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Tuesday, April 08, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Pay your taxes
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RESPONSIBLE citizenship begins
with voting and paying one’s taxes. A Filipino who fails in either
of these duties fails the test of civics.
Corruption is rampant in
government, but that is not an excuse for evading one’s tax
obligations. The income tax, in particular, must be paid, or the
basic services will suffer, current programs could contract and new
activities envisioned to speed up growth will not see the light of
day.
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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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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Bishop Oscar Cruz:
Politician
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IF you come down to it, Lingayen Bishop Oscar Cruz is
really a politician at heart. Although he wears the ecclesiastical
dress, his sermons really reflect his political choices, not exactly
the teachings of the Vatican. Hence, his statements should be taken
as personal opinions.
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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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Bring back
two-party system
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THE 2010 election is still a little over two years
away, but the country’s political parties are already on a high
gear preparing their candidates for the presidential battle
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MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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Rice and
fertilizer
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FOOD security is a matter of national security but
for so long it has been ignored. Agricultural lands, including
irrigated ones, have been converted over the years by local
government units,...
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MEN
& EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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The power of
prayer
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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It
is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to
have a heart without words than words without a heart.
—Mahatma Gandhi
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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My daughter Myra
finally home
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MY daughter Myra is finally home. She died at 11:30
p.m., US Pacific time, Saturday, March 29, in California due to
brainstem compression resulting from cerebellar hemorrhage (etiology
unknown).
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ANALYSIS
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In Bush-Putin
talks, Russian shift on US missiles is seen
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SOCHI, Russia: There were no bells and whistles, no
champagne toasts, not even the modest flourish of a signed
agreement.
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LETTER
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The Supreme Court justified Malacanang’s use of
‘executive privilege’ through a ruling that favored Secretary
Romulo Neri on the ZTE-NBN Senate hearings.
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