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Monday, April 28, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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The fiscal risk of costly oil, rice
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CONTRARY to appearances, the recent surge in Philippine imports is
no sign that the country is thriving amid an economic slowdown in
its biggest market abroad.
While the Philippines registered a double-digit
increase in its purchases from abroad, a breakdown of that headline
number shows that the bulk of the expansion came not from
electronics, which we assemble to produce the country’s largest
dollar-earning shipment abroad.
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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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Strong reactions
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LAST Friday’s column, titled “Political will vs. runaway
population growth,” elicited strong reactions from readers. So
strong were the reactions that some resorted to name-calling.
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OPEN
NOTEBOOK
By Random Jottings
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Chasing the sun both here and abroad
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AS summer steadily rolls on and the sun, sea and sangria set head
for seasonal bouts of excess in Boracay, the globally acclaimed
resort is straining to meet with the demand on its utility services
that has now graduated from terribly worrying to acutely alarming.
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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‘Wings Over Leyte’
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I’VE just received a review copy of a newly published book, Wings
Over Leyte, by Lavinia Bradley. It’s published by Melrose Books,
an independent publishing company in the UK.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Villar a politician
with ‘pusong mamon’
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IT is often said that politicians and businessmen must have hearts
of steel to become successful in their field. However, I now believe
that Senate President Manuel Villar is an exception.
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DOUBLE
TAKE
By Eric F. Mallonga
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No quantum leaps
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LEGAL researcher Ryan Balisacan from UP Institute of Human Rights
makes a powerful argument for the application of transitional
justice.
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LETTER
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Junket, Pimentel style
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