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Monday, February 11, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Targeted tax, not tax break
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RENEWED volatility in the financial markets, triggered by fresh data
showing the US service sector is contracting, indicates that we
haven’t seen the bottom of the present global economic downturn.
The service sector contributes the biggest to US
gross domestic product (GDP), much like in the Philippines. So a
slowdown in that part of the economy will have a big impact on
overall growth prospects.
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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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Pool row wrecking the
sport
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A bizarre thing is happening in our billiards community these days.
After being raised to international status and prominence...
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OPEN
NOTEBOOK
By Random Jottings
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Friendster geared for 2010
presidential stakes
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IN the fast and furious great new world of social networking
Friendster is way up there—and its legions of key tapping Filipino
netizens (14 million and counting) are up there with them!
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DOUBLE
TAKE
By Eric F. Mallonga
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Dust of life
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CELEBRATING Ash Wednesday last week witnessed the unusual migration
into the churches in ushering commencement of the Lenten Season.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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The Commission on
Appointments bares its fangs
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The Commission on Appointments of the Fourteenth Congress may turn
out to be the most meticulous and most zealous of its powers and
duties since 1998.
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Chavit and Erap, Jun
and GMA
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IF Mrs. Arroyo were to be as unlucky as Erap was in October 2000 to
January 2001, she would be thrown out of Malacañang by May
2008.
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