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Saturday, April 05, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Questions for the Supreme Court
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THE Supreme Court is going to review legal education in the country
and the Bar examination system after the 2007 test results showed an
alarming decline in passing percentages.
Approximately 22.9 percent, or 1,289 candidates,
of 5,626 examinees passed the latest exam on a lower threshold of 70
percent, instead of the previous 75 percent.
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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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Anthem for dedicated
youth
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Our generation in U.P. Padre Faura and Diliman sang “U.P.
Beloved” with music by one of the greatest Filipino composers,
Nicanor Abelardo, and English lyrics by Teogenes Veles who won in a
contest.
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ABOVE
ALL THINGS
By Ramon Mabutas Jr.
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Recognizing an
illegitimate child
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QUERY: I am one of the two illegitimate children of Robert Bald. My
father was married to a woman named Cynthia but they had no child.
My father died intestate, leaving behind two real properties in
Cynthia’s possession.
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LAW
AND PHILOSOPHY MATTER(S)
By Atty. Emmanuel Q. Fernando
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The scriptural
solution to political corruption
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All the ingredients of Christ’s political
message as revealed in the Scriptures and magnified by the events of
Holy Week have been implicitly supplied by the previous analysis.
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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Faulty question, fumbling answer–II
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In last week’s column, I made an open reply to a reader who had
expressed disgust over the fumbling response of beauty contest
aspirant Janina San Miguel to a question during the recent
Binibining Pilipinas finals.
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NATURE
FOR LIFE
By Anabelle E. Plantilla
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A birdwatching
weekend
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Last weekend, I had the chance to do some birdwatching in Subic.
Friends from Haribon and colleagues from Sri Lanka, India, Japan and
Singapore who were all part of the Asia Executive Committee of the
BirdLife Asia Council were with me. We were up at dawn, drove to
Hill 394 and waited for light.
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FEATURE
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Pollution from China
quietly takes toll in Japan
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YAMAGATA, Japan: With a smile on her tanned
face, skiier Kazumi Furukawa can vividly recall the time three years
ago she stood here on Mount Zao and looked down at fir trees turned
into glittering crystals.
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LETTERS
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