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EDITORIAL
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Anwar’s oppression
likely
to backfire on Badawi
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The former Deputy Prime Minister
of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, is a dear friend to many Filipinos. He
is a Rizalian scholar. Like similar Rizalian Malays, including the
founders of the Indonesian Republic, he believes that Rizal is a
model Malay and a pride of the Malay race.
He was here in Metro Manila last
month. He addressed a colloquium on “Islam, Politics and the
Prospects for Peace” sponsored by the De La Salle Graduate School
and the Asian Institute for Democracy, received the request of the
Mindanao Peaceweavers to help persuade the Malaysian government to
reconsider its decision to pull out its International Monitoring
Team contingent in Mindanao, attended a private dinner hosted by
former President Joseph Estrada that also had President Cory Aquino
as a guest and met with other leading Filipinos.
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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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GMA’s visit to
Sibuyan reassuring
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President Gloria Arroyo went to San Fernando, Romblon,
on Tuesday after her visit to Panay. It was a productive one-hour
visit. There was consultation with local officials and a Mass held
on the coast fronting...
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HERE
I STAND
By Geronimo L. Sy
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Blame the dolphins
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Dead bodies are still floating but the blame game is
already in full swing. Fingers are put to good use—pointing to
everyone else for the ferry tragedy that caused the deaths of 800
innocent lives...
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DURIAN
By Amina Rasul
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Religion and
violence
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Can faith and religion combat violence in a world
where religion has been ill-used as the banner for armed conflict?
If yes, how? When governments are embroiled in war,...
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FROM
THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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The anatomy of
corruption
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When I was in Jakarta as labor attaché from 1982 to
1985, I had had many occasions to attend parties with Filipino and
Indonesian friends. In one such party,...
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VIRTUAL
REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Bill Gates retires
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IT is perhaps the ultimate luxury—retiring young
and making a commitment to give away up to $100 billion to alleviate
the plight of the poor.
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PROMETHEUS
BOUND
By Giovanni Tapang, Ph.D.
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Warship to the
rescue
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The presence of the aircraft carrier, the USS Ronald
Reagan and its warships, in Philippine waters is not only a mockery
of the Constitution but is also a form of intimidation and
opportunism by the US forces in pushing...
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Torture
overshadows Indonesian police’s 62nd anniversary
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JAKARTA: Indonesia’s police force marked its 62nd
birthday on Tuesday but few were celebrating across the vast
archipelago where, human rights activists said, torture in police
cells is accepted as routine.
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