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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Look for other incentives
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FINALLY, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has weighed in its
opinion on a proposal to lift the value-added tax (VAT) on oil
products.
The world’s lender of last resort, which
bailed out the Philippines a number of times during external
payments difficulties and pushed for the government’s removal of
the VAT exemption on oil and other products, said undoing this tax
reform is anti-poor.
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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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Zubiri on pins and
needles
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JUAN MIGUEL “MIGZ” ZUBIRI has reason to be worried—very
worried.
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Feudal republic
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NO one can rationally dispute the judgment that we do not have a
democracy but a feudal republic.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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The public health
crisis
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THE general decline in the delivery of health services has impelled
many congressmen and senators to take a second look at the Local
Government Code. This law has devolved many of the national
government functions...
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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In praise of the
Ozone Man
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THAT an environmental time bomb is ticking away to doomsday is not a
hollow warning. It is the sad fact of the endangered planet.
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POLICY
PEEK
By Ernesto F. Herrera
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The not-so-lowly
bicycle
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ARIEL URETA once got into trouble for parodying the Marcos motto,
“Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan” with “Sa
ikauunlad ng bayan, bisikleta ang kailangan.”
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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When a big company
becomes negligent
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THE government has found 15 people men working for the giant Ayala
group negligent for the Glorietta Two (G2) explosion last Oct. 19, a
Friday. Three of the 15 are Ayala engineers, says Brig. Gen Geary
Barias, the chief of police of the National Capital Region
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