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Thursday, January 17, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Fasten your seatbelt
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|THE government should move fast
to reverse the poor rating the US Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) gave Philippine aviation safety norms and to strengthen air
travel safeguards.
By government, we mean the
Department of Transportation and Communication and its attached
agency, the Air Transportation Office (ATO), and the Congress. The
Office of the President should take an active interest.
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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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EAST WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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US aviation
scorecard hurts the country
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THE story yesterday on the indictment by the United
States Federal Aviation Administration (USFAA) of our safety record
in aviation really hurts. The downgrading puts to shame our aviation
industry and our country.
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HERE
I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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Jardin’s garden
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DON’T look now but the Philippines is set to become
the mecca for art and culture in Asia. For all our vaunted
creativity, profuse diversity and open society, we sorely need a
focal point for aspiring artists,...
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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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San Carlos has
become a Manila
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FOR 10 days—from January 2 to 12—that I stayed in my hometown of
San Carlos City, Pangasinan, for the wake of a son-in-law who had
succumbed to pancreatic cancer, ...
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FROM THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Gulf widens
between rich and poor
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WAITING in the airport lounge I overheard a
middle-aged personal nurse complaining of the difficulties and
loneliness of working overseas.
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ONE
MAN’S MEAT
By Benjamin G. Defensor
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Television and
politics
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ONE can certainly sympathize with the public if
because of the current war between the networks they feel that
media, or the media handling experts, are pulling a fast one on
them.
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»ANALYSIS
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Racial politics
complicate Democratic White House contest
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WASHINGTON: The politics of race in America has
seeped into the Democratic campaign for the White House, even as
candidates try to halt a bevy of allegations...
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