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Thursday, January 31, 2008 |
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EDITORIAL
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Pass the medicine
bill
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NOW that Congress has passed the
most important bill on the legislative calendar, the National
Appropriations Act of 2008, it should act on and approve an omnibus
affordable medicine bill and send it to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
for her signature and enactment into law.
The bicameral conference
committee, scheduled to meet this week, will narrow down the
differences between two bills, the Senate version known as the
Quality, Affordable Medicines Act and the House version, the Cheaper
Medicines Bill.
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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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EAST WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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Critical week for
Speaker de Venecia
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IT is hard to imagine that Speaker Jose de Venecia, a
stalwart of the ruling coalition and partner of President Arroyo in
Congress, could be removed from his post. But the latest news in the
House says he is vulnerable.
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HERE
I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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Philippine
dollar
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YOU want to change the system of government. There
was a move to rename our country “Mabuhay.” We talk about bagong
bayani. A new beginning, a clean break from the past,...
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Stimulating the
economy
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AT the Newsmakers Breakfast Forum yesterday, Albay
Gov. Joey Salceda elaborated on his P75 billion economic stimulus
plan. He makes a lot of sense.
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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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Little known Ople
anecdotes
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ON Sunday, Feb. 3, friends and relatives of the
statesman Blas F. Ople will mark his 81st birth anniversary with a
Mass at his gravesite at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Fort
Bonifacio, Taguig City.
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ONE
MAN’S MEAT
By Benjamin G. Defensor
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A matter of the
heart
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WHILE waiting for word about accommodation at the
Philippine Heart Center, I am besieged by random thoughts I may have
no time to consider more closely and at length.
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ANALYSIS
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Bush to stay on
course in domestic, foreign policies
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WASHINGTON: With his approval rating at an all-time
low, US President George W. Bush, in his final State of the Union
address Monday night, chose to stay on course in his domestic...
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LETTER
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Right about RP economy
About your special report “What’s right in the Philippines? The
Economy” (January 27, 2008), I agree, the economy is a bright spot
in the Philippines of 2007 and the beginning of 2008.
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