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Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Melo must automate our elections
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AUTOMATING our elections—using computers and methods that work for
credit cards and banking transactions—will do two great things.
One, it will make it harder to cheat and coerce teacher-inspectors.
Two, it will restore the faith of a great portion of our
citizenry—maybe even an overwhelming majority—in the integrity
of our election process.
That would then make us feel again that our
beloved Republic is after all an electoral democracy—not an ugly
caricature of one.
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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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Housing boosts growth
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HOW much housing contributed to the encouraging figures that the
economy chalked up recently has yet to be highlighted. Still, there
is no denying that a real estate boom of sorts is going on, not just
in the capital region, but also in other parts of the country.
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ENTHUSIASMS
& FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Media again missed
CBCP’s message
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THE Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines released a
statement after its 96th Plenary Assembly, held Tuesday to Friday,
Jan. 22 to 25, had ended. It is dated Jan. 27.
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SUNDAY
STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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In the Cabinet of the
absurd
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HERE is the reason why there are more asecs (assistant secretaries)
and usecs (undersecretaries) than janitors in Mrs. Arroyo’s
government. Political debts = more nincompoops/ crooks/ charlatans
that need government appointments.
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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Congress and
educational woes
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WHAT do you call a man who puts the right shoe on his left foot and
the left shoe on his right foot?
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FROM
THE NEWSROOM
By Johnna Villaviray-Giolagon
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Train of thought
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THE southbound train cutting through EDSA was packed with
working-day morning commuters. As it is everyday.
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Immigration, foreign policy
and homeland security
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THE other pressing challenge is immigration.
America needs to secure our borders—and with your help, my
Administration is taking steps to do so.
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