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Wednesday, February 06, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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A harmful
distraction
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The President and her key Cabinet
people keep saying that the citizenry should unite behind her
administration which, they claim, is focused on socio-economic
growth and minimizing poverty. They berate the political
opposition and leftist politicians for preoccupying themselves with
the production of “political noise.” This, they say,
distracts the Filipinos from the economic and nationbuilding
work they should be doing—in support of the Arroyo administration
and the country.
“Political noise” also
harms the image of the country abroad, they claim, for it undermines
the President’s drive to attract more and bigger foreign direct
investments. Key administration officials also picture
journalists as villains because they amplify the
opposition-manufactured “political noise” and even aid
communists and military rebels who want to overthrow the government.
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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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Modern-day Koxinga
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Off Xiamen is Gulangyu, which Chinese authorities
have maintained as a tourist attraction.
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Low domestic
investment
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Massive government spending on infrastructure will be
used by the Arroyo administration to ensure that the country’s
good economic performance continues despite a US slowdown.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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JPEPA: Facing up
bilateral challenges
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A messenger from Sanduguan, my farmers
organization, recently dumped half a ton of documents into the bed
of my pickup truck. I was asked to read the documents...
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Angara’s bill
addresses corporate recovery
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Two of the four economic reform bills of Sen. Edgardo
J. Angara have already been approved by the Senate—the Personal
Equity and Retirement Account Act and the Credit Information Bureau
System Act.
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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Housing sector
spurs growth
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Despite our kind of politics, there remains a feeling
that there is growth in the economy which discourages any
destabilization attempt. And for the men of Vice-President Noli de
Castro who spoke ...
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LETTER
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WE write to submit our vigorous protest over the
patent plagiarism of significant sections of a story written by
Alecks P. Pabico of the Philippine Center for Investigative
Journalism (PCIJ)...
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