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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Noli
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Vice President Noli de Castro’s fitness for office always surfaces
when the question of succession is debated. If President Gloria
Arroyo goes (for whatever reason) a de Castro presidency divides the
country.
His critics say he does not have the experience
or the intellect to become president. He was probably good at being
a newscaster (“a news reader,” the more vicious detractors say)
but not much else. An undergraduate degree in business does not
matter. His experience in radio and TV work counts for little,
popular as he was at ABS-CBN.
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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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MEN
& EVENTS
By Alito L. Malinao
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Why GMA will survive
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There is no doubt that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will
survive the present crisis brought about by the perceived
irregularities in the aborted NBN-ZTE contract. The President has
survived far worse political crises in her presidency.
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Songs for Adrian
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Those who attended the Samahang Plaridel Tribute to Adrian Cristobal
at the Sofitel last Wednesday night enjoyed Willie Nepomuceno’s
wildly hilarious impressions of Presidents Marcos, Aquino, Ramos,
Estrada and Arroyo in the context of Adrian as a columnist.
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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Pimentel on the
presidential system
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We offer today this space to Sen. Aquilino Pimentel who has just
come from Mexico to attend a conference on ideal government
structures for Third World countries.
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MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE
By Marit Stinus-Remonde
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Life and death in a
very small town
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Last Sept. 26, 2007, five men lost their lives and five were wounded
in two violent incidents in Motiong, Samar. First, Barangay Caranas
Councilor Ernesto General was assassinated.
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GROUND
LEVEL
By Godofredo M. Roperos
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Single parenthood
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THERE is a barangay in my hometown where it is said that more than
half of the young girls in their teens, most of them enrolled in
secondary schools, have become pregnant.
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ANALYSIS
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Fidel’s
successor may bring incremental change to Cuba
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HAVANA: Cuba’s new president Raul Castro could usher in changes in
economic policy and improved relations with Washington, but his room
for maneuver could be limited by an orthodox old guard and the
still-looming presence of his brother Fidel Castro.
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