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Friday, April 04, 2008 |
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EDITORIALS
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Rural development
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Six archbishops and 23 bishops, including Cardinal Archbishops
Gaudencio Rosales of Manila and Ricardo Vidal of Cebu and President
of CBCP Archbishop Angel Lagdameo of Jaro, have written a joint
letter to Rep. Elias Bubut (Apayao), the chairman of the House’s
committee on agrarian reform. The letter appeals to Congress to
urgently pass “a bill to extend the life of the Comprehensive
Agrarian Program and to institute progressive reforms that would
truly benefit our poor farmers who remain landless.” If not
extended, CARP will expire this June.
The country has had 20 years of CARP (a creation
of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law or CARL passed in 1988).
Yet, the bishops say, “[rural and urban] poverty is still very
much with us.” But they do not blame CARP. They blame the failure
of governments “to fully and properly implement” the program.
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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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BIG
DEAL
By Dan Mariano
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Indonesia solves rice
problem with SRI
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THIS column’s edition last Monday, titled “System of rice
intensification,” SRI for short, drew a reaction from no less than
Norman Uphoff, director of the International Institute for Food,
Agriculture and Development at Cornell University in Ithaca, New
York, from 1990 to 2005.
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HEADS
UP
By Joel P. Palacios
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Lest we forget
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WHAT are good indicators of progress in a town, city or province?
Many people point to shopping malls and tall buildings because they
depict wealth and high standards of living. Do you agree?
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YOUTHOPIA
By Marylaine
Louise Viernes
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Why I will stand up
for my President
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NOWADAYS, people seem to do nothing but plan futile protests and
demonstrations that don’t achieve anything politically
substantial. Or, they’d talk endlessly about the iniquities of our
distinguished President, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and lambaste her
allies and family.
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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A whale of a lesson
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Newsbreak’s Purple S. Romero reports it in “Twist to Neri case:
Lawyer wanted dissenting justices to inhibit.” Read it online in
both ABS-CBN Interactive and Newsbreak’s own website.
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AMBIENT
VOICES
By Ma. Isabel Ongpin
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Karina Constantino
David
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THE World Bank has announced that it is giving the Jit Gill Annual
Award for Outstanding Public Service (named after a well-regarded
officer who worked for integrity and good governance in the public
sector), to a Filipino government official in ceremonies to take
place at its headquarters in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2008.
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ANALYSIS
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US stymied by Iran before
new Iraq day of reckoning
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WASHINGTON: Facing a new day of reckoning in
Iraq next week, the soon-to-depart Bush administration appears stuck
in a rut trying to isolate pivotal player Iran, analysts say.
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