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Sunday, January 27, 2008 |
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EDITORIALS
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Usecs and asecs
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CIVIL Service chairman Katrina C. David is not the first to complain
about the oversupply of undersecretaries (usecs) and assistant
secretaries (asecs). In 2005, Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago
complained about usecs and asecs overpopulating the
bureaucracy.
Santiago identified the Department of National
Defense as having six usecs and six asecs instead of only three
“as required by law.” The Bureau of Immigration had four
associate commissioners instead of two, she noted.
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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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CENTER
OF GRAVITY
By Rony V. Diaz
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How children learn
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WHILE listening to Sen. Edgardo J. Angara deliver the Sixth Jaime V.
Ongpin Memorial Lecture on Jan. 16 at the Rockwell campus of the
Ateneo de Manila University, the question that went through my mind
was: how do children learn?
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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Either pandering or
the real thing
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FORMER President Joseph Estrada panders to his crowds. In public
forums, he studies his audience then tells the audience what it
wants to hear. Part of his staying power in politics is drawn from
this (admirably unobtrusive) pandering.
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REFLECTIONS
By Fr. Shay Cullen
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Panlilio: Priest,
prophet or politician?
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IS he a prophet, priest, politician or a popular uncorrupted elected
leader? These are the questions that run through everyone’s mind
when they hear that Father Ed Panlilio...
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ONE
MAN’S MEAT
By Benjamin G. Defensor
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Keeping the
competition honest
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FOR want of a librarian, an airline was lost. That may be putting
too much spin on the decision of the United States Federal Aviation
Agency to downgrade the Philippines’ Air Transportation Office
capability to ensure the safety of air carrier operations in the
country.
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Do we need a national ID
system?
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Yes, to improve public service
By Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson
No, it is a threat to privacy
By Sen. Francis Pangilinan
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ANALYSIS
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US stimulus may be too late,
despite swift action
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WASHINGTON: A surprisingly swift bipartisan
effort in Congress is likely to deliver a stimulus package soon, but
analysts say even that may not prevent a downturn in the world’s
biggest economy.
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