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Friday, February 22, 2008 |
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EDITORIALS
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Kenney’s visit
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Diplomatic and political observers are reading different meanings
into the visit of US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney at
the headquarters of Chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, leader of the
secessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front. The interest is
understandable.
Her visit is the first by an American ambassador
to a guerrilla stronghold in the country. Whether she came on
invitation or had suggested the meeting, we do not know. The tryst
could have been arranged by a third party. Nobody knew about the
visit until it was over.
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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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Reluctant to tap HK
regulators
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Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. reiterated the other
day his proposal for the senators investigating the National
Broadband Network contract to seek the help of Hong Kong authorities
to compel the cooperation of ZTE officials.
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HEADS
UP
By Joel P. Palacios
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Great show
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Did you enjoy the show? The networks had a free run of the Senate
presentation of “Face Off,” which kept people on the edge of
their seats for long hours this month. Surely, we are grateful for
this commendable effort of our honorable senators.
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AMBIENT
VOICES
By Ma. Isabel Ongpin
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Protect the civil
service system
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With the present moral, or should we say amoral, parameters in
public governance, it will not be foolhardy to think that any
government proposal for infrastructure where large sums are involved
must be viewed with suspicion.
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YOUTHOPIA
By Marylaine
Louise Viernes
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The recipe for
pie-verty
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I wanted to attend the rally at Ayala last week but I was still
recuperating from high fever, so I just decided to witness all the
action on TV. Watching made me hungry so I decided to cook; and what
I whipped up was something as sweet and easy as pie!
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ANALYSIS
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Ban on Suu Kyi shatters
hopes for Myanmar polls
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BANGKOK: Myanmar’s sudden decision to bar Aung San Suu Kyi from
planned elections shatters any shard of credibility for the ruling
junta’s self-proclaimed “road map” to democracy, analysts said
Wednesday.
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FEATURE
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Our vision of the future
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This is work that will unfold over a period of
years, work that will continue with the help of educational activity
and the cultivation of a culture of civic spirit.
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Britain seeks to tighten citizenship rules
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LONDON: Foreigners will have to wait for at
least six years rather than five as now to become British nationals
or else leave the country, the government said Wednesday, unveiling
plans to tighten rules on citizenship.
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LETTER
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Men who cry
Related to your editorial, “Crybabies
organize” (Feb. 17), you may be interested to know that Jesus
Christ wept a lot. King David was also a great weeper.
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