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Tuesday, April 01, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Three questions for the Senate
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WE thought we would ask the Senate some questions as the senators
enjoy the rest of their Lenten break (the third of four in the
legislative year) and ponder the work ahead.
The Senate approved 23 important bills before
adjournment last month. Many would consider that an accomplishment
but they pale in comparison to the publicity enjoyed by the
high-profile investigations. Even the approval and signing of the
very important national appropriations act made little news and was
under-reported.
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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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When justice failed
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DID the President [Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo] follow up with you on
the ZTE contract? Did she tell you to prioritize the ZTE contract?
Despite knowing the flaws of the contract did she tell you to
approve it?”
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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Protecting a
P14-billion soldiers’ fund
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THE Air Materiel Wing Savings and Loan Association, Inc. is a
cooperative designed to help soldiers and policemen in times of
emergencies. It is a nonstock, nonprofit group of some 220,000
investors and members. It’s almost like a medium-sized bank,
holding about P14 billion in trust.
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MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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Hot potatoes
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WHEN we get the same information over and again we start believing
it. Like the regular surveys (scientific kuno) that tell us how
unpopular President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is. So the people who
line up to greet her and have their photos taken with her must have
been mobilized or paid to do so, right?
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MEN
& EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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Détente and growth
in the Taiwan Strait
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THE return of the Nationalist Party or Kuomintang (KMT) to power in
Taiwan after a hiatus of eight years is expected to usher in a
period of détente on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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A great personal loss
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MYRA V. LOPEZ, my eldest child and eldest daughter, died 9 in the
morning of Saturday (US Pacific Time) March 29, 2008, at the John
Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, California. She was 37, half
the life expectancy of a growing number of Filipinos.
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ANALYSIS
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US jittery over Pakistan terror efforts
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s new premier has vowed to
tackle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, but the United States will remain
nervous about the commitment of this frontline state in the “war
on terror”, analysts say.
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