
arrested.
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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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‘Aves de Rapina’
revisited
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Poring through the proceedings of the 1958 National Writers’
Conference in Baguio, I came across Dr. Encarnacion Alzona’s
article “The Tradition of Freedom in Filipino Writing.”
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ABOVE
ALL THINGS
By Ramon Jr. & Eloisa S. Mabutas
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A nonstop trial for speedy justice
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Query: I was deeply impressed by your column last Saturday
portraying judicial innovations to have the wheel-of-justice rotate
faster. You also mentioned that there are other innovations for the
same purpose.
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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The power to
influence and change
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Last Friday in Cebu, I met one of our newest Haribon Ambassadors for
Conservation in the person of the very popular matinee idol, Piolo
Pascual. When I came face to face with him, I was disarmed by his
natural charm and simple demeanor.
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LAW AND
PHILOSOPHY MATTER(S)
By Atty. Emmanuel Q.
Fernando
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Lessons from the nbn
project and from the past
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When Sen. Mar Roxas insisted that the national broadband network (NBN)
project was “unnecessary, overpriced and overdesigned,” he
implied the two different ways in which a project may be anomalous
or detrimental to the interests of the government...
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ENGLISH
PLAIN AND SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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Ten pesky grammar errors
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We now turn our attention to the sixth type of grammar error that I
find most annoying: wrong pronoun usage.
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Myanmar crisis sparks Asean shift
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UNITED NATIONS: For years, Asean used gentle diplomacy on maverick
member Myanmar but Thursday’s rebuke over the military-ruled
state’s bloody suppression of prodemocracy protests may be
unprecedented, experts and diplomats say.
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LETTER
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Turn SLEX over to private sector
The threat of the Philippine National Construction Corp. (PNCC)
workers to paralyze operations in the South Luzon Expressway
(September 25, The Manila Times)..
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