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Saturday, April 12, 2008 |
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EDITORIALS
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Good business news
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The depressing cascade of front page news about steeply rising rice
and oil prices has drowned out some very good business news.
First, foreign direct investments have risen
impressively and will continue to do so.
Bangko Sentral Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr.
released a statement, with the latest statistics, that FDI inflows
grew 15.7 percent to $133 million last January. FDI inflows in
January 2007 totalled only $115 million.
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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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Two books on
corruption
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EARLY this week an illustrated lexicon on corruption was launched
at the Popular Book store by the Center for People Empowerment in
Governance (Cenpeg).
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ABOVE
ALL THINGS
By Ramon Mabutas Jr.
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When is a will not
valid?
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QUERY: My mother died at the Manila Doctors’ Hospital on Jan. 5,
2000, after executing a will naming me as executrix. The will was
notarized by my compadre who is a notary public in Bulacan.
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LAW
AND PHILOSOPHY MATTER(S)
By Atty. Emmanuel Q. Fernando
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The criminal
commercialization of the kidney trade
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THERE is much that is legally prohibited and morally objectionable
in the lucrative international kidney trade involving donors who
did not freely or autonomously part with them.
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ENGLISH PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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Faulty question, fumbling answer–(Part III)
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Two columns ago, I took issue with a reader who had expressed
disgust over the fumbling response of beauty contest aspirant Janina
San Miguel to this question during the recent Binibining Pilipinas
finals: “What role did your family play to you as candidate to
Binibining Pilipinas?”
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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The US begins a
recession
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IT’S not official but it has begun. The United States is now in
recession.
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ANALYSIS
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Two crucial elections
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Economic reform to gain momentum in S. Korea
SEOUL: The administration of South Korean
President Lee Myung-bak is expected to accelerate economic reforms
after the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) won a majority in the
299-seat parliament.
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LETTER
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Why the rice shortfall?
By Raffy Rey Hipolito
Advocacy Officer, Foodfirst Information & Action Network
Philippines
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