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Friday, January 18, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Jpepa inches forward
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AFTER spending time in the doldrums, the Japan-Philippine Economic
Partnership Agreement (Jpepa) promises to come back to life and to
return to the Senate for a final discussion and vote.
Senators Miriam Defensor Santiago and Mar Roxas
have said that their committees are ready to sponsor a resolution
endorsing concurrence in Jpepa when the Senate resumes its regular
session on Jan. 28.
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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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PAL’s safety record
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The decision of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to
place the Philippines under Category 2 rating does not mean that the
aircraft of Philippine Airlines are not airworthy.
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Not even an electoral
democracy
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Freedom House says in its 2008 Report (covering 2007), released on
Wednesday night (9 a.m. in Washington, D.C. at the US National Press
Club), that the Philippines has ceased to be an electoral democracy.
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AMBIENT
VOICES
By Ma. Isabel Ongpin
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Three outstanding
individuals
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IN appropriate ceremonies at the Rizal Hall of Malacañang on Jan.
14, the Republic of the Philippines honored three individuals. One
was an academician based in the University of the Philippines,
Lourdes J. Cruz, Ph.D. in Biochemistry.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Henry Sy’s story
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THIS Saturday, Jan. 19, the family, relatives, friends and
business associates of Henry Sy Sr. gather at the SMX Convention
Center to honor one of the Philippines’ authentic heroes.
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HEADS
UP
By Joel P. Palacios
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Deserved justice
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OUR politicians have started to jockey for position for the big race
to Malacañang in 2010. Expect downpours of brickbrats and flash
floods of political slush. They are definite guarantees that you
won’t die of ennui during the campaign (People die of other causes
such as political assassinations).
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ANALYSIS
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Sri Lanka goes for victory or
bust in war with
Tamil Tigers
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Thursday began a new
chapter in its decades-old war with Tamil Tigers having tossed aside
a tattered 2002 truce with the rebels in its unquestionable belief
it can defeat them.
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