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Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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A little light, at
sunset
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A SMALL victory for the Filipino
war veterans is the passage of the Filipino Veterans Equity Bill
last week in the United States Senate. Recognition for the valor of
Filipinos who fought for the defense of the United States and the
Philippines during World War II came 62 years late. The
beneficiaries—a small band of venerable citizens—are falling in
numbers as age, disease and death decimate their ranks.
It would not be surprising if
President Bush vetoes the bill if it passes the House and the
lawmakers agree on an omnibus model. Washington reports say the
White House has opposed the measure, believing the little money it
provides is better spent on America’s adventures in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
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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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POLICY
PEEK
By Ernesto F. Herrera
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Rice trading and
privatization
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THERE are proposals being broached to privatize the
rice trading function of the National Food Authority. These are not
new. Sen. Edgardo Angara wants to keep the NFA but only for
“implementing the rice...
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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Manila back to
Tripoli Agreement
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ONE of the most significant news in recent days is the announcement
by Malaysia that it was withdrawing as intermediary in the talks
between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation
Front.
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MEN
& EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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Skewed rice
policy
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WHEN Sen. Edgardo Angara, a former agriculture
secretary and currently chairman of the Senate committee on
agriculture, revealed the loss of millions of pesos in public funds
because of the ineptness of the National Food Authority (NFA), only
a few eyebrows were raised.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Rice is the new
gold
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RICE is the new gold, not gold itself, not oil.
It’s rice. True the price of gold rose to $1,000 an ounce in
March, up 18 percent in three months. The price of oil has also
climbed to almost $120 per barrel as of yesterday,...
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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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Job hunt in US
ends in frustration
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TO work in the US with high prospects of earning a
good salary and the chance of becoming a permanent resident, and
eventually a naturalized American citizen, is the big dream of many
Filipinos.
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MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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Fertilizer for
rice
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THE Philippine Phosphate Fertilizer Corporation’s (Philphos)
problem of sourcing inputs for its fertilizer production suddenly
caught the limelight. While raw materials such as phosphate, sulfur,...
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LETTER
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US Senate’s Veterans Bill
I am the son of a dead Ilocano Filipino-American Second World War
veteran.
The Manila Times and other papers have been publishing news articles
about the US Senate’s passage of the Veterans Benefits Enhancement
Act...
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