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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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‘If there are people there, it is just too
bad’
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We commend Sen. Francis Pangilinan for calling for a review of the
Philippine National Police’s Rules of Engagement. He is right to
be angry—as the people of this country suely must be—about the
death of five civilians, including a seven-year-old girl, in a
police shootout Friday with bank robbers in Parañaque.
This is not the first time that a child was
killed in an encounter and innocent civilians were killed by
policemen who thought they were executing perpetrators.
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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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King Kong, indeed
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ALLOW me to divert from the usual topics of this column. I’m sure
a little euphoria could be forgiven.
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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Impeachment had no
support
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We were not surprised at all that the impeachment complaint against
President Arroyo filed by Mr. Joey de Venecia did not generate
public support. Our friends were not even keen about following up in
the television the hearings that were intended to decide whether the
charge contained something.
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MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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Mindanao’s beauty
and its ugly problems
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Every time I go back to Mindanao I am taken by surprise by the
vastness and beauty of the island. It is hard to believe that this
land is torn by war and that poverty haunts many a home.
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MEN
& EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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Seguis: Perfect man
for Mindanao peace talks
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The appointment of Under secretary Rafael Seguis of the Department
of Foreign Affairs as head of the government panel to the talks with
the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is a welcome development.
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ANALYSIS
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Think tank: Taliban has extended operations in Afghanistan
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KABUL: Contrary to Afghan government assessment, Taliban insurgents
have a “permanent presence” in almost three-quarters of
Afghanistan and pose an increasing threat to the capital Kabul
itself, a think-tank said Monday.
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beware the ‘kiss of deaf’
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Chinese sweetheart loses hearing in passionate pucker
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GUANGZHOU: A passionate kiss ruptured a young woman’s eardrum in
southern China, state media reported Monday, in what has been dubbed
the “kiss of deaf.”
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LETTER
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Sen. Villa writes about
Project Snap
[Former Senate president Manny Villar sent this
e-mail to The Times]
The latest destabilization plot against the Arroyo administration
has once again tapped different personalities . . .
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