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Thursday, December 11, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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The ‘Pacquiao
moment’
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Let’s call it the Manny
Pacquiao moment: the rare event in the national life when Filipinos
are lifted from their chronic misery, are united in national
jubilation and begin to ponder their great potentials and
possibilities.
The Pacquiao moment, inspired by
each epic victory of the greatest Filipino boxer, brings the people
closer together, raises the collective morale and sends every Juan
de la Cruz believing how great it is to be a Filipino.
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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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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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Hero’s burial of
Ople recalled
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I remember distinctly the series of events that
transpired on that fateful day—December 21, 2003—when the late
statesman Blas Ople was laid to rest at the Libingan ng mga Bayani
in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.
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PROMETHEUS
BOUND
By Giovanni Tapang, Ph.D.
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Charter change
Math
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When it comes to the Philippine House of
Representatives, it seems that everything can be resolved by a
question of numbers. When the opposition and people’s
organizations attempted several times to file impeachment....
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BIZZ
FIZZ
By Rene Martel
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SPV law scuppered
by the courts
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AT a time when a global recession is gripping east
and west, one would have thought that the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)
Law, enacted by Congress in 2002, could be considered propitious,...
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DEVELOPMENT
DIALOGUE
By Nora O. Gamolo
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Defending human
rights defenders
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December 10 is Human Rights Day and every December is
marked by a month-long series of activities to celebrate these
rights whose denial also means losing your basic humanity.
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ANALYSIS
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May an
India-Pakistan war not beak out
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Those who pray should include
this intention in their prayers.
The wire services are not talking about it. The news stories coming
out from India and Pakistan are, however,....
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Theory vs. practice, local officials vs. central
govt
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China marks Human
Rights Day with arrests and rights scandal
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BEIJING: Wu Zhongbao was in Beijing on Wednesday to
petition authorities for the truth behind his mother’s death, as
the world commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
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