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Thursday, January 24, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Sales pitch in Davos
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THE Salesman in Chief flies to
Davos, Switzerland, this week to do what she does best—advertising
and selling the Philippines to the world.
She is in good company. Attending
the World Economic Forum are heads of states or governments,
executives of multinational corporations, leaders of international
financial institutions, chiefs of global trade organizations and
heads of media and nongovernmental groups.
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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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VIRTUAL
REALITY
BY Tony Lopez
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America has
pneumonia
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THE other day, the world’s major stock markets
teetered on the brink of collapse. This prompted the US Federal
Reserve Board to cut by 75 basis points the interest rate for money
the federal government borrows...
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HERE
I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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Blind man’s
chair
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GOOD news continues to be under-reported. Bad news
sells because it happens out of the ordinary and the expected.
Accidents, crimes of passion and infidelity are not supposed to
happen in the scheme of things...
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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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Keep Tesda in DOLE
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AS if in exasperation over allegations of corruption
in the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda),
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada has proposed the abolition of the agency...
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Will Mar be more
winnable with Korina?
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Oops! Perhaps, the more proper question should have
been—should the public be concerned with the love life of
presidential wannabes?
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EAST
WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Network war
focuses on KBP role
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THERE was an awkward moment during the dialogue
between the government representatives and journalists at the Pen a
week after the Trillianes walkout. Ms. Jessica Soho, representing
GMA 7,...
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ANALYSIS
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Civilization
Alliance, newendeavor toward peace
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BEIJING: The UN-backed Alliance of Civilizations is
the latest international endeavor to promote cross-cultural
understanding and bridge cultural divides, which is seen as a good
recipe for resolving conflicts...
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