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Saturday, February 09, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Democracy and Thailand’s new
government
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We congratulate the people and Kingdom of Thailand which have
rejoined the community of “electoral democracies.”
Thailand was under military rule for 16 months until this week when
King Bhumibol swore in the new government of Prime Minister Samak
Sundaravej and his Cabinet.
PM Samak’s People Power Party and several
other parties opposed to the military regime won in last December
23’s election. That election was by and large free and fair.
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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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THE
OTHER VIEW
By Elmer A. Ordoñez
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From colonial to
neoliberal UP charter
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After a century, the colonial and archaic charter of the University
of the Philippines deserves to be jettisoned and replaced.
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ABOVE
ALL THINGS
By Ramon Mabutas Jr.
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The STAR System
worked 24 years ago
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Query: My friends and I enjoyed reading your judicial innovations to
make the wheel of justice move faster.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Just how do you
moderate greed?
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“Moderate their greed” is how then-NEDA Director General Romulo
Neri instructed the NEDA consultant Rodolfo “Noel” Jun Lozada
studying the economics of the National Broadband Network (NBN) deal
awarded to Chinese telecom company ZTE and financed with a $329-
million loan from China.
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ENGLISH
PLAIN & SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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The parenthesis and its uses–Part Five
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We already know that a pa renthesis or parenthetical is basically
added information whose distinguishing characteristic is that the
sentence remains grammatically correct even without it.
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LAW
AND PHILOSOPHY MATTER(S)
By Atty. Emmanuel Q. Fernando
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Political spin and
the ZTE deal
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The privileged speech of Jose de Venecia Jr. against his imminent
ouster as Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
revelations of Rodolfo Lozada Jr. regarding the ZTE broadband deal
occasion...
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ANALYSIS
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The fall of JdV
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MANILA: The ouster of the leader of the
Philippine congress has once again highlighted how a small group of
political elites here use their power to sway colleagues and enrich
their loved ones, analysts say.
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