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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Rebuild our damaged agricultural base
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The Agriculture department brightly reports that the sector
grew by 4.68 percent from January to December 2007. The crops
subsector performed well this year, expanding by 5.57 percent.
Livestock and poultry production managed to surpass last year’s
levels. The fisheries subsector grew by 6.81 percent. The gross
value of agricultural production (including fishery) amounted to
P971.8 billion. This is a 9.37 percent increase over the 2006
figures. But it falls short of the government’s 5 percent
2007 growth target for agriculture.
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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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Tet Garcia’s
people’s initiative
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The last time anyone tried to tinker with the 1987 Constitution via
people’s initiative, the so-called “Charter change” bid was
foiled by the Supreme Court. Spearheaded by a lawyer identified with
Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., Cha-cha sought to adopt parliamentary
government and further open up the economy to foreigners.
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Malay-Indon storm
over a song
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In our region’s slow but unstoppable movement toward unity, the
Malay people of Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines will
do well to form a tight bloc within Asean.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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Let Among be
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My decision to vote for Among Ed in our May provincial election was
a clinical, pragmatic one, devoid of the goose pimple-raising
reasons that most of his supporters invoked. Among Ed, it was my
feeling, will not violate two of the Ten Commandments.
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POLICY
PEEK
By Ernesto F. Herrera
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Help us pay only what
is fair
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IF the presidential aspirants are looking for an advocacy that would
endear them to the masses, the ever-shrinking middle class and the
business sector, they should look no further than the issue of the
high cost of electricity in the country.
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FROM
THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Arming women with
information
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Eighteen-year-old Lyn has been suffering from chest pains and
shortness of breath for the past several months. She also started
losing weight since taking birth-control pills recommended by her
boyfriend’s aunt.
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Tessie on Henry Sy
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THE following speech by Ms. Tessie Sy, chairman of BDO and president
of Shoemart, was delivered at SM’s 50th anniversary party on Jan.
19.
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