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Sunday, April 13, 2008 |
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EDITORIALS
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Instant ‘noodlers’ protest
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PILIPINO Alyansa ng Instant Noodles (PAIN) warned Malacañang
yesterday that a rise in the price of commercial noodles will
provoke public outrage.
Mrs. Fancy Teria, president, made the threat as
the government and private businesses warned about escalations in
the price of bread, canned goods and meat arising from global
shortages and the costs of raw materials.
She told a press conference that instant noodles
have become the national food that are consumed by countless
families two or three times a 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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CENTER
OF GRAVITY
By Rony V. Diaz
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Alternative medicine
II
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TWO readers of my piece on alternative medicine (MT, March 28)
wanted to know if there’s clinical evidence that glucosamine is
really effective against arthritis.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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No country for sane
men
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The discussions on how to ease the rice crisis validate what a few
right-thinking Filipinos have assumed all along: that our country is
not a country for sane men.
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DURIAN
By Amina Rasul
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GMA wants peace with
rebels by 2010?
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In April 2004, the Philipines hosted the Counter Terrorism
Conference attended by some 500 foreign delegates. Peace Adviser
Jess Dureza described the peace plan of Mrs. Arroyo as a parallel to
the government’s counter-terrorism program.
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REFLECTIONS
By Fr. Shay Cullen
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The flame of pomp and
power
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It’s heartbreaking to see unarmed saffron-robed monks kicked,
clubbed, beaten, tortured, imprisoned and killed in Tibet simply
because they want religious freedom and dignity.
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Two Churches make news
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Catholic Church ‘counts for something’ in Italian elections
By Gina Doggett, Agence France-Presse
US Catholics demand Pope act against
predatory priests
By Agence France-Presse
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