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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Good news from Qatar
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Bad news from Taiwan that 60,000 OFWs face losing their jobs in the
first quarter of 2009 is happily offset by news brought home by the
President from Qatar. That flourishing emirate will hire up to
37,000 Filipinos to work in its many economic and industrial
projects.
Not only Qatar but the entire Middle East
continues to need OFWs.
Employers in Qatar and other Middle East
countries prefer Filipino workers because of their diligence,
trustworthiness, efficiency and skill.
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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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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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A matter of urgent
public interest
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The Makati Regional Trial Court decided last week to decommission
the 230-kilovolt transmission line that passes through Sucat Road in
Para-ñaque and Araneta Avenue and goes to the Balintawak area in
Caloocan City.
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POLICY
PEEK
By Ernesto F. Herrera
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Future still looks
bright for BPOs
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At the business process out-sourcing (BPO) summit two weeks ago,
industry leaders expressed their worries that the global economic
slowdown, particularly the recession in the United States, where a
lot of BPO clients are located, are going to negatively impact their
operation here.
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MEN
& EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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Who’s to blame for
the US financial crisis?
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I have just finished reading, Locked in the Cabinet, a book by
Robert Reich, which I bought a week ago from Booksale, a bookstore
selling second-hand books. It is found in most malls in Metro
Manila.
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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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Great paperbacks,
great gifts
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It’s Christmas and I’m probably not the only person who will be
doing some 11th hour shopping for Christmas gifts. So to those of
you who haven’t even started looking for gifts, and whose budgets
are affected by the global financial crunch...
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ANALYSIS
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Will the new charter bring about changes in the Asean region?
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JAKARTA: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) took a
major step towards becoming an European Union-style community Monday
with the passing into force of a new charter setting benchmarks for
democracy.
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ANALYSIS
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Proof of a new Cold War? Russian warships going to Cuba
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AFP reports that on Monday the Russian navy said a group of Russian
warships will from December 19-23 visit the Communist island of
Cuba, a long-time adversary of the United States and Moscow’s ally
in the old Cold War.
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