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Thursday, January 10, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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The national ID system
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Why the military is pushing it
THE Armed Forces of the
Philippines and the Philippine National Police are urging President
Arroyo to revive the national identification plan for Filipinos for
two reasons.
A national ID system will help
end the communist insurgency and reduce crime, according to the AFP
and the PNP.
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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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HERE I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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State of education: KOK
teachers
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FOR the geographically challenged, BESRA sounds like
a place in Iraq. Or maybe a new Disney character. It could also be
an upcoming rock and roll band.
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EAST WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Sharing the burden in the
oil crisis
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OUR headline yesterday, “Diesel price to go
down,” highlights the recent issuance by President Arroyo to
reduce oil tariffs by one percent. That move is the state’s
contribution to help ease the impact of record-high world crude
prices on consumers.
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FROM THE
SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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The vanishing pension money
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SINCE the introduction by the Government Service
Insurance System (GSIS) of the computerized eCard Plus, which is
also an ATM card, problems related to its use have continued to
haunt a number of pensioners not only...
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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PLDT is focused on its
mission
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THE following is the reply of PLDT to my Dec. 28
column on PLDT losing its wireless focus:
Dear Tony,
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GROUND LEVEL
By Godofredo M. Roperos
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Cebu’s dancing inmates
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ONCE upon a time, when one is an inmate of either the
Cebu provincial jail or the city’s rehabilitation center, one is
immediately a marked person. Socially, that is,...
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LETTER
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Worklink corrects
our columnist
WE write in behalf of our client, Worklink Services Inc. (Worklink),
in connection with an article written by Mr. Reylito A.H. Elbo in
his column “Buzzwords,” and published in the Manila Times last
Dec. 17, 2007.
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